Sep 9, 2015 | Obituaries
Funeral service for Rodney Longwell were held Sept. 8, 2015, at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe. Burial was at Wheeling Cemetery. Rodney Longwell, 88, Chillicothe, died Sept. 5, 2015. Survivors include his wife, Aloha; one son, Mark Longwell (Julie) of Kansas City;...
Sep 8, 2015 | School News, Sports & Recreation
Gallatin’s Lady Bulldogs moved to 3-0 in the Grand River Conference and 6-2 on the season with a pair of runaway victories over league opponents. Gallatin spotted South Harrison two runs in the top of the first inning on Tuesday before exploding for five runs in each...
Sep 8, 2015 | Obituaries
Max Lee Courter Jr., known by everyone as “Lee” died on Sept. 3, 2015, in Bethany. Lee was born in Savannah, Ga., on March 5, 1964, to Max and Joyce (Bryant) Courter. Lee graduated from Coffey R-1 in 1982 and proudly served in the U.S. Air Force from 1982...
Sep 8, 2015 | Announcements, Clubs & Organizations, Community News, Entertainment, Headline News, Regional News, Social Scene
Mark calendars for Sept. 17-20, 2015! Chautauqua weekend is going to be jam packed with exciting events, activities, and musical groups. This year, to coordinate with the theme, reenactments will be presented from the “Back to the Future” movies. Watch for...
Sep 8, 2015 | Community News, Courthouse News, Headline News, Law Enforcement
Your Right to Know: The following is information released from the Daviess County Courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. County Commission Commissioners reviewed bridges to schedule for replacement or repairs in 2016. The road and bridge crew finished work on Waltz...
Sep 8, 2015 | Agriculture, Clubs & Organizations, School News
Winston FFA Chapter announced that two of its members had the honor of displaying projects on the Trailer of Champions at the 2015 Missouri State Fair in Sedalia in August. Georgia Caldwell was recognized for exhibiting the Reserve Grand Champion Winter Squash, which...
Sep 8, 2015 | Community News, School News, Social Scene, Sports & Recreation
Gallatin High School and the community will honor and recognize members of the 1988 Bulldog football team at half time during the Sept. 18 Homecoming game against South Harrison. The 1988 team, coached by Joe Battles and assisted by Doug Nichols, Chris Gerhardt and...
Sep 8, 2015 | Community News, Headline News, Opinion
We got a reminder last week on just how fragile the delivery of your newspaper can be. Many things have to go right and right on time for delivery to be Anormal.@ There are certain stages that narrow the work flow to a precarious place, stages where there simply is no...
Sep 8, 2015 | Community News, Headline News, School News, Sports & Recreation
For the fourth consecutive year, Smithfield Hog Production Division – Missouri, formerly Murphy-Brown of Missouri, donated bottled water to area schools to be sold in concessions for fundraising or used for other purposes throughout the school year. This year...
Sep 7, 2015 | School News, Sports & Recreation
For the third week in a row, Gallatin saw its hopes for a victory dashed in the second half of a tight ball game. Trailing, 14-6, late in the third quarter, the Bulldogs put together one of their best offensive drives of the season against the Polo Panthers. Sparked...
Sep 7, 2015 | Community News, Courthouse News, Headline News, Law Enforcement
9-1-15 7:02 am – Assisting with medical call in Gallatin. 8:48 am – Report of cattle out on Highway K north of Midway Avenue. 10:53 am – Out with abandoned vehicle on Highway DD. 2:52 pm – Assisting with medical call in Gallatin. 9-2-15 3:55 pm...
Sep 7, 2015 | Church News, Community News
Submitted news from area church services conducted Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. Gallatin First Christian Kathy Burns shared announcements, joys, and prayer concerns at the beginning of our worship services. Carrie Holcomb share the Children’s Message and Pastor Russ...
Sep 7, 2015 | Community News, Headline News, Historic Archives, Human Interest, Military/Veterans
his history, his future If you were to stroll through the Noyon New British Cemetery and read the names on the rows and rows of white gravestones, you would find that most of the men buried there were from the United Kingdom. These young soldiers had been sent by the...
Sep 7, 2015 | Clubs & Organizations, Historic Archives
by Lanita Sconce Smith, DCGS President The Brown Family #2 — Go west! There are at least three Brown families I have come across (so far) who were early pioneers of the county (prior to 1850). One was the John Bridges Brown and Hannah Hill family, who we learned about...
Sep 7, 2015 | School News, Sports & Recreation
Gallatin’s Junior High Football Team kicked off the 2015 season Tuesday at Polo. Team members are, front row, from left: Aiden Adkison, Johnny Stout, Ross Critten, Nathan Baker, Haden Bradford, Tristen Gibson and Jacob Maize; second row: Eli Henke, Ty Becker, Gavin...
Sep 7, 2015 | School News
Backpack Buddies will begin sometime in September for Winston R-6. If you are interested in sponsoring a student, please contact Mrs. Madison for details: [email protected] or (660) 749-5459. This year’s freshman through senior class officers have been...
Sep 7, 2015 | Agriculture, Clubs & Organizations, Higher Education
University of Missouri Extension is seeking local growers to establish test plots this fall. These plots will be replicated strip tests using growers’ equipment and harvested using yield monitors to record yield data. The first trials will be planting cover...
Sep 7, 2015 | Obituaries
Myrl Price of Lee’s Summit, passed away on Sept. 4, 2015. She was 98 years old. Myrl was born on Oct. 12, 1916, in Pattonsburg. Her parents were Charles and Julia Ann Browning Black. She was a member of the New Hope Methodist Church near Pattonsburg. Preceding...
Sep 6, 2015 | Obituaries
Funeral services for Muriel Watson were held Sept. 5, 2015, at Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany. Burial was in New Hope Cemetery, McFall. Memorial contributions may be made to McFall Baptist Church and/or New Hope Cemetery, in care of Roberson Funeral Home, PO Box 46,...
Sep 6, 2015 | Church News, Obituaries
Funeral service for Rev. Owen Moody was held Sept. 5 at the Gashland Baptist Church in Kansas City. Interment was in Terrace Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Jesus Film (Jesusfilm.org) or Give Bible League...
