Sherry Jean Schamma Allison, 65, of Mexico, formerly of Vandalia died Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be Friday at 7 p.m., at Waters Funeral Home. Interment of her cremains will take place at a later date in the New Harmony Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from […]
The Van-Far Competition Squad competed at the regional meet on Thursday, July 20 at Moberly Area Community College. They performed in the Regional Class 1 Large category and brought home first-place honors. The crew will now travel to the University of Missouri-Columbia on Oct. 28 to compete for the state title. Pictured, front row (l-r): […]
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 […]
Alan Wayne McKinley Preston, 36, of St. James died Sunday, May 14, 2017 at university Hospital-Columbia. Graveside services will be Friday at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Bowling Green at 4 p.m. Bro. Bill Hobbs will officiate. He was born Dec. 18, 1980 in Louisiana to Alan and teresa Preston. Alan married Jeannette Maynard in Las Vegas, Nev., in 1999. She […]
Dorothy Marie McMillen Adams, 97, of Frankford died Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Country View Nursing Home in Bowling Green. Funeral services were at 9 a.m., Saturday at Grand View Funeral Home in Hannibal. The Rev. Gail Aurand officiated. Burial followed at Grand View Burial Park in Hannibal. Visitation was Friday from 5-7 p.m., at […]
Lois Anne Smith, 87, of Bowling Green died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green with the Rev. Bob Hoehn officiating. Burial will be in New Harmony Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday from noon until […]
Velma Gwendolyn “Gwen” V. Chrisman, 97, of Vandalia died Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Moore-Pike Nursing Home in Bowling Green. Funeral service was Frida at 10:30 a.m., at Waters Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jamie Franke officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation was Thursday from 6-8 p.m., at Waters Funeral Chapel in Vandalia. […]
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 […]
It’s something you might not expect to come upon while hiking to a serene Missouri creek. But there it is—a 50-foot domed cliff of stone. Looming over the creek it paints a shimmering reflection on the pool below. Through the rock stretches a tunnel, 12 feet wide and 16 feet tall, carved clean through by […]
