Sep 16, 2015 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Headline News, Regional News
Parade Marshals The Daviess County Arts Council is pleased to announce that J.R. and Betty Bird have been chosen as the grand marshals of the 2015 Chautauqua parade. This year’s Chautauqua is set for Sept. 17-20 on the Gallatin square with the parade at 3 p.m. on...
Sep 16, 2015 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Entertainment, Headline News, Social Scene
Gallatin Chautauqua is scheduled for Sept. 18-19-20 with theatre performances set for Saturday and Sunday. Rachel Peery and Glennie Peery will be directing this year’s production “The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter.” The comedy is about the efforts of one bumbling...
Sep 16, 2015 | School News, Sports & Recreation
Gallatin’s Lady Bulldogs moved to 4-0 in the Grand River Conference and 11-2 overall following their latest in a string of eight straight victories on Tuesday. The GHS girls now embark on a three-game road schedule to Albany, Lawson and Polo. Gallatin’s 13-hit attack...
Sep 16, 2015 | Headline News, Regional News
The Missouri Department of Conservation recently revised the Hunter Education course for student convenience and to emphasize hands-on training. The course is now a two-step process. The first step is to complete the knowledge-based training through one of three...
Sep 16, 2015 | Clubs & Organizations, School News
In addition, Winston 2015-16 Officers chosen for FCCLA: President – Delilah Gadd; 1st Vice President – Ashley Gadberry; Vice President of Finance – Kaytlyn Barnes; Vice President of Public Relations and Membership – Ashley Noel; Vice President...
Sep 16, 2015 | Community News, School News
North Daviess will be celebrating its 100th anniversary of the school building’s opening on Monday, Oct. 5. The actual date the school opened was Oct. 4, 1915, which is a Sunday. The school will hold an assembly and invite the public to attend. Other activities will...
Sep 16, 2015 | City/Local Government, Community News, Headline News
Gallatin City Administrator Tony Stonecypher announced the city is still waiting on its 2014 audit review. He will be in contact with the city’s Attorney for legal advice on the issue. The board discussed the cost to finish the audit. Discussion was also held on...
Sep 15, 2015 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Two arrested for passing counterfeit bills. Miranda Shea Page, 18, and Tyler Parker, 23, both of Breckenridge, were each charged Sept. 9 in Daviess County with one count of forgery, class C felony. Both allegedly passed a counterfeit $100 bill at the Jamesport Grocery...
Sep 15, 2015 | Community News, Courthouse News
Your Right to Know: The following is information released from the Daviess County Courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. County Commission The road and bridge crew have been busy receiving delivery on the first two flat railcars to be used as replacement bridges in...
Sep 15, 2015 | Opinion
He hadn’t stopped by in quite awhile. He sat down in front of my desk, looking very somber as he said, “How ya doin’?” I thought he was inquiring about my health. So, he rephrased. “I mean, with internet and the bad way for newspapers these days, how’s your business...
Sep 15, 2015 | Headline News
Dear Editor: This is to the residents of Winston, including myself. I would like to explain to you why I resigned from the City Board of Winston. We worked hard to pass ordinances to better the town. We hired Lucille Lusk to draw up the ordinances and she did a bang...
Sep 15, 2015 | City/Local Government, Community News
Resignations were accepted from Trustee Bill Michael; City Clerk Lucille Lusk; and Ordinance Enforcement Officer Christy Eden-Browder during the Sept. 14 meeting of the Winston Board of Trustees. Trustee Jerry Lusk submitted his resignation a day or two later. A...
Sep 15, 2015 | Obituaries
Virginia Walker, 84, of Gallatin passed away Sept. 12, 2015, at the Daviess County Nursing and Rehab. Memorial graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 at Hillcrest Cemetery near Gallatin. There will be a memorial service at the Kingdom Hall in...
Sep 15, 2015 | Headline News
Graveside service and burial for Muriel Yetter will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Grandview Cemetery, Albany. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Sunnyview Nursing Home Foundation, in care of the Roberson-Polley Chapel, 403...
Sep 15, 2015 | Obituaries
Funeral services for Brett Hawkins will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Immanuel Baptist Church, Bethany. Burial will follow in Miriam Cemetery, Bethany. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, at Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, where friends...
Sep 14, 2015 | Headline News
Hugs from Home Quilt Project, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Gallatin, is unfolding a second quilt-making project. Last year church members finished over 45 quilts and shipped them to troops in Afghanistan. This year, the organization...
Sep 14, 2015 | Higher Education, Social Scene
Earlier this month, Chief Richards and Detective Vaughn with the Gallatin Police Department conducted a school bus evacuation training for bus drivers of the Gallatin School District. This training was aimed toward giving bus drivers the training needed to prepare...
Sep 14, 2015 | Opinion
by Freida Marie Crump Greetings from Poosey. I’d gathered a few friends for lunch at a nearby downtown square recently when suddenly the ice in our glasses began to rattle. Then the floor began vibrating and within seconds the plate glass in the café window shook with...
Sep 14, 2015 | School News, Sports & Recreation
A dominant first half effort, both offensively and defensively, set the stage last Friday night for Gallatin’s first victory of the 2015 season. The Bulldogs raced to an 18-0 lead and that first quarter momentum carried them to a 24-6 victory over Princeton Gallatin’s...
Sep 14, 2015 | Church News
Submitted news from area church services conducted Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Gallatin First Baptist A Baptismal service began the service. Darrell Critten led prayer time. A video “Because He Lives, Amen” was our call to worship. Macie McNeely sang “How Great Thou Art”...
