Job Fair Will Also Be Held At YMCA Following Open House On Aug. 24 An open house public meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 24 from 4-6 p.m., at the Twin Pike YMCA in Louisiana for those interested in learning more about the new Champ Clark Bridge and the rebuilding of the intersection for […]
Pike County will celebrate its 200th anniversary on Dec. 14, 2018 and the Bicentennial Commission is planning numerous events to mark the special occasion. The group held a press conference at the Pike County Courthouse on Monday, Aug. 14 to unveil the official Bicentennial logo and to list some of the events that will take […]
$4 Million Project Includes 40 Senior Living Apartments The Heritage Place senior living apartment complex took another step closer to becoming a reality as the building permit was issued on Monday, Aug. 15. The complex will be constructed next to Orscheln’s, beside and behind the Dos Primos restaurant location. It will feature affordable housing for […]
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Annie Virginia Graves, 88, of Farber was at 10 a.m., Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Vandalia with Fr. Jason Doke officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Vandalia. Visitation was Thursday from 5-7 p.m., at St. Patrick’s Hall at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Arrangements were under the […]
Ray Alan Cox, 84, of Arcadia, Ill., died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 at Walker Nursing Home in Virginia, Ill. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m., Monday at Williamson Funeral Home with burial at Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Virginia, Ill. The family met friends from 4-6 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. He was […]
Services for Albert Joseph (AJ) Basinger, 83, of Vandalia, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Vandalia Baptist Church Family Life Center with the Rev. Glenn Forman and the Rev. Brian Lehenbauer officiating. Burial with full military honors provided by Laddonia American Legion Post #510 will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Vandalia. Visitation will […]
Roger Dale Howard, 66, of Clarksville died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 at his home surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren. Dale was born Dec. 15, 1950 in Rockport, Ill., to Simon and Bessie Hubbard Howard. He was married to Frances Roberta Darnell on Aug. 9, 1974 at the Christian Church in Clarksville. He is […]
Katherine Orelean Greene died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 at the University of Omaha Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Louisiana. The Rev. Horace Walters will officiate. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Bowling Green. Visitation will be held from […]
Dennis “Denny” Lee Edwards, 74, of Louisiana died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Denny was born July 12, 1943 in Louisiana. He was the son of Ruby and Mildred Edwards. On Nov. 23, 1982 he married Janet Ritchey Kinkade. She survives. In […]
