Chillicothe Arts Center presents Vine Street Rumble

Saturday, September 30, at 3 p.m., the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center in Chillicothe will present “Vine Street Rumble—Jazz.” The show is promised to present jazz at its finest. The band personnel are Kansas City’s “top call” musicians who love to faithfully...

Jamesport holds Heritage Days

Jamesport’s annual Heritage Days, sponsored by the Jamesport Community Association, were held Friday, Sept. 22, and Saturday, Sept. 23. The celebration included arts and crafts, apple butter and cider making, train and tram rides, a tractor show, and horse-drawn...

Active Aging Resource Center

Oct. 3: Blood pressure checks from 11-noon. Thank you to ShopKo Foundation for the $600 grant to purchase Yeti® coolers for our Meals on Wheels routes. Farmers can enroll in Monsanto Fund’s Americas Farmers Grow Communities Program until Nov. 1. If chosen, you can...

Birth: Brielle Rose Rogers

Olivia Rogers is proud to announce the birth of her little sister, Brielle Rose Rogers. Brielle was born at 8:36 p.m. on Sept. 5 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 20-inches long. Proud parents are Garret and Misty Rogers of...

Library book sale, sealed bid auction

The Daviess County Library is planning a Garage Book Sale on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and sealed bid auction, closing on the same day. The library staff is working hard to prepare the garage for a shopper-friendly and successful event. The library...

Poker Run raises $7,500 for vets

The third annual VFW Off-Road Poker Run was held Sept. 24 at the old Pattonsburg school, with over 250 attending. Between the poker hands and the gun raffle, about $7,500 was raised for the VFW. The money will be spent for veterans’ transportation to medical...

Lints celebrate 65th anniversary Oct. 3

Rev. Clyde and Gloria Lint, 207 South Clay, Gallatin, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Oct. 3. Rev. Lint has been in the ministry for 48 years, serving in the pastorate in Iowa and Missouri Assembly of God churches. He officially retired as the First...

DWI saturation: Daviess, Caldwell

Captain James E. McDonald, commanding officer Troop H, St. Joseph, announces the results of a DWI (driving while intoxicated) saturation conducted in Caldwell and Daviess counties. The saturation was held from 7 p.m. on Sept. 15, to 3 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2017. During...

October OATS

Oct. 4 – To Chillicothe Oct. 10 – To Gallatin Oct. 13 – To Jamesport Oct. 17 – To Cameron Oct. 20 – To St. Joseph Oct. 24 – To Gallatin Oct. 31 – To Bethany If you would like to schedule a ride, please make a phone call –...

Pick up recycled on Wednesdays

Gallatin residents who recycle should note a change in the pickup schedule. Starting the week of Sept. 25, all of Gallatin’s recycling will be picked up on Wednesdays. Vehicles collecting recyclables may arrive early, so residents are advised to place items curbside...

Caleb Perkins wins four-wheeler race

Log Creek Shootout 4-wheeler races were held at the Kingston Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 23. Caleb Perkins of Lock Springs brought home the first place trophy from the 300cc and down flag pole class. Caleb’s time was 26 seconds. He raced on his 90cc Apex. Also,...

R-6 students exemplify excellence

Braden Lee and Maggie Farrell have been named as Winston R-6 September Students of the Month. The Student of the Month award is chosen by the teachers and administrators of Winston High School.

Missouri loses third straight game

by Benjamin Herrold Another week, another blowout loss for the Missouri Tigers. This time, 51-14 to Auburn. This week, Missouri (1-3, 0-2 in SEC play) seemed to show more fight than the previous week’s sleepwalking defeat at the hands of Purdue. But the quality of...

Capitol Perspectives: A Senator’s Hub Cap

by Phill Brooks As I heard and read the attacks by legislators against a couple of their colleagues for social-media expressions of hope for a presidential assassination or a lynching, I kept thinking about Danny Staples. The Shannon County Democratic senator had a...

The elections you never knew about

by State Rep. J. Eggleston We all know about the elections of 2016 for seats ranging from president to governor to dogcatcher. But after those elections, there were more elections that also had a profound influence on the policy direction of our state about which most...

Move away from dysfunction

by Darryl Wilkinson Perhaps now, more than ever, we need Congress to work. Perhaps now, more than ever, we need to rethink how we conduct our elections. There are too many examples of dysfunction. While attention is tweeted to NFL player antics (wasn’t the right...

The Poosey Digest: Nothing scares me like Tina

by Freida Marie Crump Greetings from Poosey. It’s embarrassing but one of my dear friends is a terrorist. I suppose this will blow my cover and open me up to a CIA investigation but I just can’t hold it in any longer. She’s a genuine terrorist …more dangerous to our...

Upcoming rodeo planned at new Gallatin ATV park

South Big Creek Ranch LLC is a 101-acre ATV park which began operation with a soft opening in May. The ranch is located at Lake Viking, near the dam, at 110 Sunfish Court. The ranch, owned and operated by Ben and Hope Becerra, is a family oriented off-road park with...

New water lines tied in to current system

Gallatin’s Public Works Director Mark Morey reported that Ross Construction has completed tying in the new water plant lines to the current water line system and raw water line system. The city opted to put in an inserta valve to complete the process to avoid...