4-H Knee-Hi Receives Grant from MFA

by Libby Endicott, Knee-Hi Reporter The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the Knee-Hi 4-H Club to be applied toward the cost of purchasing archery equipment. The MFA Oil Foundation, which was established in 1998, provides support to nonprofit organizations...

Helen Robertson 1933-2014

Funeral services for Helen Robertson were held Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Roberson-Polley Chapel, Albany, with burial in the McFall Cemetery. Memorial Contributions: McFall Cemetery in care of the Roberson-Polley Chapel, 403 N. Hundley, Albany, Mo., 64402. Helen Marie...

Frances Nicholson 1931-2014

Funeral services for Frances Nicholson will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron. Visitation: 6-7 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Cameron. Memorial donations to the Turney Historical...

Lila Rose Malotte 1929-2014

Funeral services for Lila Malotte were conducted Feb. 21, 2014, at Rupp Funeral Home. Interment was at the Odd Fellows Public Cemetery. Lila Rose Malotte, 85, St. Joseph, died Feb. 17, 2014, at a St. Joseph health care center. She was born Feb. 14, 1929, in St....

Cindy Jones 1949-2014

Cindy Jones, 64, Gallatin, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at the Daviess County Nursing and Rehab in Gallatin. No Scheduled services are planned at this time. Cremation is under the direction of McWilliams Funeral Home in Gallatin. Cindy was born April 23, 1949, the...

Ray Carder 1941-2014

Funeral services for Ray Carder were held Feb. 26 at McWilliams Funeral Home in Gallatin. Burial was at the McCrary Cemetery near Gallatin. Memorial contributions may be made to the McCrary Cemetery in care of McWilliams Funeral Home. Ray Carder, 72, Gallatin, died...

Daviess County Courthouse News

County Commission The road and bridge crew is working in North Jackson Township on Prairie Avenue to redeck a bridge. North Daviess School District requested use of the commissioners’ room for a school project. Commissioners approved use of room. Randy Sims, presiding...

Winston R-6 Rocket Club Aims Higher

The Winston R-6 High Velocity Projectile Club launched a rocket Feb. 19 near the school. In this test launch, the students’ rocket reached nearly 800 feet — just a few feet short of their goal. More details about the activities of the High Velocity...

Adkison Pleads Guilty in Ohio

A Missouri man — who faces charges of kidnaping and assault of a Hamilton woman from last year — pled guilty to five criminal charges in Ohio and has been sentenced to prison. A judge sentenced Brian Adkison to two years in a Correctional Institute near Cleveland....

Church News

Submitted news from area church services that were conducted Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014: Olive Baptist Brother David’s Sunday morning message was “God’s Warning of Deceptions” from II Timothy 3. Sarah Ishmael’s children’s message was...