Jacques Randolet is the Midland County Senior Services Volunteer of the Month for October for his work as a transportation driver. Jacques has been driving for us since 2009 and is known as the “French Guy” or “French Dude,” depending on who you talk to. Jacques met his wife in […]
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Volunteer network of truckers, nonprofit partner to deliver disaster-relief supplies
A nonprofit trucking group is partnering with a volunteer-run disaster-relief organization to collect and eventually deliver critical supplies as Hurricane Ian intensified into a Category 4 system and is expected to pound Florida’s southwest coast late Wednesday morning. Shelli Conaway-Waugh, of Lexington, Kentucky, a 30-year trucking veteran, runs a nonprofit […]
Float trip for the disabled full of water fights on the Niangua River
Squirt guns are a necessity for a group of Springfieldians on their annual float trip. Of course, there were bottles of water, saran-wrapped sandwiches, potato chips, personal flotation devices and more, but the water guns were the main event. Before even launching from the embankment at Bennett Springs, everyone was […]