Education

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-4), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, is proud to announce the names of 17 outstanding students from Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District who have received nominations to the U.S. Service Academies.

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Here are our local events happening this weekend! 

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Curtis Cooper, professor of computer science at the University of Central Missouri, has made the most recent discovery of the world’s largest known prime number, according to information released by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Number Search, also known as GIMPS.

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Australia has decided to blow out the candles on a birthday tradition.

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A 14-year-old student at Price Middle School in Atlanta was shot in the head or neck on Thursday afternoon. The student was taken to the hospital; his condition has not been officially released, but reports say that he is alert, conscious and breathing.

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There is always a lot of talk whenever rivals take on each other. This weekend you can watch a lot of rivalry games and stay in the same building. The Kaysinger Conference Basketball Tournament is ready to tip off this weekend at State Fair Community College at the Fred E. Davis Center. Teams from Cole Camp, Green Ridge, Lamonte, Lincoln, Northwest (Hughesville), Sacred Heart (Sedalia), Smithton, Stover, Tipton and Windsor will battle it out for the Kaysinger Conference Championship for both the boys and girls brackets starting this Saturday.

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In closed session on Monday, January 28, 2013, the Board of Education of the Sedalia #200 School District, hired Mr. Jason Curry to be the Smith-Cotton Jr. High School Principal for the 2013-2014 school year.  In addition to hiring Curry, the Sedalia #200 School District, hired Mr. Wade Norton to be the Smith-Cotton High School Principal for the 2013-2014 school year as well.

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Kids, here's a look at some of the happenings going on this weekend!

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It's a Facebook photo middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns wished she never posted. The snap, which has since been removed from her page, showed several of her students with duct tape over their mouth. "Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!," read the caption.

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Awhile back I got a blue piece of paper with my water bill. I read it and was a little surprised to find out that I needed to get a license for my cat.

You probably got one of those letters, too.  At first, I thought, "Well, my cat is indoor.  I'm sure they mean for people who have outdoor animals or dogs or something." But, as I read on, I saw that they indeed did mean all animals.  I suppose there has to be a line drawn in the sand and everyone has to be on board or nobody at all.  It wouldn't be fair that all large dog owners had to do this, but.... lion owners didn't or something.

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