Jul 28, 2016 | Community News
Daviess County commissioners believe they may have found a safe and feasible bridge alternative for roads with minimal traffic. The commissioners are considering ways to make bridges on low-traffic roads from railroad flat cars. Based on information discovered online...
Jul 28, 2016 | City/Local Government, Community News, Headline News
Voters have the most choices in determining party nominees for U.S. Representative, 6th District. There are five choices on the Democrat ballot and three listed on the Republican ballot. Republican Sam Graves is the incumbent now serving as 6th District Congressman....
Jul 28, 2016 | Church News, Opinion
by Pastor Steve Ellison Many of you remember days when you did not lock your house or your car. For most of us that time has long since passed. It seems that the new morality is that if you don’t get caught then you are not guilty and there is nothing wrong with what...
Jul 28, 2016 | Community News
Wow is the only word to describe Vacation Bible School at the Baptist Church in Jamesport held July 20-22. Both Jamesport’s Baptist and Methodist churches joined for VBS this year. The VBS children reached out for two missions. One mission was to collect Teddy...
Jul 28, 2016 | School News
Pattonsburg R-2 grades 6-12 registration is Aug. 3 and Aug. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Elementary open house and sixth grade orientation is from 6-7 p.m. on Aug. 15. Varsity softball and football practices start August 1.
Jul 28, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
Fall varsity sports practices at Gallatin High School for athletes participating in football, softball and girls golf begin Monday, Aug. 1 at their respective venues. Golf Coach Cindy Boles has announced that girls golf practice will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday....
Jul 28, 2016 | School News
North Daviess will start school on Aug. 18 and hold open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. that evening. Registration and enrollment will be Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon for grades 11 and 12; and 1-3 p.m. for grades 9 and 10. On Aug. 10, grades 7 and 8 will register and enroll...
Jul 28, 2016 | Historic Archives
July 26, 2006 BTC Bank will open a fifth facility to be located in Chillicothe, next door to Applebee’s in Chillicothe’s new retail development and shopping center. The Simmons children, Grant, Chloe and Jett, opened a lemonade stand on Monday in front of their house...
Jul 28, 2016 | City/Local Government, Community News
In the City of Gallatin Financial Statement, printed in the July 20 edition of the Gallatin North Missourian, there was an omission due to a computer program incompatibility. Reprinted below is the information on the General Fund as it should have appeared. General...
Jul 28, 2016 | Agriculture
The most common diseases that infect tomatoes can be divided into three types: fungal, bacterial, and viral. Diseases caused by fungi are often the easiest to control. Bacterial diseases are a bit more difficult, and viral diseases are essentially impossible to...
Jul 28, 2016 | Law Enforcement
Elizabeth Nicole Lafolette, 25, Trenton, and her 10-month-old daughter Shannon Jeannoutot-Lafolette were found dead in the McDonald’s parking lot in Trenton on July 16. Elizabeth was a home health home provider for Access II in Gallatin. A celebration of life was held...
Jul 28, 2016 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News
The 61st Annual Jamesport Junior Livestock Show and Fair kicked off July 24 with the youth only horse show. Action resumes on Thursday, July 28, with the opening of the sheep, goat, rabbit and poultry shows. Livestock exhibits and judging take place in the Nowland...
Jul 28, 2016 | Announcements
Bob and Sue Bird of Gallatin observed their 40th anniversary on a very warm evening, July 22, with a gathering at their home in rural Gallatin. They were married July 23, 1976, at the Christian Church in Gallatin by the Rev. Dick Thomas. It was so hot the evening they...
Jul 27, 2016 | Legislation, Opinion
by Mark Hughes Missouri’s cigarette tax, at 17 cents-per-pack, is the nation’s lowest. This makes the tax an irresistible target for advocates who want to raise money for public uses. This year two initiative petitions to raise the cigarette tax have been...
Jul 27, 2016 | Legislation, Opinion
by State Sen. Dan Hegeman Maintaining and building infrastructure is one of the few fundamental responsibilities of government. That is why the Missouri State Senate once again spent a significant amount of time this session debating various proposals for how best to...
Jul 27, 2016 | Community News
About 700 households and businesses in Daviess County south of the Grand River were out of water over the weekend, according to Daviess County Public Water Supply District #1 at Pattonsburg. Service has now been restored. The problem, which started around noon Friday,...
