An administrative changing of the guard was begun last week when was announced as the new Louisiana Elementary School principal. Hamlett will begin work on Thursday, Aug. 1 and will replace current Principal Erik Melton, who has accepted a principal’s job in the Hazelwood school district in northern St. Louis County. Hamlett has been the principal at Wellsville-Middletown Elementary School for the past five years. She was a school counselor
The National Weather Service is predicting possible severe thunderstorms to continue for Pike County through Wednesday, May 22. The storms will be capable of producing damaging winds and large hail. Heavy rainfall is also a distinct possibility.
The Louisiana City Council decided to not interfere with a municipal court decision ordering the River of Life Church to come into city code compliance for a mobile home on its property at its Monday, May 13 meeting. City Attorney Robert Rapp and Mayor Tom Wallace said Judge Bruce McGuire’s order to comply by June 3 takes precedence in the matter and the council should not create a separation of
The Louisiana Rotary Club was presented with the Presidential Citation by Assistant Governor Kim Stevens at its regular weekly lunch meeting. Stevens, representing District 6060, presented the citation to President Jenna Loveless on behalf of the district. The certificate can be earned by a club who meets criteria throughout the year with regard to community participation, civic acts, membership growth and retention, and participation at the district and international levels
Recent school board actions have left Clopton High School without a boys basketball coach. However, a new football coach has been hired and a returning all-state player will become the assistant girls basketball coach. In an move unrelated to the school’s sports programs, a separation agreement has been reached with Krista Flowers Luebrecht, the former director of the district’s Pike-Lincoln Technical Center. The moves occurred at the Tuesday, May 7
Saying they are acting as private citizens, two new Louisiana City Council members are seeking to form a citizens flood committee independent of city government. “Though both Bart Niedner and Sal Pollice are on the Louisiana City Council, this is not a communication from Louisiana city government,” the pair said in a press release issued Wednesday, May 1. “There are good reasons why the city of Louisiana’s local government is
The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) will host a public hearing on its annual plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded Section 8 Housing Rent-Assistance Program for residents of 11 counties. The affected counties are Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Shelby and Warren. The hearing is at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, at the agency’s community services department building
Lakeway Publishers, Inc., owner of the Louisiana Press-Journal, announced last Wednesday the acquisition of a group of newspapers and shoppers in Central Florida and the creation of Lakeway Publishers of Florida, Inc. The new Lakeway Publishers group will be comprised of newspapers formerly owned and operated by Sun Publications of Florida, Inc., a division of Independent Publications, Inc. Publications involved are the Osceola News-Gazette in Kissimmee, Clermont News Leader, Four
People who utilize the Ted Shanks Conservation Area to hunt or just to see thousands of wild birds may not know the 6,705- acre facility north of Louisiana is in the middle of a major restoration project. Now in its second year, the habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project is designed to more efficiently flow water through the lands along the Mississippi and Salt rivers to allow former trees and habitat
An administrative changing of the guard was begun last week when was
The National Weather Service is predicting possible severe thunderstorms to continue for
An administrative changing of the guard was begun last week when was
The National Weather Service is predicting possible severe thunderstorms to continue for
The Louisiana golf team capped its successful season off with a second-place
Two eastern Pike County athletes earned all-state honors at the Missouri state
Few empty seats remained Sunday afternoon while friends and family gathered to
The Clarksville Garden Club will sponsor a program next month on Purple