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Actress Reinvigorates Clarksville Theater

One look is all it took for Mary Lang Fournier to fall in love with Clarksville and the Apple Shed Theatre. The actress and director hopes to revive the performance center’s thespian tradition, and she’s getting things going with a production of “The Last Romance.” The comedy centers on a couple who falls in love […]

Rainy Day Giant Is Taken In Pike County

The whitetail world was a flurry of anticipation as a large cold front swept across the Midwest on the weekend of Oct. 13, 2018. Eager deer hunters headed to the woods in hopes that the dropping mercury would elicit mature buck movement during daylight hours. In northern Missouri, bowhunter Buddy Deville pondered how the weather […]

Bowling Green Cross Country Teams Are Headed To State

Girls Claim District Championship For 14th Straight Year; Boys Finish Second, Qualify For For 15th Time In 17 Years Both Bowling Green cross country teams are bound for state following their performances in the Class 2 District 3 meet at the Pike County Fairgrounds on Saturday. This is the 14th consecutive year the girl’s team […]

October 30th Online Edition

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Bevy Josephine McCollum

Bevy Josephine McCollum, 93, formerly of Vandalia, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct.21st, 2018 at her home in Sioux Falls, S.D. A memorial service was held Thursday at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls at 10:30 a.m., with visitation one hour prior to the service. Please direct […]

Lorraine Gladys Lewellen

Lorraine Gladys Erxleben Moss Lewellen, 97, of Hannibal died Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at Luther Manor Retirement & Nursing Center. Lorraine was born Oct. 20, 1920, in St. Louis, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Nancy Ellen Fowler Erxleben. She was united in marriage to Wilson Moss Sept. 14, 1940. They resided on the Missouri […]

Florence ‘ Corky’ Hartsell

Florence “Corky” Hartsell, 94, of Vandalia died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 at Tri-County Care Center in Vandalia. Funeral services were Sunday at 4 p.m., at McCoy-Blossom Funeral Homes & Crematory, Troy with Pastor Robert Cassaday officiating. Graveside service was Monday at 1 p.m., at Whitener Cemetery Marquand. Visitation was Sunday from 1-4 p.m., at the […]

Mary Frances Brewer Hufty

Mary Frances Berwer Hufty, 94, of Pike County died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, at Maple Grove Lodge in Louisiana. Visitation was from 10-11 a.m., Saturday followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. Services were held at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green with a graveside ceremony following at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Mary’s youngest son, […]

William Byron Wyble

William Byron Wyble, 77, of Bowling Green died Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 at his home. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday at Green Lawn Cemetery in Bowling Green. Bill was born Aug. 19, 1941 in Cyrene, the son of John Byron and Lorene Lockard Wyble. He married Judy Meyers May 18, 1981. She […]

Leroy Stephen Orf

Leroy Stephen Orf, 78, of St. Clement died peacefully at home surrounded by family on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. It was Leroy’s wish to be cremated.  Visitation will be held from 8-10 a.m., Saturday at St. Clement Church with the funeral mass to follow at 10 a.m. Fr. Jason Doke will officiate.  Burial will be […]

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