Drug Take Back Event a Success

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office was proud to provide yet another opportunity for area residents to safely discard any unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs this past Saturday, as part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s nationwide Drug Take Back Event. Deputies were at Apple Market in Columbus, Marvin’s IGA in Baxter Springs and the Galena City Hall from 9:00 to noon on Saturday morning.  Thanks to the community’s continued support for this program, approxi…

Federal Grant to Fund Programs that Assist Crime Victims

Missouri receives $36.7 million federal grant to fund programs that assist crime victims; VOCA funding is four times higher than in recent yearsJEFFERSON CITY – Missouri is receiving a federal grant to help crime victims that is more than four times larger than last year’s funding, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today. The grant of $36.7 million through the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) – used to fund domestic violence shelters, crime victim advocates and other programs that assist the…

Strong evidence Mars has streams of salt water in summertime

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mars appears to have flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that could have major implications for the possibility of life on the red planet.Scientists in 2008 confirmed the existence of frozen water on Mars. But the latest observations from an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter strongly support the longtime theory that salt water in […]