A great deal can be accomplished with 50 cents which is the increase that is being proposed for the Bowling Green R-I School District to bring about important improvement projects. Proposition S would be the first property tax increase in around 50 years if approved by voters in the April 2 election. The current tax […]
Flooding has several areas and roads closed to traffic and motorists are urged to use caution. Work also continues in Clarksville and areas of Louisiana to protect homes and businesses from rising water. Highway 79 south of Clarksville has been closed due to flooding of the Mississippi River. The highway is also closed just south […]
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HELP WANTED Part-Time Truck Driver The MFA AgriService in Vandalia, Mo is seeking a Part Time Truck Driver. This position requires a Class A CDL. Candidates must be able to pass a DOT drug test and be qualified to drive per DOT regulations. Must have good oral and written communication skills as well as basic […]
Kaleo Ka’Zhan Dade, 18, of Bowling Green died Friday, March 22, 2019, after suffering injuries in a motor vehicle collision on a two-lane highway near Frankford. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m., Friday at Bowling Green High School Gymnasium. Burial will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Ashley. Visitation will be Friday from […]
Ida E. Scott, 84, of Paynesville died Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Maple Grove Lodge Nursing Home in Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday (today) at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral […]
Vernon Lee Jennings, 72, died Thursday, March 21, 2019 at his home in Bowling Green. Funeral services were at noon Saturday at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green. Burial was in St. Clement Cemetery. Visitation was from 10 a.m., until time of service Saturday at the funeral home. Vernon was born March 6, 1947 in […]
A Celebration of Life was held at the High-Rise Apartments in Bowling Green Sunday from noon-2 p.m., for Shirley Ruby Hamm, 86, of Memphis. She died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., where she was a patient for a short time. The daughter of Ellis and Anna Mildred Utterback […]
Jim Porter has set up 911 operations before, most recently for Washington County, and says that the consolidation and enhancement efforts for Pike County’s operation are going quickly and smoothly. Voters recently decided to consolidate 911 efforts in Pike County. For years previously, the efforts have been within the Pike County Sheriff’s Department with a […]
Three farms in Pike County were recognized as being Century Farms. They were: Henson family, McBeth family and Waddell family. The Henson family farm owners are Anna Henson, Robert Henson, Michael Henson, Kevin Henson, Phillip Henson and Thomas Henson. They have 55 acres that were acquired in 1916. The McBeth family farm is owned by […]
