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 […]
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 […]
Mike Klott of Bowling Green is one of 43 people inducted Saturday, Aug. 17 into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame, reflecting their decades of support to their county clubs and national organization. Klott, a 25 year employee of Woods Smoked Meats, has worked in the curing phase of the operation. He has spent many […]
Quarter Madness is coming to the Eastern Missouri YMCA in Vandalia on Saturday, Nov. 9 as the kick off for our first annual support campaign. The campaign asks our members and communities for donations to help make Y membership and programs available in the form of financial aid to children, adults, and families. The funds […]
The board of the Cancer Memorial Park has recently announced the first Celebration of Life event to be held in Bowling Green on the evening of Friday, Sept. 13. The event will include a dinner for cancer survivors hosted by the First Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green and a luminary service in the Cancer Memorial […]
Two Bowling Green men face numerous charges following events that took place on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte reports a citizen reported that a vehicle that was involved in the burglary of their home recently was seen traveling in the area of the Bowling Green reservoir. During the course of investigating the […]
Progress is being made along historic Georgia Street which is one part of an overall effort for street and utility improvement throughout the town. In 2015 residents in Louisiana approved a one-half percent sales tax for transportation projects and a one-quarter percent sales tax for storm water drainage projects. This kicked off a major effort […]
On Thursday, Aug. 8, a total of 12 offenders from Northeast Correctional Center (NECC) graduated from “Connections to Success” with a ceremony and refreshments for those who attended. The first Connections to Success program was completed in July 2018 at Algoa Correctional Facility and recently a graduation was held for approximately 15 offenders at KCRC […]
Crews began work last week at the Pike County Courthouse to repair and upgrade a couple of sewer lines. The deteriorating handicap-accessible ramp had to be removed to accommodate the work so a new ramp will be installed after the plumbing work is finished. Western District Commissioner Bill Allen explained that county staff will be […]
Missouri Department of Transportation’s Bowling Green maintenance facility, located at 1416 Business Highway 54 West, Bowling Green is for sale, and bids are now being accepted. Efforts were made earlier this summer to sell the building, but no bids were submitted. “Previously we asked for a minimum bid of $200,000,” said Kevin James, MoDOT Northeast […]
