Oct 31, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, School News, Social Scene, Sports & Recreation
Nov. 3, 2004 Gallatin High School’s Adam Strein and Emily Gay have been nominated for the coveted Wendy’s Heisman Award. This award honors the nation’s top high school seniors who best exemplify a supreme “citizen-scholar-athlete.” Nov. 2, 1994 Tara Lockridge Burns, a...
Oct 31, 2014 | Community News, Headline News, Traffic Accidents
There is something unique about the intersection of Hwy. F and Hwy. NN as you are approaching the entrance of Jamesport on Hwy. 6. This is the intersection where the Jamesport Country Store sits to the west and the town of Jamesport sits to the east. This is perhaps...
Oct 31, 2014 | Agriculture, Healthcare
by Tim Baker, Regional Horticulturist Trees and shrubs, especially young trees, may need some extra protection to prevent injury this winter. Potential damage may be from animals or environmental factors. Animals can kill or severely injure trees. Large animals such...
Oct 31, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Entertainment, Headline News
“All Aboard…Revisited,” a favorite play performed by the Gallatin Theatre League from 30 years ago, is being performed anew on the stage of the Courter Theater this fall. Members of the Gallatin Theatre League have been busy working on musical numbers and...
Oct 31, 2014 | Entertainment, Regional News
ST. JOSEPH, MO — Showcasing 10 short films, including dramas, comedies, documentaries, music videos, and more, the Foster’s Film Festival will spotlight local film talent, starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Paradox Theatre (107 N. 6th St). Doors will...
Oct 30, 2014 | Church News, Opinion
by Dr. Don Kuehle “Who goes there, in the night, across the storm-swept plain? We are the ghosts of a valiant war, a million murdered men. Who goes there, at the dawn, across the sun-swept plain? We are the hosts of those who swear, it shall not be again!”...
Oct 30, 2014 | Legislation, Opinion
by Lee H. Hamilton I have been working in or around government for over 50 years, and if you asked me to boil down what I’ve learned to one sentence, it is this: Governing is much harder work than most people imagine. This doesn’t excuse its lapses or sluggish rate of...
Oct 29, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Mark your calendars for Nov. 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., when the annual fundraiser benefitting Green Hills Community Action Agency’s Women’s Health Services Program once again comes to town. Over 45 vendor booths—for goods and merchandise,...
Oct 29, 2014 | Community News, Headline News, Human Interest, Law Enforcement
A fatal fire in Trenton on Sunday night led to a standoff in the small town of McFall in Daviess County on Monday afternoon. The incident involved as many as 10 law enforcement agencies. It ended when the suspect, David Call, a 1983 graduate of Jamesport High School,...
Oct 29, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Healthcare, Regional News
Green Hills Community Action Agency Women’s Health will be having clinic hours at their Trenton location (1506 Oklahoma Ave) on Friday, Nov. 7, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 12, 8:30 a.m. t0 12 p.m. and 1:30-5 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 15, 9...
Oct 29, 2014 | Community News, Headline News, Law Enforcement
by Gallatin Police Chief Mark Richards Kids love Halloween. They get to dress up and get free candy. What a perfect holiday. Some kids already know things that you can do to be safe, like how to cross the street, not to talk to or go with strangers and things like...
Oct 28, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Headline News
Joe Flanders of Gallatin, an employee with Union Pacific, repaired the crossing gate on Unity Avenue early Friday morning, Oct. 24. A passing train had reported the damaged gate before 6 a.m. Mr. Flanders arrived to find the gate arm had been hit, either by someone...
Oct 28, 2014 | Community News, Courthouse News, Headline News, Law Enforcement
Your Right to Know: The following is information released from the Daviess County Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. The county clerk’s office will be open Saturday, Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to noon for absentee walk-ins. County Commission Jason Smith submitted his 2014...
Oct 28, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Entertainment, Headline News, Regional News
Daviess County Fine Arts Council is presenting Scare on the Square Trunk or Treat from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, on the Gallatin courthouse square. Everyone is invited to decorate a pumpkin, a trunk, give out candy, or just take a stroll around the square. Deliver...
Oct 28, 2014 | Sports & Recreation
by Benjamin Herrold It wasn’t until late in the game on Saturday, as a warm October day yielded to the soft glow of twilight, that Missouri (6-2, 3-1 in SEC play) finally put away its game with Vanderbilt. Bud Sasser reeled in a 25-yard touchdown pass from Maty Mauk...
Oct 28, 2014 | Regional News
Robert Stanley, 55, won $99,001 on Oct. 13 by matching all five numbers in the Show Me Cash drawing, which made him the 336th jackpot winner of the game. Stanley plays often, but this is his biggest payout yet. He plans to vacation in Vegas, as well as invest portions...
Oct 28, 2014 | Sports & Recreation
Advances to Polo rematch There was a question to be answered heading into Friday night’s football rematch between Gallatin and South Harrison. How would the GHS Bulldogs respond, having their leading rusher and scorer on the sidelines nursing a sore hamstring? The...
Oct 28, 2014 | Clubs & Organizations, School News
Three Gallatin vocal music students were accepted into the All-District Choir, Jasmine Ramirez, Jessica Lichfield and Gabrielle Gibson, pictured left to right. Sheryl Warren is their vocal instructor at Gallatin. On Sept. 15, approximately 420 students traveled to...
Oct 28, 2014 | Community News, Headline News, Human Interest
Christmas came early to the customers at the Corner Café on Monday, Oct. 20. A very generous man left a certain amount of money to pay for the customers’ lunches. The customers and staff were quite surprised and very appreciative. The workers at the Corner Café say...
Oct 28, 2014 | Community News, Courthouse News, Headline News, Law Enforcement
10-21-14 6:25 pm – Freddie Pendergraft, 53, Allerton, IA, was transferred from Wayne County, IA, to DDCRJ on Daviess County warrant for FTA for class D felony DWI. 6:52 pm – Call regarding child being bullied in Jamesport. 8:06 pm – Verbal dispute in...
