Chilly Taste of Palmyra
Chilly temperatures in the low 40s greeted trunk-or-treaters to this year’s Taste of Palmyra hosted by the Palmyra Chamber of Commerce Monday evening. The annual event also drew people to food, craft and game booths lining Main Street downtown as well as car and tractor shows.
Read MoreCounty supports NEMO Power grant effort
by Patty Cheffey The Marion County Commission will be lending not only their support, but their name to a grant application to support Northeast Power Cooperative. Northeast Power representatives were present to ask the commissioners to apply for the grant on their behalf during Monday’s meeting, at which the commissioners also approved a bid for…
Read MoreR-I board OKs security system upgrade
The R-I School District will be better secured, following action by the Board of Education to upgrade the district’s security cameras. Superintendent Jason Harper and Jeremy Worcester, R-I technology director, reviewed requests for proposals for a new security system with the board during their monthly meeting last week, at which the board also heard a…
Read MorePalmyra Chamber award nominations sought
Who will you nominate for the 2022 Citizen of the Year, Educator of the Year and Volunteer of the Year? Your input is essential in helping the Palmyra Chamber of Commerce recognize those who give so much to our community at the chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet which will take place Jan. 12, 2023. …
Read MorePalmyra history lesson
Friday was History Day in Palmyra, and Palmyra Elementary students toured local historic spots and heard presentations from members of the local historical society, the Heritage Seekers. Above, Gary Stulman shows students a restored wagon made in Palmyra by Stuhlman Brothers, in the late 1800s. Students also learned about Big Spring and the log cabin…
Read MoreFormer NEMO Power employee receives state engineering award
Kevin White, retired employee of Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative, Palmyra, was recently honored with the Jim McNabb Engineering Innovation Award by the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. The purpose of the award is to give recognition to an outstanding engineer whose innovative thinking has in some way benefitted the entire state by improving the…
Read MoreWilliam H. “Bill” Johns
William H. “Bill” Johns, 94, Hannibal, Mo., passed away at 9:54 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 at his home. Bill was born Jan. 30, 1928, in Monroe City, Mo., to Lester W. Johns and Bessie Kaden Johns. He was married to Patricia Hollyman on Feb. 18, 1951 at the First Baptist Church in Palmyra. She…
Read MoreSharon S. Brumback
Sharon S. Brumback, 79, Palmyra, Mo., passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. She was born in Hannibal, Mo., at St. Elizabeth Hospital on April 8, 1943 to Urban and Ruth (Noel) Hudson. She married James “Jim” Brumback on Aug. 4, 1961 at the Ewing Baptist Church in Ewing, Mo.…
Read MorePanthers shutout for second week in row, 34-0, by Clark Co.
The PHS varsity football team suffered its second straight shutout loss and third of the season, 34-0, to visiting Clark County Friday. The Indians scored on their first possession, and the Panthers really threatened to score only once in the first half, as Clark County built an insurmountable 20-0 lead. Clark County used a strong…
Read MorePHS girls tennis team wins district title, falls in sectionals
The PHS girls tennis team proved dominant in winning the Class 1, District 7 team title last week in Wentzville. Meanwhile, Palmyra’s No. 1 doubles team of Maura Gottman and Molly Gottman, advanced to individual Class 1 state competition with a 6-3, 6-3 win in sectionals. The pair will compete at state this Friday and…
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