The Twin Pike Family YMCA announced Thursday, Nov. 21 the hiring of Gerald Ogletree as its new chief executive officer. He will begin serving as the new CEO effective early December 2019 and succeeds Eric Abts and Kara Viorel who have acted as interim management for the past year. According to the YMCA’s announcement, Ogletree […]
As we move into the holiday season, PLTC students are continuing to do amazing things in their classes and around the community. While all of our students excel in so many different ways, they recognize two students each month as students of the month. For November, PLTC is proud to recognize Andrew Puleo and Matthew […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are asking Missouri hunters, anglers, hikers, campers, and others in the outdoors for help in the statewide effort to identify and recover orphaned storage containers dislodged. DNR cautions that the containers must be handled by experts because they can hold an […]
Mark and Sally Haddock serve turkey and fixings to Susan King during the annual Community of Faith Thanksgiving Day Dinner Thursday, Nov. 28 at Centenary United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Louisiana. The free event served 450 people with the help of more than 90 volunteers who came from local churches and organizations or out […]
For December 3rd, 2019 Submit upcoming events by calling 324-6111 or toll-free 888-324-9636 or e-mail to: peoplestribune@sbcglobal.net On Dec. 4: Pike County Economic Development assisting with online job searches, applications and resumes, 1-3 p.m., Louisiana City Hall, second, room 206. On Dec. 6-7: Christmas Fling at the Village of the Blue Rose. All you can […]
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 […]
Pictured, from left, are Dr. Ned Glenn, Sally Cropp, Martha Sue Smith and Becky Prince. Four local founding board members of the Louisiana Area Historical Museum were honored at the organization’s annual banquet Nov. 14. The four were part of the nine-member group that established the museum in 1992. More than 100 guests attended the […]
Moments after taking the stage, Donna Grote told the audience at her first solo concert that music “encourages us through life’s ups and downs.”The next two hours proved her point. Grote delivered tunes from 1936 to 2017 during her show “Music Through the Decades” Aug. 25 at the Apple Shed Theatre in Clarksville.From the opening […]
