A former professor at the University of Missouri found out early this morning [Wednesday] that he is a recipient of a Nobel Prize for chemistry.
George P. Smith was a professor at the University for 40 years in the Division of Biological Sciences.
Smith, along Gregory Winter in Cambridge, England will share half of the $1.1 million award.
Smith was instrumental in developing a new way to evolve proteins.
A loud sound may be heard in the Audrain County area as Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line is conducting a planned maintenance this (Tuesday) morning. According to an email from Energy Transfer the maintenance is taking place on the Centralia Pipeline 2000 near Highway Z and ending near Audrain County Road 457. They are emptying the…
Platinum Health Systems, the company that bought Noble Health earlier this year, has no plans to re-open the Audrain and Callaway Community Hospitals and have terminated all employees. This morning, we received anonymous confirmation from former employees that they were notified via email. The staff has not received back pay or reimbursement of insurance premium…
The St. Louis Cardinals thumped the Texas Rangers 10-1 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Cardinals starting pitcher Michael McGreevy just called up from Triple A Memphis made his Major League Baseball debut and held the defending champion Rangers scoreless for 5 1/3 innings before putting the finishing touches on a one-run outing…
A Camdenton woman is recovering from injuries following a 2-car accident in Mexico on Monday, July 24, 2023. According to a press release Mexico Public Safety responded to US Highway 54 bypass, about one mile north of the South Clark exit around 3:08pm. Responding personnel found that 81-year-old Carol Whelpley of Camdenton was traveling south…
A Vandalia man is recovering from moderate injuries following a one-car-accident in Audrain County on Saturday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened on US 54, one mile west of Laddonia when the driver of a vehicle. 40-year-old Dustan W. Pease suffered an unknown medical condition. The vehicle went off the road and…
The Missouri Department of Transportation will be joining the fight against human trafficking. MoDOT will voluntarily commit to educating employees and raising public awareness of trafficking issues impacting the state and nation, including common indicators of human trafficking and how to report it. Locations along the I-44 corridor including Rolla, Joplin and St. Louis are…
