Emma Jean Stark, 84, of Louisiana died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield. A memorial service was held at noon Tuesday (today) at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana with Deacon Mark Dobelmann officiating. Burial followed at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Visitation was from 10 a.m., until time of services at the […]
The Bowling Green Lady Cats knocked off Highland in the State Sectional on Thursday with a 3-0 shutout victory, then hosted Father Tolton on Saturday, Oct. 20. Despite high winds blowing into the park, the defending state champs advanced to the Final Four with an 8-2 win. Bowling Green will take on Blair Oaks in […]
Area Football Teams Gear Up For District Games Bowling Green secured a home game to open district football by downing rival Van-Far 52-30 in the final regular season football game on Friday. The Bobcats pulled ahead quickly even though Van-Far had the ball first. Early on in the Indians’ first offensive series the Bobcat’s Tony […]
There was great weather and big crowds for the annual Louisiana Country Colorfest this weekend. The parade kicked off activities for the weekend on Saturday, Oct. 20. Above, Kolt Williamson shares his excitement with his family for the Colorfest parade and the candy that accompanies it. Find more highlights on page 11.
Northeast Correctional Center (NECC) in Bowling Green celebrated its 20th anniversary with a celebration on Thursday, Oct. 18. Travis Case, a 20-year employee with the facility (pictured) addressed those present as a featured speaker at the event. Case shared humorous anecdotes from throughout the years. He further encouraged employees to work together and to set aside […]
Brand New Building Will Be Located On Former Cinema Property Vandalia City Administrator Darren Berry noted that while the town has lost a few businesses in the past several months, there are also positive things happening as well including construction of a new Dollar General store. Dollar General has been operating out of a building […]
Coach Matt Chance has already won $5,000 for Bowling Green High School after being named one of 15 finalists in the Most Valuable Coach promotion by U.S. Cellular and is in the running to win much more if he continues to garner the number of votes he has since the contest started. The school districts […]
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Fewer and fewer beef meals are being served in schools across America, which means children are missing out on the protein power and nutritional benefits of beef. The Van-Far School Board voted Thursday, Oct. 18 to participate in the Mo Beef for MoKids Program for the 2018-19 school year. With nearly 50 percent of the recommend […]
Like other area schools, there will be Veterans Day programs at Clopton and Louisiana on Friday, Nov. 9. Members of the Clopton FFA chapter invite the public to their program that will be held at 9:45 a.m on Friday, Nov. 9 in the Dale Miller Gymnasium. There will be a special program to honor the […]
