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Louisiana’s new wastewater plant will soon go out to bids for design and construction phases, according to City Administrator Bob Jenne. A draft operating permit for the facility at the south end of town is now available for public review at city hall. The comment period ends on Thursday, May 31. Jenne said at the Monday, May 14 city council meeting that he did not anticipate any adverse comments to
A rumor that the Kroger store in Louisiana is closing is not true, according to the company’s Public Affairs Manager. John Elliott said Thursday, May 10 the store has shown “a sales slow down the last couple years,” during annual capital reviews. That caused corporate officers in Indianapolis to recently urge Louisiana store employees to push sales, particularly of Kroger products. “It was a pep talk that was misinterpreted,” Elliott
The City of Louisiana has settled the wrongful death suit filed by the mother and children of Timothy Scott Chrisman for $400,000, according to Mayor Tom Wallace and family attorney David Ferman. The sum will be paid by the city’s insurance carrier. “The way I understood it, the money goes to the kids and that’s good,” Wallace said Wednesday, May 9. “My clients just wanted their anquish to end,” Ferman
The Louisiana City Council will start drafting an ordinance to regulate grease traps used in food preparation facilities in the city. At the same time, the city council is looking at partnering with a Belleville, Ill. firm that will pay $1.37 a pound to the city for grease dumped into storage containers around town. “There’s no contract required, and it’s for free,” said city Building Inspector Kent Adams at the
Seven Louisiana track team members have advanced to the sectional track meet at noon on Saturday, May 12 at Principia High in St. Louis County. They qualified at the district meet May 5 at Louisiana High School. If any qualify at sectionals, they will advance to the state final track meet Friday and Saturday, May 18-19 at Lincoln University’s track in Jefferson City. Na’Kea Shepherd kept pace on her big
There’s enough talent for the 2012 Bulldogs golf squad took second place in the sectionals tournament on Thursday, May 3, but still won a place in the state tournament May 14 in Nixa. “The guys didn’t play their best, but played well enough to advance to the state tournament at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa,” said Head Coach Derrick Branstetter. The two-round tourney will be played Monday and Tuesday,
The Louisiana High School golf team crushed the opposition, winning the Class 1, District 3 golf championship by 60 strokes on Wednesday, April 25 at Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville. Bulldog golfers Payton Lenz, Brendan Ross, Dalton Branstetter, Greg Pitzer and Dylan Smith captured five of the top six places in the tournament. The team now advances to the sectional tournament at Heritage Hills Golf Course in Moberly on
The U.S. Postal Service is looking to survive and four small Pike County post offices could see hours cut as part of a cost savings plan. The proposed cuts in U.S. Congressional legislation would decreases the Clarksville, Eolia, Frankford and Curryville post offices’s hours as such: • Clarksville, from eight to six hours per day. • Eolia, from eight to six hours per day. • Curryville, from eight to four
As the economy continues to limp along, most citizens want to keep their money close to home. Pike County voters will be asked to approve or reject a special tax proposal in November that claims it will do just that. The Use Tax proposal, promoted by the Missouri Association of Counties, claims the revenue generated from a local use tax would supplement county services such as roads and bridges, hospitals,
As the school year draws to a close, youth in Pike County look forward to earning extra cash at summer jobs on area farms, working on a hay crew, spraying weeds, or sorting cattle. It appears that Pike County youth can continue to take on such jobs, for now. If the Department of Labor (DOL) had decided to pass proposed new rules, such activities might have become illegal. The agency
Local Pike County talent Mike Reynolds took top honors recently at a Quincy talent competition. Johnny Bang Bang’s was packed with Pike County residents to hear contestants compete in the Local Q Music Fest. The second annual event featured singer/songwriters from across the tri-states, and the Chicago band Ami Moss and the Unfortunates. Reynolds secured Judges’ Choice and Overall Crowd Winner in the contest with his style of bluesey acoustic
Just when it looked like the City of Louisiana’s pool might not open for the season, last-minute negotiations with the Twin Pike Family YMCA will ensure that swimmers will enjoy it again this summer. It is the second year in a row that it looked like the pool might not open due to conflicts between the city and the YMCA over ticket pricing and management terms. The city was also
They are a legitimate Louisiana High School team and they rarely break out in sweat during competition. The Louisiana High School Academic Team had an excellent performance in the April 14 District Scholar Bowl Tournament. The team made it to the final rounds, but narrowly fell to Paris in the district semifinal by a score of 200 to 220.
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Seven Louisiana track team members have advanced to the sectional track meet
There’s enough talent for the 2012 Bulldogs golf squad took second place