R-I school board works on budget
by Patty Cheffey The Palmyra R-I Board of Education continued to work on the 2022-23 school year budget, receiving some updates on some state figures. Superintendent Kirt Malone not only updated the board on that information, but also provided a legislative updates, and the board approved the school improvement plan updates and filled several classified…
Read MoreProposed Palmyra downtown area CID boundaries being finalized
by Mark Cheffey The effort to establish a Community Improvement District in Palmyra continued with a second public meeting last Wednesday. Approximately 15 people, many of them owners of property in the downtown business district, attended the meeting at Hall’s Hall during which feedback was gathered concerning the proposed CID’s boundaries. Corey Mehaffy, the executive…
Read MoreCounty discusses Vet’s Road lighting
by Patty Cheffey Although it has been a wish to get lighting along Veterans Road for quite a while, the Marion County Commission plans to take steps to see if funding can be found to make that wish a possibility. Also during their meeting last week, which was held on Tuesday because of the Monday…
Read MoreDowntown Palmyra was a-buzz with bees Thursday
The buzz around downtown last week was the bees were being difficult about moving on. A unique site greeted visitors to downtown Palmyra last Thursday afternoon as two beekeepers, Skylar Anderson and Katherine Westhoff, of Buzzed Aster Apiary, attempted to remove a swarm of bees from the overhang in front of Hall’s Hall. Later, thanks…
Read MoreAlphonse “Ferd” Dames
Alphonse “Ferd” Dames, 85, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 7:10 a.m., Monday, May 16, 2022, at Monroe City Manor Care Center in Monroe City, Mo. Ferd was born Sept. 30, 1936, in St. Louis, Mo., to Alphonse Ferdinand and Eugenia Marie Smith Dames Jr. He was married to Alice “Faye” Ross on April 18, 1959,…
Read MoreNeva May Miller
Neva May Miller, 89, rural Ewing, Mo., passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, May 15, 2022. She was born March 24, 1933 in Emerson, Mo., a daughter of Malcolm Obadiah and Mary Rosabel Snow Lumley. She married James Richard Miller on May 2, 1959 at the New Providence Presbyterian Church in Benbow, Mo. …
Read MorePanthers reach .500 with wins over Highland, Liberty, Ill.
The PHS varsity baseball team helped their coach reach a milestone with an 11-1 home win over Highland Saturday evening. The victory not only completed the Panthers’ effort to reach the .500 mark it represented Coach Mark Loman his 300th career coaching victory. Despite the day providing the best weather this season, Loman still got…
Read MorePanthers receive top seed in district tournament
The Panthers received the top seed in the Class 3, District 6 Baseball Tournament in Shelbina, May 13-18. The Panthers (9-9-1) earned a bye and will play in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Monday, May 16, against the winner of the Friday, May 13 quarterfinal between fourth-seeded Mark Twain (6-5) and Monroe City (3-8). The…
Read MorePHS girls take second at CCC track meet
The PHS girls track and field team took second place at the Clarence Cannon Conference meet at Ewing last Tuesday. The Lady Panthers scored 149 points to finish behind only Centralia, 186.5, but ahead of Clark County, 111, Macon, 80, Monroe City, 67.50, Brookfield, 53, South Shelby, 49, and Highland, 41. Scoring points for Palmyra…
Read MorePHS boys place fourth at conference meet
The PHS boys track and field team finished fourth at the Clarence Cannon Conference meet in Ewing last Wednesday. The Panthers scored 92 points to finish behind Monroe City, 145, Centralia, 135.5, and Highland, 112, but ahead of Macon, 88, Clark County, 72, South Shelby, 61.5 and Brookfield 30. Scoring points for Palmyra were: Hays…
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