Rochelle Eiselt

Fulton restaurant recognized for 10 years in business A Fulton restaurant celebrated 10 years in business with a ribbon cutting Friday.Brooklyn Pizza, located at 501 Court St., was recognized by Callaway County Chamber of Commerce with the ribbon cutting... October 1, 2022

Polio survivor raises awareness against Polio Fulton Rotary kicked off World Polio Month with a guest speaker Wednesday who had polio and survived it.Jerry Venters, a past District 6040 Rotary Governor, had polio when he was 6.Poliomyelitis (poli... September 29, 2022

New Bloomfield schools explore adding new greenhouse The New Bloomfield School District is working on getting a new greenhouse.The R-3 School Board accepted the bid from Stuppy Greenhouses at this month's school board meeting, but after discussion, ... September 28, 2022

Restaurant hosts free concert to give back to community A Fulton restaurant is giving back to the community .Ms. Kim's Fish and Chicken Shack held a free concert over the weekend to give back to customers.Kimberly Perry, owner of Ms. Kim's Fish and... September 27, 2022

South Callaway reading event encouraging early literacy A reading event hosted by the South Callaway school district aims to help increase early literacy.Roll and Read's goal is to increase awareness of early reading. South Callaway's Parents as Te... September 24, 2022

Fulton Public Schools distributing surveys for improvement Fulton Public Schools have subscribed to the K-12 Insight survey platform in support of the District Strategic Plan and Missouri School Improvement Program 6 requirements.Three surveys will be distrib... September 23, 2022

Food donations received at FPS help feed students The commodities received in the food department during the 2021-22 school year at Fulton Public Schools were at the value of $69,270.13.These were donated foods and items to help provide nutritious me... September 22, 2022

Rotary Youth Exchange program helping students A Rotary Youth Exchange Student program is helping students learn.Romane Dessy, 18, a Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Belgium, said one of the reasons she decided to be a part of the exchange progr... September 21, 2022

Fulton Public Schools' efforts increasing student attendance The Fulton School District is seeing an increase in attendance.The attendance awareness program at Fulton Public Schools has been in progress this school year and the district attendance committee con... September 20, 2022

Fulton Public Schools enrollment up Fulton Public Schools gave an update on facilities and enrollment during Wednesday's board of education meeting.Superintendent Dr. Ty Crain said enrollment is back up after losing students over th... September 17, 2022

Fulton Rotary awards law enforcement officer The 2022 G.W. Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award was presented at Wednesday's Rotary meeting.Sergeant Billy Kamp, of Callaway County Sheriff's office, was the recipient of the award. Th... September 15, 2022

Fulton airport holding annual pancake breakfast The Kingdom Pilots Association is sponsoring a pancake breakfast Saturday at the Fulton Elton Hensley Memorial Airport.David Hollabaugh, treasurer of the Kingdom Pilots Association at the Elton Hensle... September 13, 2022

Girl Scouts to host Tents, Toasts getaway for women A Girl Scouts fundraising event specially catered to support women in the outdoors is happening soon. Girl Scouts is always thinking of new ways of getting involved in the community and sharing the lo... September 10, 2022

Rotary emphasizing literacy in community Callaway County Public Library and Fulton Rotary Club are working to together to help promote literacy in the community. This month, the library and Rotary Club are displaying books in the lobby of th... September 9, 2022

Fulton organizations raise tons of food to help SERVE Three service Fulton organizations worked together to raise tons of food to help SERVE.Fulton Rotary, Breakfast Optimist Club and Kiwanis raised 4,349.24 pounds of food to help SERVE."When we lea... September 8, 2022

Fulton Special Olympics partners with Rotary for tournament Signups for Special Olympics Bowling have started. This year, Fulton Rotary Club will sponsor 50 Special Olympic athletes who will participate in the annual bowling tournament. Allen Huggins, Fulton R... September 2, 2022

City, schools partner on after-school program The city and Fulton School District have partnered for the Legends After-School Program for the 2022-23 academic year.Fulton Public Schools will be responsible for busing the Legends After-School part... September 1, 2022

Fulton Public Schools getting new vending machines The Fulton Public School Board recently agreed to install new vending machines in the middle and high school cafeteria areas.Middle school and high school students will now have the opportunity to pur... August 27, 2022

Fulton Rotary working to fight polio The district governor for Rotary Clubs shared a simple, but significant goal for local chapters: Grow. John Horton, District 6080 governor, visited the Fulton Rotary last week and shared that vision. ... August 24, 2022

Fulton schools start drive to increase attendance Fulton School District is working on an attendance-awareness campaign.Amanda Miles, coordinator of school and community programs for the district, said the goal is to have 90 percent of students atten... August 13, 2022

Fulton School District working on repairs The Fulton School District has been making improvements in different areas as it prepares the campus for a new school year. Superintendent Ty Crain said sod has been installed on the high school footb... August 12, 2022

Second Street, bridge improvements continue Updates on Second Street, including new gutters and sidewalks, and new streetlights are continuing, the Fulton City Council was told Tuesday.City engineer Kyle Bruemmer said work has been progressing ... August 11, 2022

Fire departments make appeal for more volunteer firefighters Four to five area volunteer fire departments staged an appreciation event Saturday to connect firefighters' families, as well as thank volunteers and get to know their neighbors a bit better.&quot... August 10, 2022

Bikers Against Child Abuse presents at Kiwanis An organization that takes action to help children presented at a Kiwanis meeting in Fulton last week.Bikers Against Child Abuse is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization that provides aid, co... August 9, 2022

South Callaway School District hires new superintendent South Callaway School District's new superintendent comes from a family of educators.Corey Pontius assumed the role in June. He took the position after former Superintendent Kevin Hillman retired ... August 6, 2022

Fulton Middle School Choir gets support from community for uniform donations Abbey Ordway, vocal music director at Fulton Middle School, said this year would be a bit different as the uniforms would change.So Ordway made a post on social media, and it helped get more donations... August 6, 2022

Fulton Police Department faces staffing issues The Fulton Police Department is working on improvements. Lt. Bill Ladwig, Fulton Police Chief, spoke during a Rotary meeting last week on how the first six months as chief have gone. He has been at th... August 2, 2022

North Callaway High School awarded grant to build outdoor classrooms North Callaway High School will soon have an addition of an outdoor classroom.The MFA Oil Foundation awarded a grant to the North Callaway R-1 District to help build the outdoor classroom. It awarded ... July 25, 2022

Auxvasse Lions Club holding fundraiser AUXVASSE, Mo. -- Auxvasse Lions Club will be hosting a music show as part of a fundraiser for the Auxvasse Community Center.The Silver Wings Band will perform a music show on July 30 from 7-10 p.m at ... July 20, 2022

Grow Your Own program helps aspiring teachers Two summer school teachers with the Fulton School District are the first to participate in the Grow Your Own program.The new program that started this year is among four local institutions, Fulton Pub... July 13, 2022

Poppin under the sun Larry Cox, of Larry's Country Kettle Corn, stirs his pot full of kettle corn Wednesday along North Bluff Street in Fulton.              ... July 7, 2022

Elementary students make penny drive successful St. Peters Catholic School raised the most money this year during the Callaway County United Way's annual penny drive this year. Misty Dothage, Executive Director, Callaway County United Way said the ... July 6, 2022

Fulton School District summer meal program thriving The Fulton School District summer meal program has been a success so far this summer.The district has been offering free meals to students and families during the month of June. Meals were given at Mc... July 5, 2022

South Callaway School District considers actions to address vaping issue South Callaway School District is taking steps to address a vaping problem at the high school.The district had vape detectors installed in January.Right away some patterns of behavior were noticed, So... June 23, 2022

Fulton Street Fair returns this weekend Fulton's annual Street Fair returns Friday and Saturday to the downtown area.Many food and street vendors will be there with a lot of food choices, such as barbeque, chicken, funnel cakes, kettle corn... June 22, 2022

South Callaway School District approves budget MOKANE, Mo. -- The South Callaway R-2 School District approved the budget for the 2022-23 school year during Monday's board of education meeting.South Callaway Superintendent Kevin Hillman said he... June 21, 2022

New Bloomfield school district approves budget The budget for the 2022-23 school year was approved during Thursday's New Bloomfield R-3 school district board of education meeting.The budget was updated by including new hires at the district, s... June 17, 2022

FPS reviews renovation plan, attendance Fulton Public School District 58 is looking to make improvements by next school year.The district is planning to move forward with the kindergarten center design, said Ty Crain, superintendent at Fult... June 13, 2022

Westminster College converts bonds to tax-exempt status Westminster College successfully converted about $6 million of taxable bonds to tax-exempt bonds.The outstanding 2021B bonds, which is a total of $6,085,000, were issued through the Industrial Develop... June 9, 2022

Fulton Public Schools approves fiscal year 2023 budget Fulton 58 Public School District approved the fiscal year 2023 budget during Wednesday's board of education meeting.The board approved the budget with anticipated operating revenues of $25,746,918... June 8, 2022

Fulton Public Schools looking to approve budget The Fulton Public School District will give updates on its budget during Wednesday’s board of education meeting.The fiscal year 2023 budget was a cooperative effort of district staff and adminis... June 6, 2022

South Callaway school district to hold Little Olympics event MOKANE, Mo. -- The South Callaway School District will host the Little Olympics event June 30.It will be held at South Callaway High School’s track and field facility. Anyone up to 10 years old ... June 4, 2022

New Bloomfield schools renovating gyms New Bloomfield School District is making improvements to its school gyms this summer.New Bloomfield Superintendent Sarah Wisdom said two gymnasiums are getting some work done.The elementary school is ... June 3, 2022

New CFO appointed at William Woods University Williams Wood University in Fulton has a new chief financial officer.WWU President Jeremy Moreland announced the appointment of Stephen Mansdoerfer as the university's chief financial officer, eff... May 25, 2022

Leadership camp to return to WWU next month A leadership camp will return to the William Woods University campus in Fulton on June 12-17.The Missouri Association of Student Councils hosts a leadership camp annually on the campus of William Wood... May 24, 2022

Fulton English teacher wins teacher of year A long-time teacher has received Fulton Public School District's teacher of year award. Stacey Bonderer has been teaching for 35 years and has been teaching for 10 years with Fulton School District. B... May 21, 2022

Fulton School District awards custodian with Support Staff of Year award James Butler, custodian at Fulton School District, received the district's Support Staff of the Year award. Before working as a custodian, Butler worked in the restaurant management field. He worked a... May 21, 2022

North Callaway School District looking to improve buildings North Callaway School District is trying to figure out what to do with its aging buildings.Danielle Atterberry, director of the facilities improvement committee, said school buildings are reviewed ann... May 20, 2022

Fulton Public Schools board approves bus bid The Fulton School District is planning to purchase two new buses.Fulton Public Schools had requested bids for school buses and received submissions from Midwest Transit Equipment and Central States Bu... May 14, 2022

Callaway Chamber of Commerce Leadership Callaway students graduate Callaway Chamber of Commerce held a commencement ceremony Thursday at the Brick District Playhouse for the class of 2022 Leadership Callaway students.Tamara Tateosian, executive director at Callaway C... May 13, 2022

Stories by Rochelle Eiselt