Aug 31, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
The Lady Bulldog golf squad started the season 2-0 after back-to-back competitions last week but recent rains have thrown a wrench into the schedule. Last Thursday’s meet at Maysville was cancelled due to wet conditions. Likewise for Tuesday’s event at Albany, which...
Aug 31, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
Trenton’s Ainsley Tolson threw a three-hitter at Gallatin on Tuesday to blank the home Lady Bulldogs, 3-0, and drop them to 0-2 in early Grand River Conference play. The game, which suffered a delayed start of 6 p.m. due to wet conditions following a morning rain...
Aug 31, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
Three touchdowns in the third quarter wasn’t enough to bring Pattonsburg back from a 32-0 deficit against Braymer in weekend Grand River Conference 8-man football. The Panthers, who fell to 0-2 on the season and 0-2 in the GRC, got two rushing touchdowns from Cole...
Aug 31, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
The 2016 high school football season is well underway, but Mother Nature apparently has her own ideas about Friday night football. For the second week in a row, Friday turned into “Wash Day” for area teams. Unlike last week, though, Gallatin found itself on the wrong...
Aug 31, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
By Benjamin Herrold On Saturday, at last, college football’s long, slow offseason comes to an end as the Missouri Tigers travel to Morgantown to face the West Virginia Mountaineers (11 a.m. on Fox Sports 1). On Saturday, it’ll have been 281 days since Missouri’s 2015...
Aug 31, 2016 | Sports & Recreation
The Hedrick Medical Center Foundation will host the 2nd annual Golf Skills Challenge Fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 9, at Green Hills Golf Course in Chillicothe. Woody’s Automotive Group is the presenting sponsor again this year. Participants may sign up in a team of...
Aug 31, 2016 | Opinion
Can you repeat one quote from either current presidential candidate so inspiring that you’ll still be thinking upon it 50 years from now? I don’t know what you think of the Kennedys. Each certainly was flawed (aren’t we all?). But while delivering...
Aug 31, 2016 | Courthouse News, Headline News
On Aug. 24, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri approved a settlement in a wrongful death suit against the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. The suit was filed by Janet Harris in June 2014. She claimed that her husband, Timothy Harris, 36, died a...
Aug 31, 2016 | Legislation
Legislative change to misdemeanor punishments By Circuit Judge R. Brent Elliott Articles of the last few months focused on recent Legislative changes to felonies. This month we will shift to Legislative changes to misdemeanors. The current classification and...
Aug 31, 2016 | Headline News
Lee and Max Simmons have opened Automated Artisans on North Main Street in Gallatin. The shop features carvings and signage and will eventually offer furniture and jewelry boxes. The wood crafts will be ready for a sidewalk display during Chautauqua in September. The...
Aug 31, 2016 | Clubs & Organizations, Community News
Chautauqua weekend, Sept. 16-17, is going to be jam packed with exciting events, activities, and musical groups. The opening ceremonies of Chautauqua will begin at 6 p.m. (a change from 6:30 p.m.) on Friday, Sept. 16. All are invited to attend and support our...
Aug 31, 2016 | School News
The University of Missouri spring semester 2016 graduation list includes Jimmie Jo Fitzwater of Altamont, Master of Education, Learning, Teaching and Curriculum – MED with an emphasis in Reading Education.
Aug 31, 2016 | Agriculture
“Take two cloves of garlic and call me in the morning,” Most of us likely haven’t heard that from the family physician lately. “However, historic documents suggest that for millennia garlic was the go-to natural remedy for a wide array of ailments,” according to David...
Aug 31, 2016 | Agriculture
Daviess County is ahead of average amount of rain for the year by 6.11 inches and has had a total of 33.70 inches of rain by Aug. 30 (before the afternoon rain!), according to Kirby Payne at the Farm Service Agency. Rain amounts per month are as follows: January .81...
Aug 31, 2016 | Agriculture
Landowners, homeowners, businesses, and communities with candidate trees asked to contact the Department. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is conducting its annual search for a large Christmas tree for use on the governor’s mansion lawn in Jefferson...
Aug 31, 2016 | Church News, Opinion
by Dr. H. Wade Paris The first Labor Day holiday in the United States was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. Originally, it was a day to celebrate our workers and seek ways to improve their working conditions. Over time it was designated as a...
Aug 31, 2016 | Community News, Human Interest
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 29 years ago, Jacquelyn Prindle of Gallatin didn’t think she would ever be able to travel. This year an old high school friend made it possible and Jacquelyn describes her trip to New York as “the trip of...
Aug 31, 2016 | Community News
The third annual chili cook off will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, during the 31st Annual Chautauqua on the Square in Gallatin. Awards will be presented at 1 p.m. on the main stage. There is no entry fee. Please bring your chili already cooked...
Aug 30, 2016 | Courthouse News
County Commission James Lewis, road and bridge supervisor, met with commissioners. The crew is installing three tubes on 232nd Street in Washington Township and one on Waltz Avenue in Monroe Township. They are working on log jams in various places in the county. They...
Aug 30, 2016 | Law Enforcement
Moving on down the road … the lost sheep of I-35 The first report came at 1:39 p.m. on Friday — a herd of sheep at the 63 mile marker of I-35; however they were not found when officers responded. Another report of sheep on the interstate was made at 6:08 p.m. at the...
