July 23, 2010

Kathy and Ken Davis put a “For Sale” sign on their rural property at the intersection of St. Charles Road and Route Z after hearing about the plan for building a new high school nearby.
The 18 acres they bought 20 years ago was once part of a bustling village known as Shaw, where the road linking Centralia and Jefferson City met the Boone’s Lick Trail. Travelers were served by a livery stable and a blacksmith shop on the Davis property and a general store across the road, but Shaw gradually died out in the 1900s as cars became the transportation of choice.

Go ahead and complain about all those big rigs roaring down Interstate 70, but the increase in truck traffic this summer might indicate that the economy is on the road to recovery. Basically, more goods are being made, shipped and sold. The US Federal Reserve reported on July 15 that industrial production was up 6.6

When you go to the polls for the Aug. 3 primary election, you might get the chance to experience our latest foray into taking technology to the polling places. We’ve started implementing our new “EPollbook” voter processing system that will allow our poll workers to handle the check-in process electronically rather than through the paper

To expand access to college courses and degree programs for students across its four campuses, the University of Missouri System has funded $482,000 in grants to faculty to develop 124 new online courses. “Faculty members on our campuses realize that today’s college students learn in various ways and through various channels,” said Steve Graham, senior