Maries County Advocate

01/06/2025

SCHOOL CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Maries County R-2 Schools will be closed tomorrow, Jan. 7, due to hazardous road conditions. All activities are also cancelled.

01/06/2025

How is your Snow Day going? How much snow/ice did you get? Feel free to share your snow day view.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is urging drivers to continue to avoid traveling through Monday in the heaviest weather-impacted areas. The heavy amounts of snow, bitterly cold temperatures and cloud cover will keep MoDOT crews working around the clock to clear the roads the next couple of days.

https://mariescountyadvocate.com/stories/drivers-urged-to-avoid-travel-today-crews-working-to-clear-heavy-snow,146657?

01/05/2025

No School for Maries R1
Time to get the skates out. Due to the icy weather, Maries R1 will have a SNOW DAY on Monday, January 6. Please enjoy the day and stay safe! ❄️

01/04/2025

Good Saturday morning from the Battle In Bourbon Boys Basketball Tournament and first-round action between the Vienna Eagles and Grandview Eagles.

01/04/2025

Basketball Tripleheader Friday night from Plato High School between the host Eagles and Vienna. Earlier tonight, Vienna won the girls game 52-31 and Vienna currently leads the JV boys game 14-0 midway through the first quarter

01/03/2025

Winter weather expected late Saturday into late Sunday evening

The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Belle until 6 p.m. on Jan. 6, as anywhere between one to 12 inches is expected between Satruday evening and Monday morning.

BELLE — The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Belle until 6 p.m. on Jan. 6, as anywhere between one to 12 inches is expected between Satruday evening and Monday …

12/31/2024

Our New Years edition is now on stands with a special "In Remembrance" section for everyone we lost in 2024.

12/24/2024

Our Merry Christmas Edition is on newsstands now! Full of Letters to Santa, Holiday messages from area businesses and Baby's First Christmas Photos. Pickup yours and have a Merry Christmas.

12/22/2024

Local businesses organize Angel Tree adoption of 88 Maries R-2 students in need at the holidays

Three Belle businesses have partnered with the Maries County R-2 Schools during the holiday season to organize Angel Tree adoptions for local families in need. Items were dropped off at the schools on Tuesday morning 21 families at Belle High School, 18 families at Bland Middle School, and 49 families at Belle Elementary School.

https://mariescountyadvocate.com/stories/local-businesses-organize-angel-tree-adoption-of-88-maries-r-2-students-in-need-at-the-holidays,145661

12/19/2024

NOTE: One lucky baby from our baby's first Christmas will be printed on the front page of our Christmas edition.

12/18/2024

Good Wednesday afternoon from Linn High School and Legends Bank Holiday Classic Consolation semifinal basketball action between the Belle Tigers and Linn Wildcats.

12/14/2024

Joshua Gray was found deceased on his property outside of Bland this morning, Dec. 14.

OSAGE COUNTY — Joshua Gray was found deceased on his property outside of Bland this morning, Dec. 14. Gray was bonded out of the Osage County Detention Facility on Dec. 4 by Kurt Seba from …

12/13/2024

City of Belle is under a BOIL ADVISORY
Two Friday morning water main breaks have resulted in the city of Belle being placed under a BOIL ADVISORY until Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the earliest, according to City Clerk Sherree Burkholder.
"We are under an advisory not an order," Burkholder said around 5 p.m. on Dec. 13. "We have contacted other media outlets as well."
Water main breaks were located this morning on the corner of Bledsoe Avenue and Taylor Avenue and on Third Street. The town wasn't without water today, according to Burkholder, but the affected areas either had low or no water pressure.
Belle Public Works reached out to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources about the breaks on Friday afternoon and were told to issue the BOIL advisory. Water samples will be delivered to Jefferson City on Monday morning. Sample results take about 24-hours to be returned. The boil advisory is expected to be in effect until Tuesday, Dec. 17, at which time the city will updated the public.

12/12/2024

Curler’s Lady Eagles claim consolation hardware at Eugene avenging earlier loss to Russellville

Leaving Cole County with consolation hardware and avenging an earlier loss to Russellville’s Lady Indians.
Those two things were square on the minds of KC Curler’s Vienna Lady Eagle basketball team Friday night going into the consolation championship game of the Eugene Girls Basketball Tournament against Russellville. “I’m so proud of the girls for the way they battled and avenged their loss to Russellville earlier this season,” Curler said.

Read more at https://mariescountyadvocate.com/stories/curlers-lady-eagles-claim-consolation-hardware-at-eugene-avenging-earlier-loss-to-russellville,144788?