GHCAA board meeting March 6
A regular meeting of the Green Hills Community Action Agency (GHCAA) Board of Directors will be held at the GHCAA Area Office, 1506 Oklahoma Avenue, Trenton, on Tuesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. The Governance
Daviess County Courthouse News (2/28/07)
Sentencing for Brandon Anderson of Pattonsburg has been set for 9 a.m. March 21 in the Daviess County Circuit Court. On Jan. 16, Anderson plead guilty to second degree murder and kidnaping for his participation in the Aug. 3, 2004, murder of Steven Lawrence Jr. near Pattonsburg. Judge Warren McElwain will be the presiding judge.
Anderson had originally been charged with first degree murder. By agreeing to plead guilty to the lesser charge, Anderson could face imprisonment of from 10 to 30 years or life imprisonment on the murder charge and from five to 15 years on the kidnaping charge. Another defendant in the crime, Kevin Harmon of Pattonsburg, has been sentenced to life without parole. A Clinton County jury convicted Harmon of first degree murder on Feb. 22, 2006, returning the verdict in only three hours.
Gallatin FFA Celebrates National FFA Week
Gallatin FFA celebrates National FFA Week, Feb. 18-25.
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Class 1 District 14 District Basketball Bracket – at North Mercer
Class 1 District 14 Basketball Bracket shown here.
Class 1 District 13 District Bracket – at Jamesport
Class 1 District 13 District Bracket shown here.
2007 State Wrestling: Freshman Levi Michener earns third place medal
Levi Michener caps spectacular 37-2 season with third place state medal
2006-07 Basketball: End of Gallatin boys’ & girls’ regular seasons draws near
End of regular season near, along with Class 2, District 16 Tournament
Gallatin varsity basketball teams find themselves in the middle of a hectic, season-ending schedule grueling enough to test the mettle of even the most veteran of squads.
Daviess County Courthouse News (2/21/07)
Circuit Court
During Law Day on Feb. 20, a change of venue to Livingston County was granted to Elbert Fry of Gallatin, charged with two counts of child molestation first degree. The case has been assigned to Judge James Valbracht, Associate Circuit Judge of Livingston County. John Young of Mercer County has been appointed as special prosecutor.
Additional Law Day proceedings will be reported in next week’s issue.
Criminal cases filed: State vs. Deanna L. Roedel, Pattonsburg, three counts of endangering the welfare of a child in ritual/ceremony, second degree, class D felonies; State vs. Karl M. Robbins, Earth City, two counts child molestation first degree, class B felony; State vs. Douglas P. Smith, one count child molestation first degree, class C felony; State vs. Jamie L. Scott, Coffey, possession of controlled substance, class C felony.
Civil cases filed: Robert S. Fredricks, Pattonsburg, vs. Amanda Jean Fredricks, Coffey, for dissolution of marriage; Randy and Joyce Eads, Altamont, vs. Earl Gregory Brown, Kim Brown, and Brown Lumber Company LLC for breach of contract.
Card shower for Ollus Whitt
A birthday card shower is planned for Ollus Whitt. He will be 94 on March 2. Mail cards to Ollus Whitt, Room 15, %Crestview Rest Home, P.O. Box 430, Bethany, MO 64424.
House Happenings: How to exempt social security from income tax
by Jim Whorton
R-3 offers contracts for 07-08
After returning from an executive session of their regular meeting held Monday, Feb. 12, the Daviess County R-3 Board of Education offered the following contracts: half time (not to exceed 550 hours) to Wendell Burns as high school counselor, $18,850; half time (not to exceed 550 hours) to Chris Gannon as a science teacher and curriculum director, $18,850; 11 month to Kristi Weldon as high school principal, $50,000;10 month to Becky Morris as elementary principal, $45,000.
Letter to the Editor: John P. Lichtenegger
John P. Lichtenegger – Tax Dollars for Private Schools Senate Bill 389
Post Scripts: Horses – pure of heart
by Joe Snyder
The Coonridge Digest: Madison Avenue to the rescue
by Freida Marie Crump
Gobble Count Volunteers Needed
by Conservation Agent Alan Bradford
Missouri KIDS COUNT reports some good and bad news for Daviess County children
Citizens for Missouri’s Children has announced some good and bad news for Daviess County youngsters in their release of the 2006 Kids Count Data Book. The data book is an annual publication produced by private and public organizations across the state to inform citizens about the needs of Missouri’s children.
Get your tickets to RealityCheck
You’ve seen the shirts, you’ve seen the posters, you’ve heard the buzz, but the question is, do you have a ticket?
Attention WIC clients peanut butter recall
The State WIC office has been notified of the Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter Recall.
Dennis Croy now R-7 superintendent
Dennis Croy of Gallatin was offered a position as Tri-County R-7’s superintendent for the 2007-2008 school year during the regular meeting of their Board of Education held Monday, Feb. 12.