James T. Connor, 81, of Vandalia died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Second Missionary Baptist Church Worship Center in Vandalia. The Rev. Jermareian Gillette officiated. Burial was in Vandalia Cemetery following the service. Visitation celebrating James T. Connor was held […]
Lois Irene Turner, 68, of Louisiana died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield. Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Saturday at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana with the Rev. Robert Hut-sell officiating. Visitation was from 10 a.m., until time of service at the funeral home. Cremation rites were followed ac-cording to […]
Lula Frances Clark, 93, of Vandalia went home to be with our Lord on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Saturday at Waters Funeral Home. Pastor Brian Lehenbauer officiated. Burial was in Vandalia Cemetery following the service. The visitation celebrating Lula was […]
A memorial visitation for Richard Carroll See, 70, of Vandalia was held from 9-11 a.m., Saturday at Bienhoff Funeral Home in Vandalia. Mr. See died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at SSM St. Mary’s Audrain Hospital in Mexico. He was born June 23, 1949 in Audrain County, the son of Ezra Lee and Ilene Francis Meyers […]
Louisiana City Council voted to increase residence monthly utility bill by 25 cents on Monday, Nov. 25. The rate increase is the result of council members reestablishing a local recycling drop-off. Pike County Sheltered Workshops operates the recycling trailer located within the city. Due to decreased demand of re-cycled material, the workshop could not continue […]
Engel Believes There’s No End To Pike County Stories The award-winning journalist, author and publicist offers a new batch of them in “They Call Us Pikers.” The 224-page non-fiction book features 56 stories of local history, plus 12 pages of clippings about Pike County from newspapers around the nation. It costs $40 and is scheduled […]
Santa stopped by the City of Louisiana Saturday, Nov. 30 to visit and help celebrate and light the community’s new Christmas tree. The event was hosted by Louisiana Community Betterment Association and sponsored by various local businesses and volunteers. The event kicked off with an evening parade down Georgia Street from Sunset Park to 3rd […]
The Pike County Fair Board has announced that Riley Green will be the entertainment on the main stage on Saturday, Aug. 1. Green was raised on the sounds of traditional country, bluegrass, and southern gospel music. His 2018 “In A Truck Right Now” introduced his mixture of out-law-rebellion, and respect for tradition across his self-penned […]
The Company That Usually Does The Pickup Does Some Dropping off Meridian Waste, an integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, in partnership with the North East Community Action Cor-poration (NECAC) Pike County, donated 30 Thanksgiving dinners to families throughout the company’s Pike County collection service area and home to the company’s Eagle Ridge Landfill. Meridian […]
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