Apr 27, 2016 | School News, Sports & Recreation
Probably none of the other teams competing in Tuesday’s Grand River Conference Golf Tournament believed the outcome would be any different than it was, so, in fact, a three-hour weather delay at Bethany Country Club only postponed the inevitable. With all five golfers...
Apr 27, 2016 | School News, Sports & Recreation
Girls Results Pole Vault: T2. Caragan Baker, Gallatin, 5’; T2. Macie McNeely, Gallatin, 5’. 400m Dash: 3. C. Baker, Gallatin, 1:09.03; 5. Claire Hemry, Gallatin, 1:11.04. 800m Run: 3. Hannah Miller, Gallatin, 2:51.76; 6. Haley Collins, North Daviess, 3:01.60. 1600m...
Apr 27, 2016 | City/Local Government
City Administrator Tony Stonecypher provided an update from the Cupola Building Committee to the Gallatin Board of Aldermen at their meeting on April 25. The committee, appointed by Mayor Barb Ballew, is focusing on ideas to revitalize the property located on the...
Apr 26, 2016 | Community News
The Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail will meet at 10 a.m. on April 29 at the trailer at 102 North Meadows Lane in Pattonsburg. Old business will include painting of the jail; Turnkey contract; K-9 purchase for Daviess County; DeKalb County court security. New business...
Apr 26, 2016 | Historic Archives
April 26, 2006 Jennifer Layne Teel was crowned Tiny Miss Missouri Princess during the state pageant finals of the Mrs. Missouri America pageant held in Chillicothe. Jennifer is the daughter of Julie Vyrostek and Darrell Teel. USDA Rural Development presented a mock...
Apr 26, 2016 | School News
Gallatin High School recently announced its seventh and eighth grade honor rolls for third quarter. 7th Grade: President’s Honor Roll: Caragan Baker, Sydney Cook, Tristan Hamilton, Claire Hemry, Hayliegh Huff-Hockaday, Maddison Michael, Jenna Rains. A Honor Roll: ...
Apr 26, 2016 | Higher Education
The Pattonsburg R-2 School Board carried a motion to approve the 2016-2017 Salary Schedule with a $450 to the base, which is a 2.98% increase for all other staff, and add a life insurance policy for all employees who qualify for benefits. In other business at the...
Apr 26, 2016 | Agriculture, Clubs & Organizations, School News
Congratulations to the Winston FFA Dairy Foods team for placing 19th at the State FFA Dairy Foods contest and earned a Group 2 rating. Connor Christenson placed 10th overall and earned a Group 1 rating. Winston Academic ends 12-2, Morgan Farrell on All-District Team...
Apr 26, 2016 | School News
The Winston Redbirds Concert Band achieved a “Superior 1” rating at the Festival of Music at Worlds of Fun on April 23. The small schools division (250 students and below) consisted of 11 bands and Winston took second place overall in the division. Band...
Apr 26, 2016 | Community News
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in Daviess County planned for the week of April 25 – May 1 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge deck...
Apr 26, 2016 | Human Interest
Horsewoman Megan Lewis, who is from Wales, left from Jamesport this Spring for her long horse ride westward. She arrived at Fort Kearny, Neb., this week. Pictured is her “cozy little hobbit house, aka Fort Kearny powder magazine.” Mrs. Lewis wrote that she hoped the...
Apr 26, 2016 | Community News, Higher Education
The Tourin’ Bearcats, the travel program for Northwest Missouri State University alumni and friends, is offering a “Spotlight on London” for its next trip. The trip is planned to London, England, Sept. 7-14, 2016. Prices start at $3,099 per person and include five...
Apr 26, 2016 | Law Enforcement
4-19-16 8:19 pm – Subject wants well-being check on person in Jamesport. All OK. 4-20-16 4 pm – MSHP arrested Jacob Carmack, 23, Ashby, MA, for misdemeanor no valid driver’s license. Carmack was transferred to DDCRJ where he posted a $500 cash bond...
Apr 26, 2016 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News
Because of increased interest we will be having a meeting about starting a Jamesport FFA Alumni Chapter. The FFA Chapter Officers will be hosting a meal for all interested individuals on May 7, at 5 p.m. at the Tri-County school cafeteria. The meal will be...
Apr 26, 2016 | Legislation, Opinion
by Phill Brooks During the New Year’s break, a state official asked me whom I considered to be Missouri’s “best” governor I had covered. I paused. The term “best” is a value judgment that government reporters avoid. So, I decided to...
Apr 26, 2016 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The village board should know the rules and regulations of the federal United States dog laws. They don’t have any idea what they are. Before they hurt anyone else they should find them and obey them. Maybe they don’t care what could happen. This little...
Apr 26, 2016 | Community News, School News
Gallatin High School will hold an “Evening of the Arts” on Tuesday, May 3, featuring the artwork of seniors Daniel Butts and Jakob Axton. Artwork will be on display in the gym from 4 p.m. until after the band concert. The band concert will start at 6:30 p.m. and will...
Apr 26, 2016 | Community News
The sixth annual Humanities Conference was held at Central Methodist University on April 20 in the Inman Student and Community Center on the Fayette campus. Courtney Warford, a Senior English major from Pattonsburg, presented “Here, There, Up, and Down: The...
Apr 26, 2016 | City/Local Government, Community News
The Pattonsburg Board of Aldermen accepted bids on a mower and a sewer lift station during their meeting held April 11. Terry Implement’s mower bid was accepted at $6,799 and Allied Systems, Inc. proposed estimate for a lift station was accepted at $46,342. In other...
Apr 26, 2016 | Announcements, Community News, Higher Education
The Missouri Rural Water Association (MRWA) is reminding people to dispose of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals in a responsible manner. That opportunity will take place at the upcoming Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 30, 2016....
