Both Louisiana and Clarksville are now in recovery mode from the Flood of 2013 but continue to keep a close eye on the swollen Mississippi River. Thunderstorms last week did not produce the torrential rains that caused the river to rise to high flood levels again in May after the initial crest on April 22. Although there is a chance of rain Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16, The
In 1979, Clay Logan was still running Stark Bro’s with his brother, Walter, and had just been married the year before to Sally Logan. He had been introduced to Sally by a Westminster College fraternity brother, Tom Thomas, who was also from Louisiana. Thomas was in the hospital business and during a conversation with Logan he suggested he run for the Pike County Memorial Hospital Board. “It sounded like an
Louisiana loan and check firm Cash Biz is alleging two former employees took trade secrets and urged customers to join a competitor they went to work for. West End Financial Services owners John Sitton and Eleanor Sitton and employees Jordahn Wirtz and Stephanie Bailey are named in the injunction to stop the allegations and get damages filed by Cash Biz corporate attorney Kathryn Haertel. “I have never nor shall I
Missouri is rich with cooperatives, cooperative history, new cooperative development and individuals who have made significant contributions to the strength and success of cooperatives. The Missouri Institute of Cooperatives (MIC) developed the Cooperative Hall of Fame to ensure a permanent, prestigious recognition of cooperative leaders for future generations. In the eleventh annual selection, seven persons were recognized with a Missouri Cooperative Hall of Fame Award announced at the MIC annual
Late March snows and heavy April and May rains have kept Pike County farmers out of soaked crop lands but that is starting to change. “We are finally blowing smoke and getting tractors out into the fields,” said Pike County Farm Service Bureau Director Roger Colbert on Friday, May 17. “We’ve still got guys with three feet of water on the land (in the Mississippi River bottoms) and some are
Disadvantaged families recently suffered a setback with the closure of the Louisiana Evangelical Outreach Food Pantry. But two other faith-related food pantries remain and the evangelical group’s facility could return, according to coordinator Lois Turner. The evangelical food pantry was recently closed because of her illness and for a lack of a building. “We still haven’t found a building,” Turner said last week. Some charge too much rent for the
Bank of Louisiana donated $500 to the Louisiana Kids In Motion. Kids In Motion is a local program that supports at-risk middle school aged young people by teaching them to value work, their community and their future. Kids in Motion is under the umbrella of Douglass Community Services. In addition to character growth, kids involved in the program have the opportunity to earn money through community service projects. On their
A citizen’s advisory group (CAG) for the new Champ Clark Bridge over
Healthcare providers in Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lewis, Shelby, and Monroe counties recently
A citizen’s advisory group (CAG) for the new Champ Clark Bridge over
Healthcare providers in Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lewis, Shelby, and Monroe counties recently
Louisiana catcher Brendan Ross, a 2013 graduate, was recently an honorable mention
Two Clopton baseball players and two Louisiana players made the Class 2,