Mar 31, 2017 | Headline News, Human Interest
Baby Kitty, the cat, has been missing for about two weeks from 701 West Grand. He just all of a sudden disappeared. Baby is a “door knocker”…that is, he will scratch on your door and invite himself in if he knows you. Baby is a big cat and a long cat. He...
Mar 31, 2017 | City/Local Government, Community News, Law Enforcement, Regional News
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) employs 202 agents throughout the state who protect its fish, forest and wildlife resources. Each one shows commitment to that mission, but every year MDC recognizes one agent who has gone above and beyond in their duties...
Mar 31, 2017 | Community News, Entertainment
The Grand River Valley Choir & Orchestra will begin rehearsals soon for the summer concert. Choir rehearsals will begin Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. Orchestra rehearsals will begin one week later on Tuesday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. Both the Choir and Orchestra will...
Mar 30, 2017 | Community News, Human Interest, Regional News
Mary McMahon, formerly of Gallatin, celebrates her 100th birthday, April 14. Her children, Kathleen, Casey, Eileen, Joan and Lloyd, invite you to attend her birthday celebration, Saturday, April 15, from 2-4 p.m., program at 3 p.m. at Eckard’s Community Room, Bethany....
Mar 30, 2017 | Obituaries
Funeral services for Velma Jones will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 31, 2017, at Roberson Funeral Home, King City. Burial will follow in King City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where friends may call after 8 a.m....
Mar 30, 2017 | Community News, Healthcare, Higher Education, Regional News
Many women living in northern Missouri rely on Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri for their health-care needs. Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri Women’s Health Services clinics are open to everyone living near the service area,...
Mar 30, 2017 | Community News, Higher Education, Regional News
Brooke Dustman from Jamesport, a sophomore at North Central Missouri College, has been chosen as this year’s Academic Excellence Award Winner. Her name will be engraved on a plaque on permanent display on the first floor of Geyer Hall on the NCMC campus. Brooke will...
Mar 29, 2017 | Healthcare, School News
Gallatin FBLA members and sponsor Barb Holcomb were on hand March 24 to serve hamburgers, chips and cookies to community members who attended the BTC Bank-FBLA fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. Rain moved the fun inside the bank, but BTC employees still braved the...
Mar 29, 2017 | Church News, Community News, Regional News
Faith Assembly of God, Polo, is hosting a Spring Craft Show. The event will be held on Saturday, April 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served; concessions will be available all day. The show will contain booths of various crafts, including but not...
Mar 29, 2017 | Announcements, Community News
The Gallatin spring city wide garage sale is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, with the community cleanup on trash days the following week. Garage sale registration is at 109 East Jackson by April 18. A fee of $10 will help defray the cost of advertising and maps...
Mar 29, 2017 | Obituaries
Funeral services for Creta Gist were held March 28 at the Roberson-Polley Chapel, Albany, with burial in the McFall Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the McFall or Fairview Cemeteries, in care of the Roberson-Polley Chapel, 403 N. Hundley, Albany, Mo....
Mar 29, 2017 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
3-21-17 7:01 am – C&I driver east bound 6 Highway from Altamont. 9 am – Court in session. 1:30 pm – Court in session. 3:30 pm – Daviess County Sheriff’s Office (SO) arrested David Edward White, 54, Chillicothe. White was incarcerated at the DDCRJ for Livingston...
Mar 29, 2017 | Community News, Regional News
Senator Dan Hegeman, representing the 12th Senatorial District, and Dr. Martha Hoffman Goedert, Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health will be the commencement speakers at North Central Missouri College in Trenton on...
Mar 29, 2017 | Community News, School News
Next Tuesday patrons of Gallatin R-5 School District will vote on a proposed 90-cent increase for its educational operations. School officials say this is the first direct tax levy increase request since 1993. The following table provides a comparison of tax levies...
Mar 29, 2017 | Opinion
by Phill Brooks Missouri’s legislature returns from its spring break with the theme for this year’s General Assembly already set — taking care of business. Just weeks after the session began, lawmakers had passed and the governor promptly signed a...
Mar 29, 2017 | Opinion
by Freida Marie Crump Greetings from Poosey. So this nice, unsuspecting couple in Shropshire, England, took their old piano in for a tuning. Piano tuning must be a more difficult proposition in England if you have to take the piano to the tuner. The tune-master opened...
Mar 29, 2017 | Opinion
As tax measures go, the way the City of Gallatin goes about improving its streets is the way taxes are supposed to be used. Improvements are apparent. You don’t have to drive slowly or walk a dog from street to street to tell where the tax dollars are being...
Mar 29, 2017 | Opinion
Understanding our politics today is challenging. Making sense of our laws and our rights as tax paying citizens is overwhelming in today’s climate. Government is too big, you can’t fix it, or your vote doesn’t matter anyway. Common statements of the...
Mar 29, 2017 | City/Local Government, Community News
Tax, tax, tax. Well folks, this is not a new tax. Not an additional tax, and it is not a jump in tax. This is to renew what we already have in place and have been seeing good results from in our street projects. The citizens of Gallatin will be asked if they wish to...
Mar 29, 2017 | City/Local Government, Community News
Voters will focus on various school, municipal and township decisions on election day next Tuesday, April 4. Daviess County’s top election official, county clerk Vicki Corwin, speculates that despite school ballots and two significant tax proposals,...
