A memorial visitation for Richard Carroll See, 70, of Vandalia was held from 9-11 a.m., Saturday at Bienhoff Funeral Home in Vandalia. Mr. See died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at SSM St. Mary’s Audrain Hospital in Mexico. He was born June 23, 1949 in Audrain County, the son of Ezra Lee and Ilene Francis Meyers […]
Louisiana City Council voted to increase residence monthly utility bill by 25 cents on Monday, Nov. 25. The rate increase is the result of council members reestablishing a local recycling drop-off. Pike County Sheltered Workshops operates the recycling trailer located within the city. Due to decreased demand of re-cycled material, the workshop could not continue […]
Engel Believes There’s No End To Pike County Stories The award-winning journalist, author and publicist offers a new batch of them in “They Call Us Pikers.” The 224-page non-fiction book features 56 stories of local history, plus 12 pages of clippings about Pike County from newspapers around the nation. It costs $40 and is scheduled […]
Santa stopped by the City of Louisiana Saturday, Nov. 30 to visit and help celebrate and light the community’s new Christmas tree. The event was hosted by Louisiana Community Betterment Association and sponsored by various local businesses and volunteers. The event kicked off with an evening parade down Georgia Street from Sunset Park to 3rd […]
The Pike County Fair Board has announced that Riley Green will be the entertainment on the main stage on Saturday, Aug. 1. Green was raised on the sounds of traditional country, bluegrass, and southern gospel music. His 2018 “In A Truck Right Now” introduced his mixture of out-law-rebellion, and respect for tradition across his self-penned […]
The Company That Usually Does The Pickup Does Some Dropping off Meridian Waste, an integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, in partnership with the North East Community Action Cor-poration (NECAC) Pike County, donated 30 Thanksgiving dinners to families throughout the company’s Pike County collection service area and home to the company’s Eagle Ridge Landfill. Meridian […]
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Mary Alice Woodward Logan died peacefully Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 at Lynn’s Heritage House in Louisiana, with her sons at her bed-side. Visitation will be held at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana from 1-3 p.m., Wednesday with the funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment followed at Riverview Cemetery in Louisiana. Mary Alice was born […]
Lorraine “Bee” Meyer, 85, of Bowling Green died surrounded by her family Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 at Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m., Wednesday at St. Clement Catholic Church with the Rev. Henry Ussher officiating. Burial was in St. Clement Cemetery. Visitation was from 8 […]
Wayne Ray Chandler, 84, of Middletown died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 at The Neighborhoods by TigerPlace in Columbia from cancer. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday at the Middletown Christian Church. The Rev. Finley Price and The Rev. Dan Sites will officiate. Wayne Lynn will play his guitar as he sings a solo. […]
