Santa Claus himself would probably run out of adjectives to describe Jo Anne Smiley’s annual Clarksville Christmas display. Imaginative, captivating, distinctive, breathtaking, voluminous. Even the Grinch might be left in awe. There are big bulbs, huge bows, long ribbons, large candy canes, decorative animals, elaborate angels, sparkling beads and ornate tinsel. There are antiques, such […]
The 25th annual Mid-Town Church Walk in Louisiana will take place beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 at Bethel A.M.E. Church, located at 6th and Tennessee Streets. The event is free to all and is sponsored by the Louisiana Area Historical Museum. It is hoped that in addition to the beautiful Christmas music […]
Faith-Based Clinic Will Be Located In Old Pike Medical Building Preparations are being made for the new Bowling Green Medical Group clinic to open on Dec. 3. The new clinic will be located in the former Pike Medical Clinic building. The new clinic was the idea of Denise Foster, a physician’s assistant who has worked […]
The annual Winter Wonderland celebration is being planned this year for Friday, Nov. 23 – the day after Thanksgiving in downtown Louisiana with the theme of “An Old-Fashioned Christmas.” Cindy Blaylock and Kathy Smith have been organizing the event this year. “I’m excited so many have stepped up to help keep this celebration alive, organizer […]
MoDOT and Massman are doing a two-part series on examining and explaining bridge construction to Louisiana’s freshman physical science classes. As part of this series, the Louisiana High School physical science classes took a field trip Thursday, Nov. 8 to visit the new Champ Clark Bridge work site. Students rode on a barge on the […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) thanks the thousands of deer hunters who participated in its mandatory CWD sampling efforts last weekend in 31 counties. Thanks to hunter participation, MDC collected more than 20,000 tissue samples last weekend from harvested deer for CWD testing. According to MDC, mandatory sampling dramatically increases the number of tissue […]
On Thursday, Nov. 16 Vandalia police officers arrested Mark Craig, 45, Vandalia on an outstanding Audrain County warrant for identity theft Class D felony, fraudulent use of a credit device Class E felony, and fraudulent procurement of credit Class A misdemeanor with a court set bond of $16,000 cash or surety. This arrest was part […]
Fire Claims Building, Contents, Several Vehicles Vandalia firefighters spent over five hours battling a blaze on Sunday at Jensen Auto Body located at 102 N. Galloway Road. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Fire Chief Rusty Strother said the building and its contents have been deemed a total loss. He explained […]
The Pike County 911 Board has made the decision to hire Jim Porter as their first director. Porter is coming to Pike County from Irondale. He is a husband, father and grandfather, and is also a veteran who has had a wide experience in public safety from being a fire fighter, president of the fire […]
Veterans and a small group of onlookers gathered Sunday morning at the Pike County Courthouse to observe Veterans Day. Jim Mitchell was the featured speaker. Nov. 11 marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I. Find more highlights from area Veterans Day tributes on page 9 and in next week’s edition of […]
