Bennett Spring News Today

Water we have in missouri and we need to protect the quality of water have in our state. All across our state drinking and Wastewater Treatment systems, many built decades ago are starting to fall apart. If youve ever had a pipe burst in your basement, or a cracked maintain your subdivision, you know how costly and annoying that can be. Thats what my budget this year includes 70 million, funds already approved by the voters and the legislature, to rebuild these aging Water Systems now and ensure...

Today is a good day to celebrate a few things, like the early arrival of spring ... and taxes.

LEBANON, Mo. (KMIZ) A small portion of Bennett Spring State Park will be closed to anglers at the start of trout season, according to a press release from the Missouri

Bennett Spring State Park in Lebanon, Missouri, is under construction.

Robert “Bob” Loren Dampier, age 89, son of Roy William Dampier and Della Helen (Davison) Dampier was born Oct. 18, 1934, He passed away Jan. 28, 2024, at his home in Houston, Mo., surrounded by his family.  

The City of Roanoke has announced that the Parks and Recreation department has received a $250,000 grant to fund trailhead reconstruction at Carvins Cove…

The city of Roanoke will use the $250,000 mainly for erosion prevention projects.

Here are four floating rivers in southwest Missouri you should check out this summer and fall.

Here it is the middle of June, and I’ve yet to wet a line. I don’t have a good excuse. I’m just minutes away from the Niangua River and only about a half hour from Bennett Spring on the east or Lake Pomme de Terre to the north. I can’t even use “no fishing permit” as an excuse. I haven’t needed one of those for six years. I didn’t need one when I was a kid, either, and I took full advantage of the liberty. I never came up with an excuse not to go fishing.

The Boy Scouts of America and The Nature Conservancy’s Prescribed Fire Training Exchange partner to use burning practices to keep ecosystems strong.