A Moberly woman was honored at the U.S. Capitol this morning. Rose Penn "Penny" Ross served in the women's airforce service pilot or WASP program starting in 1943. For her service she received a congressional gold medal. Penny brought planes from factories to bases, flew experimental aircraft and towed targets for the gunney school. The WASP group consisted of about 1,000 women, but wasn't considered part of the military until 1977. The congressional...
Noting they are trip hazards, Moberly crews will begin removing 20 downtown trees on Thursday morning. Public Works Director Tom Sanders says those trees are on Reed and Coates streets.Sanders says eight crew members will be working early in the morning and will be done daily by 9 am. Sanders doesn't have a timetable for how many days the project will take. He does confirm that a committee is working on replacement trees.Sanders says the downtown trees were put in with grant funding in...
