waynesvilledailyguide.com 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. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 8:36:08 +0000 Running for a purpose http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618767/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:48:20 Mandy Matney editor@waynesvilledaiyguide.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618767/1001/NEWS Mo. lawmakers to review capital needs, Medicaid http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618795/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:19:56 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618795/1001/NEWS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Senate committee plans to study the state's construction needs while the House will create two panels to focus on the Medicaid program for the poor.
Senate leader Tom Dempsey, a Republican from St. Charles, created an interim committee for capital improvements. The committee is to submit a report by December that will focus on needs at state parks, mental health facilities, state buildings and [...]]]> Mo. releases guidance for student transfers http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618799/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:15:00 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618799/1001/NEWS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's education agency says parents wanting to transfer their children from failing schools should provide notice by Aug. 1.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released guidance Wednesday on how to handle student transfers. That comes a week after the state Supreme Court upheld a 1993 law requiring unaccredited school districts to pay for students to transfer to nearby schools.
Waynesville School District announces Teacher of the Quarter http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618838/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:53 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618838/1001/NEWS Ginger Keeton, a chemistry and science teacher at Waynesville High School, was named the Teacher of the Quarter through the Project Teach Recognition Program sponsored by Sellers-Sexton. Mike Freeman of Sellers-Sexton presented Keeton with a $100 stipend during the May Waynesville R-VI Board of Education meeting. Sellers-Sexton recognizes teachers who have designed creative classroom learning projects and selected Keeton for her metallic plating project.
 Protecting Wounded Warriors' Eyesight http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618841/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:49 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130618841/1001/NEWS Sentence hearing delayed for Schwertz http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618916/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19:44 Paul Hackbarth http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618916/1001/NEWS US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618926/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:05 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618926/1001/NEWS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.
The Taliban met a key U.S. demand by pledging not to use Afghanistan as a base to threaten other countries, although the Americans said they must also denounce al- [...]]]> Former soldier seeks custody of child http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618979/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50:45 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618979/1001/NEWS  
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri couple is concerned that a former soldier will be granted visitation or custody of the child he conceived with their 14-year-old daughter.
 
Pulaski County Associate Circuit Judge John Clayton is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday in the guardianship and adoption case filed by a Pulaski County couple regarding their [...]]]> Trail of Tears remembered http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618980/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:39:31 Natalie Sanders msnataliesanders@gmail.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618980/1001/NEWS Missouri weekly gas prices & updates http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618986/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:28:45 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618986/1001/NEWS Missouri, June 17
Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have not moved  in the past week, averaging $3.50/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.61/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Missouri during the [...]]]> Fort Leonard Wood Engineer 'Roundup' http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618987/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:25:33 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618987/1001/NEWS Fort Leonard Wood’s Sverdrup chapter of the Army Engineer Association will combine its next monthly Engineer Roundup with the Corps of Engineers Annual Sapper Muster on Monday 24th June, 4p.m-6p.m.
"The Chapter hosts these gatherings for all military and civilian engineers in the Fort Leonard Wood area to come together and share a bit of our history, our camaraderie and hear speakers on topics of general interest to the Sapper community," [...]]]> 94th Wolverines return home http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618990/1001/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:21:42 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130618990/1001/NEWS Military plans would put women in most combat jobs 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 [...]]]> House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill 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 [...]]]> Murphy passes responsibilities of Engineer School to Kendrick 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 Palmyra, Missouri — small town, big history 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 Gardening to Distraction: Compost for Dad 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, [...]]]> Federal fugitive captured in Pulaski County 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 Local performer, songwriter advances in national competition 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 MP Soldiers return home to FLW 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. [...]]]>