January is National Mentoring Month, and this year the Reach and Rise® Mentoring Program is celebrating 16 years of the mentoring movement with a recruitment campaign of one-on-one mentors in our area. Reach & Rise® One-on-One Mentoring Program looks for adult volunteers (mentors) who can guide and build a positive rapport with youth. Volunteers may […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) invite Missouri public, private, and home-school students in grades K-8 to help fight litter in the Show-Me State — and to have creative and educational fun — by participating in the 2018 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. The annual […]
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Bulldogs Claim Third Place Over Wright City At Clopton Tourney Louisiana had a semifinal hiccup, but rebounded for a 61-43 win over Wright City to claim the third place trophy at the 22nd Annual Clopton Tournament last week. Derek Richards scored 17 points in all three games, but was more impressive on the boards, preventing […]
Carroll Jennings, 81, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 at Country View Nursing Home in Bowling Green. Funeral service were at 2 p.m., Friday at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery in Bowling Green. Carroll was born Sept. 12, 1936 the son of Lawrence W. and Myrtle E. Myers Jennings. On […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Maurice Leonard Illy of Elsberry was held at 10 a.m., Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Elsberry. Fr. Lou Dorn, of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Louisiana, officiated with burial in Elsberry City Cemetery near Elsberry. Visitation was from 4-8 p.m., Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in […]
James E. “Jimmy” “Pop” McCormick, 85, of Louisiana died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 at his home. Funeral services will be held at a later date. He was born May 13, 1932 in Spencerburg to Eddie and Lettie McCormick. He married Fannie Price. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Dennis McCormick and wife, Jessica of […]
Wendell S. Oliver, 85, of Louisiana died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018 at his home in Louisiana. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana. Burial of cremains will be at the Fairview Cemetery near Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m., until time of service at 2:30 […]
Harold Calvin Fowler, 90, of Vandalia died Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico. Funeral services were Saturday at 10 a.m., at Spencer Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Hoehn officiating. Music was provided by Sharon Hoehn – pianist; Donnie Gibson – organist; Kevin Morris and Deanna Divins – soloists. […]
Gail Ann Lybarger, 51, of Vandalia died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Services are pending at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green.
