Despite an original projected opening date of Oct. 1, completion of the bridge at Noix Creek on Highway 79 has pushed back the date to Oct. 13. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports that due to unforseen circumstances the delay became necessary. The contractor is setting girders this coming week and pouring the deck for […]
A block of Court Street, between Main and Champ Clark Drive, will be closed until at least two dangerous buildings can be eliminated. Bowling Green City Administrator Barb Allison said the decision was made on Monday, Sept. 11. Officials with McClure Engineering made the recommendation after touring the buildings at 202 W. Main and 16 […]
Blue skies and warm weather greeted those who attended groundbreaking ceremony for the new Champ Clark Bridge at the riverfront in Louisiana on Friday, Sept. 8. The $60 million project took another step to reality as a large crowd gathered for the celebration. Several officials spoke at the event including J. Bennett Clark, the great-grandson […]
On Thursday, Sept.7 Lincoln County deputies responded to Castle’s Store/Gas Station on Highway KK, in Lincoln County, after receiving a call of an attempted robbery. According to the employee, a white male entered the store around 8:15 p.m., with an open blade knife in hand and demanded the register money. The demand was made several […]
Authorities responded to a call of a drowning near Louisiana on Friday evening. It was discovered that 75-year-old Kenneth “Bucky” Ward had apparently fallen into a pond on his property about six miles outside of Louisiana. It appears Ward fell into the pond at around 5 p.m. on Friday evening. He was pronounced dead by […]
Members of the Buffalo Township Fire Protection District collected and delivered supplies to Texans in need following the flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Local folks answered the call for supplies and a great deal of water, food, clothing, toiletries, pet supplies and much more. The donations were loaded into trailers that hit the road to Texas […]
Citing significant safety issues in a landlocked area, the Missouri Department of Transportation has purchased additional property at the U.S. 54 and Business 54 intersection just west of Bowling Green to build a new maintenance facility. “The current facility is more than 50 years old, and over the years, our equipment has gotten larger than […]
An arraignment is at 9 a.m. Sept. 6 for a man accused of killing his stepson in Pike County Missouri. Sixty-year-old Michael Allan Black is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 31-year-old Alexander Koch. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was called to a report of a domestic […]
The public is invited to celebrate the beginning of construction on a new Champ Clark Bridge. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Friday, Sept. 8 from 10-11 a.m., at the riverfront in Louisiana. Several dignitaries are expected to attend the ceremony to either speak or help break ground. Incorporated into the ceremony is participation […]
Pike County native LaDon Atkinson participated in the 12th Annual Missouri River 340 race Aug.8-11. The MR340 is the longest non-stop river race in the world, covering 340 miles of the Missouri River. Racers enter the starting point at Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas, and finish the race at St. Charles, Missouri. The MR340 raises […]
