Marion County, Missouri
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal School Board has approved a plan designed to aid in retention and recruitment in the school district. Superintendent Susan Johnson began developing the staff daycare plan several months ago and now plans to open three classrooms at Stowell School in time for the beginning of the upcoming school year. Under…
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Hannibal is one step closer to the replacement of a storm sewer that collapsed several years ago under Union Street. On Tuesday, the city council approved a bid of $705,634 for the replacement of 175 feet of stone archway stormwater conveyance with T&B Trucking and Excavating. The bid was about $45,000 under engineer estimates. The…
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MACON, Mo. — Capt. Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B in Macon, recently announced Cpl. Kyle V. McGivney is being promoted to the rank of sergeant on July 1. He will be the designated zone commander of Zone 8, Marion and Ralls counties. McGivney was appointed to the patrol…
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BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — Ameren Missouri and Cool Down St. Louis recently donated 95 air conditioning units to NECAC. They are available at no cost on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying elderly and disabled Ameren customers in NECAC’s service area. More information is available by calling NECAC at 573-324-6633.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The North East Community Action Corporation is reminding residents that the summer portion of the Energy Crisis Intervention Program began June 1. More than $1.4 million in funding is still available. Applicants must meet income guidelines, be the person responsible for the bill and have $3,000 or less in financial resources. Applications may…
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QUINCY — The Salvation Army again will be collecting and distributing electric fans to those in need. Distribution of fans from the Salvation Army’s Family Services facilities, in both Quincy and Hannibal, will begin on June 13. Anyone living within the Quincy Area Command’s service area of Adams, Pike and Brown counties in Illinois, and Marion, Ralls, Lewis, Shelby and Monroe counties…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Douglas Community Services Foundation will honor two high school senior scholarship recipients at a breakfast Tuesday, June 8 at the Rialto in Hannibal. A six-person table for the event costs $90. Individual tickets are $20. Doors open at 7:45 a.m. with a program from 8:15 to 9 a.m. Reservations can be made at development@douglassonline.org or by calling 573-221-3892.…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Several ongoing projects were addressed by the Hannibal City Council Tuesday night. Up first was funding for the Marion Ralls Regional Port Authority. Hannibal Regional Economic Development Council Executive Director Corey Mehaffy spoke on behalf of the MRRPA. Mehaffy said the MRRPA is negotiating with some landowners in Marion County for the…
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MACON, Mo. — Sgt. Roland H. Bartels, zone supervisor of Zone 9, will retire June 1 with almost 27 years of dedicated service to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Bartels was appointed to the patrol on July 1, 1996, as a member of the 72nd recruit class. After graduating from the patrol academy, he was assigned…
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Union officials say hundreds of people have left the railroad in the last three months, adding to BNSF’s struggles to move freight through Montana. Brady Wassam knew what to expect when he took a job on the railroad. Wassam, 30, of Columbia Falls, Montana came from a family of railroaders who have spent years moving…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – Doyle Equipment Manufacturing and Riverview Manufacturing, worldwide leaders in manufacturing dry fertilizer handling equipment, are expanding operations in Palmyra, Mo. The project will include an additional 80,000 square feet of production space, a capital investment of more than $5 million and the creation of 50 new full-time positions ranging from production assembly,…
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QUINCY — Local nonprofits seeking to build their programming, expand their mission and better their communities are invited and encouraged to apply for funding through the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri’s annual competitive grant program. The deadline to submit grant applications is at 11:45 p.m. June 1. Grants are made for…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — There’s still time to apply to the Missouri Century Farm Program. The deadline has been extended a month to June 1. If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1922, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. To qualify, the same family must have owned…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal School Superintendent Susan Johnson requested and received permission from the Hannibal School Board to begin formally exploring the development of the former Sutherlands lumber store in an “Innovation Campus”. Johnson asked to hire an architect and engineer to investigate the cost of converting the property, which is across the road from…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Ten troopers will graduate from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on April 29. The ceremony will take place in the academy gymnasium, 1510 East Elm. The graduation ceremony will be live streamed on the Patrol’s Facebook page. The 114th recruit class reported to the academy on January 18.…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Don Patrick, president and chief executive officer of the not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation, was presented March 24 with the Richard H. Stallings Lifetime Achievement Award by the National NeighborWorks Association of Washington, D.C. Patrick was recognized for more than 35 years of leadership in guiding NECAC’S expansion of programs and…
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LOUISIANA, Mo. — When he took the executive director’s position at North East Community Action Corporation in 1985, Don Patrick of Louisiana did not plan to stay long. More than 36 years later, he’s retiring as the longest-serving administrator in NECAC’s 57-year history. Patrick, whose last day was April 1, thanked board members and staff…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Regional Healthcare System will be working with local communities to update the Community Health Needs Assessment for the Marion, Lewis, Monroe, Pike, Ralls and Shelby counties. Input from community members is sought regarding the healthcare needs to complete work for the 2022 assessment. The goal of the update is to understand…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Beginning in April and going through June, Dr. Schuyler Metlis with the Hannibal Regional Medical Group will be the host of free skin cancer screenings throughout the region. The screenings are free. Space is limited, and an appointment is required. Metlis will be available for screenings on the following dates and times: Hannibal:…
Read Full Article After more than 30 years, the not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) is ending its Family Planning Health Services program March 31. The decision was approved March 22 by the NECAC Board of Directors, and covers NECAC Family Planning clinics in Hannibal, Bowling Green, Warrenton and O’Fallon. The agency is notifying patients, who will…
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BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — A Missouri agency is seeking homeowners for a do-it-yourself renovation program called Self-Help Housing. NECAC administers the USDA program in Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Shelby and Warren counties. Participants must meet income guidelines and work with a NECAC construction supervisor, who will provide one-on-one instruction. Supplies and tools will…
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Hannibal-LaGrange University has selected what the college is calling a ‘transitional’ president and plans to discuss ‘financial and institutional’ challenges with faculty and students this week. The university will continue its search for a permanent president. Dr. Rodney A. Harrison began the job on Monday. He serves as the president of Baptist Homes & Healthcare…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri will distribute more than $175,000 in grants to local nonprofits through its annual competitive grant program, which opens March 1. Grants of up to $7,500 will be made to nonprofit organizations advancing arts and culture, community betterment, education, health and human services in…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri 4-H Foundation recently recognized eight families with the 2021 Missouri 4-H Century Family Award, and two of them are from northeast Missouri. The Taylor family of Lewis County and the Bross family of Marion County each represents a combined 100 years or more of membership and volunteer service within 4-H.…
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QUINCY — The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri recently elected Lance Grady as its new board chair and welcomed Douglas Palmer and Julie Shepard to its Board of Directors at its annual meeting. Palmer is the president of Culver-Stockton College. “I am excited to join with a group of community-minded and…
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