The annual Back to School Fair will be this Saturday, Aug. 12 from 9 a.m.-noon. This event is free for all children who live in and attend school in Pike County. Backpacks filled with school supplies, haircuts, dental, hearing, vision and scoliosis testing is also available. Resource booths will also be giving out information and […]
Secretary of State John R. Ashcroft offered a presentation at the Bowling Green Housing Authority last week regarding the state’s new voter identification law. Several area residents attended the presentation to learn more about the law and to hear details about obtaining a state identification card free of charge. Ashcroft noted that any form of […]
Nationally renowned soil scientist, Ray “The Soil Guy” Archuleta will be the featured speaker at a soil health workshop and tour to be held at the Pike County Fairgrounds and at the John Scherder Farm on Aug. 28. Archuleta just recently retired with 25 years of experience with Natural Resources Conservation Service working in several […]
The annual Farber Fun Fest celebration was held on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 4-5) last week with families enjoying a great deal of games and entertainment over the weekend. Above, children are pictured playing in a large trailer full of corn.
Operations are returning to normal following the stabbing of an officer by an inmate at Northeast Correctional Center (NECC) last week that put the institution on lockdown for several days. The female correctional officer was treated for stab wounds to her head, face, hands and arms following the attack with a makeshift knife last Wednesday. […]
The Pike County Health Department, Home Health and Hospice board decided last week to promote from within and made Rhonda Stumbaugh the permanent administrator. Stumbaugh has served the past month as the interim administrator following the departure of Chris Deeken at the end of June. She also celebrated her 25th anniversary with the department the […]
The Meat Industry Hall of Fame announced the Members of the Class of 2017 with Woods Smoked Meats owner and president Ed Woods making the class. The class was selected from a lengthy list of distinguished nominees. A record number of votes were cast by current members of the Hall of Fame and the organization’s […]
Saturday August 12 marks the 10th annual Clarence Luebrecht Veterans Appreciation Hog Roast event at the Louisiana Elks Lodge #791. Starting at 11 a.m., veteran residents from the Mexico Veterans home will be welcomed along with the Legion Riders who will accompany them. All local Veterans and their families are invited to enjoy the Hog […]
The City of Clarksville recently received a Small Community Engineering Assistance Program Grant that is funded through the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This grant is to be used for the development of a facility plan, for planning purposes, and to evaluate how the wastewater system will respond to potential future requirements. Clarksville Mayor Jo […]
There’s no better way to develop leadership skills than to practice, practice, practice. That is exactly what Hanna Blackmore, a student at Louisiana High School, did while recently attending the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Leadership in Practice program. Hanna joined more than 120 high school students who were selected as future leaders from […]
