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This column appeared in the Citizen-Observer for a few years until I quit writing it about six years ago. But sometimes you readers just can’t catch a break, so here we go again.
This time the focus will be a little different. In this post-truth world, too many decisions are made on falsehoods. I’...
With only two venders at the first official day of the Old School Farmers Market, organizer Denise Maddex remains confident the event will become a city mainstay.
Maddex attributed the slow start to a mixture of Saturday’s intense heat and late spring and early summer rains that she said slowed the...
Area kids will soon swing for the fences in a new location following an announcement of a recent land purchase with plans to convert it into a city-operated baseball/softball complex.
Cameron Public Works Director Drew Bontrager made the announcement during last week’s city council meeting while...
Winston – The race fans that filled the grandstands at I-35 Speedway never sat down, during the fun filled action packed night of racing. The American Racer USRA Stock Cars were top of the bill, and the final feature of the evening, competing in the 3rd Annual Gary Davis Super 66 Stock Car Special...
The Cameron City Council paved the way for medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivation facilities and transportation facility following a 4-1 vote.
The Cameron City Council approved establishing zoning laws in regards to medical marijuana facilities with Councilwoman Becky Curtis acting as the...
Members of St. Munchin’s parish family enjoyed an old-fashioned picnic at Wallace State Park on Sunday. Attendance was good despite early concerns about the weather.
Father Tom Ludwig offered an outdoor Mass in which he offered thanks for the cooler weather, the bountiful rainfall, and a successful...
Cameron Emergency Medical Services spent Saturday morning training for emergency extractions with lifeguards at Cameron Municipal Pool.
During the hours-long joint training operation, Cameron EMS paramedics worked with lifeguards on extricating unconscious victims from the pool and prepping them...
St. Louis Cardinal radio announcer John Rooney was born in Cameron. He lived with his family on a farm south of Cameron on Highway 69. At age 6 he moved with his family to Richmond, where his dad started a contract mail delivery business.
John spent his formative years in Richmond which he refers...
During Monday’s Cameron Rotary Club meeting, Cameron City Manager Steve Rasmussen announced he would recommend a 12 percent increase in utility rates to overcome a $1.5 million shortfall.
Rasmussen’s announcement came a little more than two weeks since the Crossroads Correctional Center officially...
Former Cameron resident Emily Webster was back in Cameron on June 15th and held a clinic for Cameron’s lady wrestlers.
Emily achieved fame as a college wrestler at Oklahoma City University, where she was a four-time, undefeated national collegiate champion with a 118-0 cumulative record in her...
