Sunday
Gray scores 1,000th point as SC boys basketball beats Hermann
MOKANE -- Ending 2023 with a bang, South Callaway's Tayber Gray scored his 1,000th career point as the Bulldogs earned a statement victory against the Hermann Bearcats Friday at South Callaway High School.
"It's awesome, Tayber's had a great career," South Callaway boys basketball coach Seth Thomas said. "Anytime somebody scores 1,000 points, it's a great career. It's based upon four great years of high school basketball."
Achieving redemption after Hermann ended their season last year, the Bulldogs won the district opponent matchup 55-48.
In a game between two teams who could receive a top-three seed in Class 3 District 7 on paper, a dogfight between South Callaway (5-4) and Hermann (7-3) ensued.
It was anyone's game early on, as there were seven lead changes and a tie in the first quarter, but Adam Loucks' buzzer-beater from just behind halfcourt to end the first gave the Bulldogs the lead for good.
Four South Callaway boys wrestlers medal in the Hallsville Holiday Tournament
The South Callaway Bulldogs had four wrestlers medal, taking 11th as a team in the Hallsville Holiday Tournament Friday at Hallsville High School.
South Callaway scored 80 points as a team. The top three teams were Washington first with 224 points, Fort Zumwalt North second (181.5) and Belleville West, Illinois third (170).
Ethan Munford led South Callaway, placing second at 165 pounds with a 3-1 record and 26 points. Munford (16-8) recorded all three of his wins by fall before losing to Washington's Jackson Thorton (17-4) by ball (3:30) in the first-place match.
Tuesday
Blue Jays' fourth-quarter rally comes up short
Westminster women's basketball capped off its trip to Las Vegas with its last game of the 2023 D3Hoops.com Classic against Occidental out of Los Angeles Friday at South Point Arena.
Westminster started the fourth quarter down 50-39 and rallied to cut its deficit to five points with 9:10 left in the game.
The Tigers held off the Blue Jays comeback and won the game 67-59. Occidental improved to 7-1 on the season, and Westminster fell to 4-7.
Wednesday
Kingdom City man charged after narcotics investigation
A Kingdom City man was charged with two felonies after a narcotics investigation in Fulton.
Gerald Dean Wolfe, 37, was charged with delivering a controlled substance and resisting/interfering with arrest for a felony.
According to a probable cause statement, Wolfe was driving a white Pontiac G6, a vehicle known to be associated with narcotics sales, around 3:23 a.m. on Friday.
First Impact to encourage driving safety
The Fulton Police Department is collaborating with the University of Missouri to bring the First Impact traffic safety program to Fulton.
The First Impact program will be 6-7:30 p.m. Jan 16 at the Fulton Recreation Center, 808 State St.
The event's speakers will be Allyn Workman, health educator with the University of Missouri and Jessie Schmidt with the Fulton Police Department.
Thursday
Westminster announces new football head coach
Westminster College announced Luke Butts as its new head football coach during a press conference Wednesday.
Butts replaces John Welty, who was with Westminster for 24 years.
He ended his time with the college at the conclusion of the 2023 football season, a Westminster release states.
Callaway named top harvest county for alternative methods portion
Callaway County was the top county in Missouri for hunters during the alternative methods portion of firearms deer season.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation showed hunters harvested 296 deer in Callaway County during the alternative methods portion.
Current harvest totals showed the 296 deer harvested in Callaway County include 54 antlered bucks, 47 button bucks and 195 does.
Friday
Fresh Start offers sober living facilities, services
Fresh Start Sober Living shared information about its services with the Callaway Resource Network at Thursday's meeting.
Becca Burger, an employee with Fresh Start, said the organization is "a recovery support service that offers peer coaching, support groups, life skills, care coordination, respite services."
Fresh Start has two sober living group homes in Callaway County - one for men and one for women. Each house accommodates four people.
Luetkemeyer announces planned retirement
Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer on Thursday announced he plans to retire after the 2024 session.
Luetkemeyer, a St. Elizabeth Republican, has represented Missouri's 3rd Congressional District since 2009. He'll continue to serve until December 2024 but will not run for re-election this year.
"Over the coming months, as I finish up my last term, I look forward to continuing to work with all my constituents on their myriad of issues as well as work on the many difficult and serious problems confronting our great country. There is still a lot to do," Luetkemeyer said in a statement. "As we tackle the many challenges we face, I hope we remember what someone once said, that 'the greatness of our country is not found in the halls of Congress but in the hearts and homes of our people.' That assessment is still true today. As we look to the future, I believe that if we work hard, stay together, and believe in ourselves our best days are indeed still ahead."