Roy Henry Owens, 84, of Palmyra died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2017 at the Hannibal Regional Hospital. He was born June 24, 1933 in St. Louis the elder son of Roy Martin and Leona Winkler Owens. He was married to Joyce Grimes Owens of Eolia at the Eolia Christian Church on Sept. 7, 1957. Their marriage […]
Rusty Cottrell, 70, of Bowling Green died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 at Moore-Pike Nursing Home after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Services are scheduled for Saturday at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m., with a memorial service following at 3 p.m. His wishes were to be cremated and for his remains to […]
Joyce Celine Lawson was born May 15, 1934 in Bowling Green to Ora Anna Salmonn and Edward Lawson Jr., as the blessed only child. Memorial services were Monday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m., at St. Mark UMC in Chicago, Ill. Eunice Jackson performed solos with the eulogy given by the Rev. Jon McCoy. Resolutions/tributes were given […]
Esther Sue Rodhouse, 69, of Pleasant Hill, Ill., died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at her hoom. Cremation rites were accorded. A memorial service is planned for inrnment at the Grassy Creek Cemetery near Louisiana. Esther was born April 26, 1948 near Frankford, the youngest of 10 children born to Henry and Esther Raney Miller. She […]
Joyce Ann Sutton, 72, of Clarksville died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017 at St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis. Memorial services were at 4 p.m., Friday at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana. The Rev. Randall Cone officiated. Visitation was from 3 p.m., until time of services Friday at the funeral home. Burial was in […]
An arraignment is at 9 a.m. Sept. 6 for a man accused of killing his stepson in Pike County Missouri. Sixty-year-old Michael Allan Black is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 31-year-old Alexander Koch. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was called to a report of a domestic […]
The public is invited to celebrate the beginning of construction on a new Champ Clark Bridge. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Friday, Sept. 8 from 10-11 a.m., at the riverfront in Louisiana. Several dignitaries are expected to attend the ceremony to either speak or help break ground. Incorporated into the ceremony is participation […]
Pike County native LaDon Atkinson participated in the 12th Annual Missouri River 340 race Aug.8-11. The MR340 is the longest non-stop river race in the world, covering 340 miles of the Missouri River. Racers enter the starting point at Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas, and finish the race at St. Charles, Missouri. The MR340 raises […]
The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) and US Bank of Bowling Green presented a $500 check to Ashley Ray of Clarksville as part of the Missouri Asset Development Project. Pictured, from left, are NECAC Pike County Service Coordinator Dana Gordy, Ray, US Bank Branch Manager Laura Ince and US Bank Assistant Branch Manager […]
The Bowling Green Fire Department responded to car fires in the Bowling Green High School parking lot last week. Flames started in one car and spread to another car parked near it. No injuries were reported and BGHS staff complimented how quickly and professionally the fire department got the situation under control.
