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After drawing more than 4,000 visitors to the Cameron Municipal Airport last year, the Old School of Cameron Hot Air Affair Balloon Festival takes off Friday with twice the number of balloon pilots slated to attend.  Originally conceived in a dream by event founder Denise Maddex, the Hot Air Affair...
The Cameron Community Band, area leaders and dozens of area residents came together at the Cameron Veterans Memorial to honor local military men and women, who sacrificed their lives in service for their country. Cameron Mayor Becky Curtis served as the guest of honor, spending her allotted time at...
Vinzent Cooper speaks to Cameron R-1 School District Board of Education Trustees during a meeting in March regarding removal of “pornographic materials” from Cameron libraries. Following multiple incidents at a Gallatin Subway restaurant, Daviess County authorities recently charged him with felony harassment.
One of the founding members of a movement to remove explicit material from Cameron school libraries now finds himself in hot water following a Daviess County prosecutor charging him with felony harassment.  The charge comes after a series of alleged events inside the Gallatin Subway, where Vinzent...
Jonathan Jennings and Travis Williams search for precious metals.
An impromptu trip on their way back from an event in Illinois yielded a hefty profit for treasure hunters from Miami, Okla. after they found two rare coins only hours into their stop in McCorkle Park.  After toiling for more than 15 minutes on a square-foot section in the southeast corner of...
Shown here is the Cameron Public Library.
Plans to improve the Cameron Public Library facade received a new lease on life after the Cameron City Council approved allocating more than $150,000 in leftover American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for the project.  Seemingly scrapped after Cameron Community Development Director Tim Wymes...
An impromptu trip on their way back from an event in Illinois yielded a hefty profit for treasure hunters from Miami, Okla. after they found two rare coins only hours into their stop in McCorkle Park.  After toiling for more than 15 minutes on a square-foot section in the southeast corner of...
Cameron City Councilman Alexander Williams outlines his stance endorsing a proposed “workforce housing."
The newly seated Cameron City Council saw its first fissure after splitting 3-2 on whether to support a “workforce housing” project behind Walmart on 69 Highway. The project, presented by Economic Development of Cameron Vice Chairman Dan Earley and Developer Pete Ramsel, hopes to create an...
A commercial vehicle kicks up dust while traveling along an unpaved portion of Griffin Road last year. Work on paving the road should begin soon.
Nearly a year since dozens of citizens converged in Cameron City Hall to protest the state of Griffin Road, work will soon get underway to pave the popular gravel road. Monday, the Cameron City Council unanimously approved a bid by Cameron-based CP Excavating, LLC to begin construction on the $739,...
Shown here is Crossroads Correctional Center Prisoner Baley Turner
Already serving 12 years for assaulting a Bethany man with a handsaw, a Crossroads Correctional Center prisoner’s stay in Cameron may last a little longer following another alleged attack, this time on a corrections officer. Baley Turner, 23, of Savage, Minn., faces three felony assault charges...
Shown here is the recently constructed Randy Curnow Chevrolet, Buick, GMC Dealership, the location of an alleged three-year, $300,000 embezzlement scheme discovered by an audit by Horizon CPA Services of North Kansas City.
A Liberty woman who allegedly embezzled more than $300,000 from her former Cameron employer now faces a felony theft charge in DeKalb County.  Monday, recently elected DeKalb County Judge Drew Foster Davis issued an arrest warrant for Alison Jean Culver, 57, who worked as an accounts payable and...

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