MISSOURI, July 10 –– Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 3.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.00/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.25/g, according to…

A local working group charged with identifying local priority resource concerns and providing input about USDA program criteria to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will meet at 10 a.m. July 19, at the USDA office in Ozark, 1786 S. 16th Ave. The group, comprised of repre-sentatives of local, state and federal agencies with knowledge…

Dr. Gary Michelfelder is using differences in diamonds to make sense of the earth SPRINGFIELD — Diamonds are not all created equal. It’s why we have scales to measure carat, cut, color and clarity. Why are diamonds so different? Dr. Gary Michelfelder is ready to dig deep and find out. Michelfelder, assistant professor of geography,…

By Wayne William Cipriano I learned a long time ago that satire just does not work in this column.  And, notwithstanding that lesson, it remains most difficult for me to restrain the satirical nature of what I wanted so much to write concerning a front page story I saw in the Douglas County Herald. Even…

German tech firm, ThyssenKrup, aims to provide high-rise visitors –– whether it be an office building or an apartment complex –– a more convenient way of getting to your destination, says the Association of Mature American Citizens.  They are in the process of testing a revolu-tionary kind of elevator –– one that goes up and…

Scientists at Georgia Teach and Emory University in Georgia have come up with a painless and convenient way to get your flu shot via a patch you simply apply to your arm, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. The adhesive side of the patch features a hundred tiny needles that deliver the vaccine…

RSVP Early for a Chance to Win $100 White River Valley Electric Cooperative is holding a series of district town hall meetings this month for members who are interested in getting more involved in the organization. Co-op members are asked to rally out to these individual district meetings.  The town hall type meetings seek those…