Aug 26, 2020 | School News
Winston bus routes and approximate pickup times for this year have been announced. A few reminders are included regarding bus procedures during concerns over the ongoing pandemic. • To prevent students from congesting in common areas, the busses will arrive at the...
Aug 26, 2020 | School News
The North Daviess Board of Education voluntarily rolled back the tax rate, hired a new teacher, and gave out coaching assignments during their meeting Aug. 17. The tax rate hearing was convened, and the rate was recommended at 5.4302%. After board discussion, the tax...
Aug 26, 2020 | Community News
Madi and Lauren Waterbury are hosting the 2020 Barrel Blowout, starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26. The location for the barrel racing event is the Gallatin Dockery Park. This is the first year for the event and the Waterburys hope it will be the start of more...
Aug 26, 2020 | Law Enforcement
Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28. Visitors will include Chris Heigele, Lt. Samantha Loucks, and Robyn LaFountain. On the agenda for old business is the completion of jail improvements and training updates. New business will...
Aug 26, 2020 | Community News
Crews working on the series of scrub seal projects in Daviess and Livingston counties this week had a slight change in plans due to the collapse of the Jamesport post office. Vance Brothers, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, planned to...
Aug 26, 2020 | Community News
The children of Stan and Meredith Doty happily announce their parents 50th wedding anniversary. Stan and Meredith were married on Aug. 28, 1970, at the Methodist Church in McFall. Porter Hopkins officiated the wedding. They have been blessed with three children,...
Aug 26, 2020 | Community News, Healthcare
by Anna Barlow, RD, LD, IBCLC Daviess County Health Department The month of August is a time to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. World Breastfeeding seeks not only to increase awareness and education for pregnant and breastfeeding women, but also to reduce stigma...
Aug 26, 2020 | City/Local Government
The City of Coffey noted during the equipment report at its meeting held July 25, that the clerk took the tractor radiator to Duane’s Radiator in Cameron. It was determined non-repairable due to long term water leakage which rotted the core. A new radiator would need...
Aug 26, 2020 | Community News
The Center is still offering Grab & Go Meals along with its Dine-in Meals. Meals are served from 11-12 and you can pick up during that time. The center will be closed after 1 p.m. from Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Menu Aug. 31-Sept. 4 Monday: meatloaf, potatoes, lima beans,...
Aug 26, 2020 | Community News
Re-entry for the Daviess County Library is moving even further ahead, and staff anxiously awaits visits from patrons. The library’s next phase re-introduces community room rentals, limited inter-library loan (ILL) service, and new “family time” for those with toddlers...
Aug 26, 2020 | Obituaries
William J. “Bill” Forrester, 94, Cameron, died Aug, 23, 2020. He was born Jan. 8, 1926 to John and Florence (Anderson) Forrester in Stronghurst, IL. Bill served in the Navy with the Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees) during WWll. He held many jobs in his...
Aug 25, 2020 | Obituaries
Darrell Bashford – age 89 of Plattsburg, MO and formerly of Holt, MO passed away Monday morning, August 24th, 2020 at Oakridge of Plattsburg. Darrell was born on July 20th, 1931 the son of Ancel and Juanita (Rader) Bashford in Green City, MO. He grew up in...
Aug 24, 2020 | Obituaries
With great sadness, the family of Wanda Bliss announces her passing in Olathe, KS, on Aug. 8, 2020 at 90 years of age. Wanda was born March 7, 1930 to Eddie and N.S. Iddings, the youngest of four children born on her parents’ farm in Pattonsburg. She is survived by...
Aug 19, 2020 | Community News
The building housing the Jamesport Post Office, located at 201 South Broadway Street, collapsed at about 9:15 a.m. on Aug. 19. Robert Shields, clerk, had just stepped out of the building seconds before it happened. No one else was in the post office. The rumbling and...
Aug 19, 2020 | Community News
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office has received information that a woman impersonating a U.S. Census worker is going through the county. She is an older, heavy-set woman with salt and pepper hair. She drives a white van, possibly with Nebraska plates. She asks to...
Aug 19, 2020 | School News
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the results of the Driver and Vehicle Safety Division’s 2020 annual school bus inspection program. Troop H inspected the Daviess County buses and rated them as follows: Gallatin R-V...
Aug 19, 2020 | Law Enforcement
Daekwon C. Giles, 22, Kansas City, was arrested Aug. 11 in a traffic stop on southbound I-35 at the 54 mile marker. According to the probable cause statement prepared by Trooper M. Neely, Giles was stopped for speeding and multiple lane violations. The trooper first...
Aug 19, 2020 | School News
The Gallatin R-5 School District is moving forward into next school year with bus routes and substitute teacher lists approved. A tax rate hearing was held before the regular meeting of the board on Aug. 11. The proposed tax rate of $4.4909 per $100 was approved with...
Aug 19, 2020 | Law Enforcement
Toni Yarbrough, 26, and Amber N. Gann, 27, both of Galt, have each been charged with domestic assault first degree, B felony, after they assaulted their mother at a wedding which took place at the Spillman Event Center in Jamesport. The attack occurred around 6 p.m....
Aug 19, 2020 | Community News
A raffle for Sean Dinwiddie is being held by DACK Outdoors of Pattonsburg. Sean is currently in critical care from multiple health issues that stem from a liver transplant he received as an infant. He is in KU Medical Center. The sporting goods store is owned by...
