http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/section/NEWS waynesvilledailyguide.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:52:56 +0000 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619062/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:38 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619062/1001/NEWS WASHINGTON (AP) — Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.
 
Details of the plans were obtained by The Associated Press. They call for requiring women and men to meet the same physical and [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619098/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:03:55 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619098/1001/NEWS WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.
 
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the legislation, which would block President [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619099/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:49:56 Mandy Matney editor@waynesvilledailyguide.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619099/1001/NEWS http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619101/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:39:39 Norine Albers Special to the Daily Guide http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619101/1001/NEWS http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619115/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:15:35 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619115/1001/NEWS I have one word to get for you gardening Dad for Father's Day gift: compost.
Now don't go off to the nearest garden center to buy it; the best compost is the kind you make yourself, and then keep on making it.
Compost is basically sped-up partially decomposed organic matter, the same process that breaks down organic matter in soil.
According to University of Missouri Extension, [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619169/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:46:44 Staff Reports http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619169/1001/NEWS http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619324/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:40:31 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619324/1001/NEWS http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619300/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:24:50 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619300/1001/NEWS A welcome home ceremony for a personal security team assigned to the 13th Military Police Company, 92nd MP Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, was held June 11 in Fort Leonard Wood's Abrams Theater.
The security team, which deployed for nine months, served as a protective service detail for commanders operating within Third Army and U.S. Army Central Command. During this time, the squad-sized element accomplished more than 600 missions. [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619305/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:17:10 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619305/1001/NEWS Prepare for a weekend of fun in the sun as the annual Route 66 Freedom Fest is scheduled to take place Saturday. Here's what you need to know about the day's festivities.
 
Where: Downtown Waynesville Square
When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What: Family games will take place throughout the day with several prizes awarded; a variety of vendors [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619311/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:08:56 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619311/1001/NEWS Secretary of State Jason Kander recently welcomed students from Dixon Elementary to Civil War Archives Alive!, an educational program offered annually by the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City.
"Civil War Archives Alive! is an engaging and interactive experience that provides a new way for students to discover Missouri's vibrant history," Kander said. "It is great to watch these students enjoy learning about important events from our state's past."
Commemorating the [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619316/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:03:25 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619316/1001/NEWS A free workshop pertaining to the Missouri Sunshine Law will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. at the St. Robert Community Center, located at 114 J.H. Williamson Drive, St. Robert, MO. 65584.  Participants can bring their own brown bag lunch or they can pay the University of Missouri Extension Center $6.00 and their lunch will be provided.  You may register by calling the MU Extension Office at 573-774-6177 or email pulaskico@missouri.edu. [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619441/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:26:46 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619441/1001/NEWS The City of Crocker was recently recognized as a Purple Heart City.

At Monday's City Council Meeting, Everett Kelley, a representative for the Order of the Purple Heart for the state of Missouri ,presented Mayor Jim Morgan with a Purple Heart Flag and plaque.

The flag now flies at the VDW. American Legion Memorial in Crocker.

The City of Crocker now joins the [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619460/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:41:47 Capt. Sandy Stover ngmo.pao@us.army.mil http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619460/1001/NEWS http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619471/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:07:26 Natalie Sanders msnataliesanders@gmail.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619471/1001/NEWS A tornado can occur at anytime, but Missouri's peak tornado season is from mid-March through late June and being prepared can save residents from injury and even death.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) advices families to have a plan for all emergencies and to build an emergency kit that will sustain them for at least 72 hours, in addition to their advice for tornado safety.
Residents are advised to [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619472/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:42:28 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619472/1001/NEWS http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619476/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:37:45 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619476/1001/NEWS Missouri ranks eighth in the nation for graduating 80.7 percent of its high school students in 2010, according to the Diplomas Count 2013 report released today by Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center. This is the second year the state has been in the top 10 and the fourth consecutive year the state has seen growth in its graduation rate.
"It is Missouri's goal to rank within the top 10 states nationwide on [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619642/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:05:35 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619642/1001/NEWS  

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The board of directors of Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland will vote Friday on whether to sell a Girl Scout camp in southwest Missouri that has been serving scouts since 1946.
The board's staff has recommended that Camp Mintahama, a 180-acre acre resident camp nine miles south of Joplin, be sold and closed at the end of the 2015 camping season, The Joplin Globe reported [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619646/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:54:28 Mandy Matney amatney@waynesvilledailyguide.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619646/1001/NEWS The 12-Screen theatre complex in Waynesville will soon start to take shape.
Recently, B&B Theatres announced Larry Snyder Construction as the general contractor for the Waynesville Patriot 12 Cinema and the company expects to start seeing construction soon.
According to Brock Bagby, a representative for B&B Theatres, the Waynesville Patriot 12 project was delayed for a while due to several issues, [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619648/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:51:14 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619648/1001/NEWS May’s weather was one for the record books.
"There is great disparity between what we saw last year vs. this year," said Pat Guinan, state climatologist with the University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program.
The temperatures in March through May made it the coolest spring since 1984, Guinan said. By contrast, temperatures in the spring of 2012 were the highest on record. There was an 11- [...]]]> http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619776/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:02:19 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619776/1001/NEWS FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – On June [...]]]>