Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
Calendar of Events March 5-9: Center closing at 1 p.m. each day; March 7: Blood pressure/glucose checks 11 a.m.-noon. March 16: Join the Active Aging Center for a traditional St. Patrick’s Day lunch on March 16. We will be servicing all the traditional favorites,...
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
By Tim Baker, Regional Horticulturist University of Missouri Extension will be holding our fifth annual S.A.L.E. Conference in St. Joseph, on Saturday, March 10. S.A.L.E. stands for Small Acreage & Land Entrepreneurs. The meeting will be held on the campus of...
Feb 28, 2018 | Births
Tiara and John Eskridge of Bethany proudly announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Faye Eskridge, at 9:29 a.m. on Feb. 22 at Cameron Regional Medical Center. Avery weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20 inches long. She has one sister, Brooklyn Wynne. Maternal...
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
Missouri’s annual Statewide Tornado Drill will be held on Tuesday, March 6, at 10 a.m. (Some Missouri communities may choose to conduct the drill on a different day due to conflicting events like local elections.) “This is the time for people to review/update/create...
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
On April 3, 2018, the Gallatin Driver Examination Station normally located in the Daviess County Courthouse, 102 North Main Street, Gallatin, will be relocated to the Daviess County Library, 306 West Grand. Testing hours will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed 12-1 p.m....
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News, Law Enforcement
According to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, they receive a high volume of callers who have received telephone calls that are scams. Many times, the callers will have personal information that leads victims to believe the calls are legitimate. If in doubt, don’t...
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
Gallatin’s new water plant is making great progress, according to Public Works Director Mark Morey. The contractor will start filling the clear well tomorrow. The filter media has been installed and crews will start backwashing this week. Crews plan to have the water...
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
Seven sophomores from the Hamilton High School Transitions class toured Gallatin Publishing Company (GPC) and other Gallatin businesses on Feb. 27 in observance of Job Shadow Week. GPC pressman and sports writer Dennis Cox showed the students how newspaper pages are...
Feb 28, 2018 | School News
Principal Kelly Hightree was offered a contract for the 2018-19 school year during the Feb. 19 meeting of the North Daviess R-3 Board of Education. Nancy Andrew was hired as part-time early childhood special education (ECSE) teacher. The board approved hiring two...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
Tanner Johnson, 2017 graduate of Gallatin High School and current freshman at Central College in Pella, Iowa, was recently named All-Iowa Conference in track and field after clearing a personal best height in the pole vault at the 2018 Iowa Conference Indoor Track and...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
It became clear very early in Friday’s Class 1, District 16 girls’ semifinal that if the Gallatin Lady Bulldogs could handle the ball against Mid-Buchanan’s pressure defense, they had a chance to move into Saturday’s finals. But ball handling problems plagued the Lady...
Feb 28, 2018 | School News
Gallatin FBLA members, Alli Baker, Annie Nelson, and Johnna Tadlock of the American Enterprise Team, recently met with the Gallatin Middle School sixth grade class on careers. The FBLA CLUE Team, with the support and assistance of sixth grade teacher Mrs. Bond and...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
Plattsburg’s Tigers flipped a switch in the second half of Wednesday night’s District 16 contest and proved to be too quick and too athletic for the Gallatin Bulldogs. The Tigers hit seven three-pointers in the first half but took advantage of fast breaks and...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
Girls Championship Mid-Buchanan 18 16 13 22 69 Stanberry 10 18 14 15 57 Mid-Buchanan: Jill Rumpf 28, Kelsey Stout 14, Brylee Kemper 10, Reagan Webster 6, Allyson Swank 6, Jaele...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
* denotes unanimous First Team *Brooke McDaniel North Andrew Sr. *Madi Sager Stanberry Jr. *Lily Osborn Stanberry Jr. *Grace Schottel King City Sr. Jasmine Taylor Braymer ...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
Worth County’s Tigers ousted Winston from Class 1 state action Tuesday night in convincing fashion, 57-39, to set up a three-peat rematch with #1 ranked and unbeaten North Andrew in Friday night’s quarterfinal round at St. Joseph Civic Arena. The Tigers came into the...
Feb 28, 2018 | Sports & Recreation
by Dennis Cox, Sports Editor If you haven’t noticed, I’m a stat guy. Always have been. Hey, I just found out Bulldog head football coach Patrick Treece is a stat guy, too, so I guess I’m not the Lone Ranger when it comes to numbers. I will say that I agree with most...
Feb 28, 2018 | Community News
Chillicothe Attorney Ryan Horsman has announced his campaign to run for Division 2 Circuit Judge in Missouri’s 43rdJudicial Circuit Court, which is comprised of Livingston, Daviess, Caldwell, Clinton, and DeKalb Counties. Horsman will be seeking the position currently...
Feb 28, 2018 | Obituaries
Funeral services for Vic Morgan will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, at the United Methodist Church, Bethany. Family visitation: one hour before service, at the church. Services by Bethany Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Oakridge Cemetery, Pattonsburg. Vic...
Feb 27, 2018 | Obituaries
Funeral services for Dorothy Arnote were held Feb. 3 at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, Overland Park, Kan. Burial was at Salem Cemetery in Mercer County. Dorothy Elaine Arnote, 84, of Prairie Village, Kan., died Jan. 31, 2018. “Dot” was born Oct. 12, 1933,...
