Panthers out-race SCA 42-35
by Mark Cheffey The top-ranked Panthers showed the rest of the state what they were made of with a 42-35 over Summit Christian Academy in Chillicothe Saturday afternoon. With their scheduled game at South Shelby canceled due to COVID-19, the Panthers went further west down U.S. 36 to play a high-flying Class 3 team from…
Read MorePalmyra to host Centralia for CCC championship
The Panthers home football game Friday against Centralia is for the Clarence Cannon Conference championship. It’s also a battle of state titan unbeatens as Palmyra comes in as the top ranked Class 2 team in the state at 8-9, to play the Class 3 fifth-ranked team at 7-0. Both are 4-0 in the conference after…
Read MoreLady Panthers fall to Monroe City, 11-3, in district championship game
by Mark Cheffey The PHS softball team’s hopes of a another district title pretty much blew away in the wind Saturday in Monroe City. Top-seeded Monroe City hit three home runs that were enhanced by a strong wind to right field, on their way to an 11-3 district championship win over the third-seeded Lady Panthers.…
Read MoreThree PHS girls golfers qualify for state tourney
by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls golfers fell just short of qualifying for state as a team, but three individual members did punch their ticket to the event. Mallory Subette, Mallory Comstock and Kylie Begley, placed high enough at the Class 1 District 1 tournament in Columbia last Monday, to compete at state Monday and…
Read MorePHS tennis pair competes at state tournament
The PHS tennis team’s state qualifying doubles pair of Katy Rindom and Maura Gottman competed in Springfield Friday. As Palmyra’s No. 1 doubles pair, Rindom and Gottman lost their first-round match Friday afternoon, 6-3, 6-3, to Hailey Colley and Avery Surber, of Westminster Christian Academy. They then lost their second match to Megan Gullette and…
Read MorePHS CC teams compete at Centralia
The PHS cross country teams competed at a meet in Centralia last Tuesday. The girls finished third out of five teams while the boys team came in sixth out of six. “We ran well at the meet,” said Coach Nicholas Koetters, noting the girls lost to two of the two Class 3 teams in…
Read MorePeak time
Fall colors were getting close to peak time this past week in northeast Missouri, including at one of the entrances into Palmyra off U.S. 61/24 at Ross Street.
Read MoreDeadline nears to get county CARES Act funds
by Patty Cheffey Those still wishing to apply for CARES Act funding from Marion County have only a few more days to do so. During last week’s Marion County Commission meeting, which was held on Tuesday because of the Monday holiday, the commissioners set a deadline of Oct. 31 to send in applications. After Oct.…
Read MoreR-I board OKs winter sports/activities plan
The public will be limited to 25 percent of the schools’ gyms’ capacity to attend winter sports and activities, according to a plan adopted by the Palmyra R-I Board or Education. The board approved the plan during last week’s meeting, at which they also heard an update on Parents as Teachers and school transportation and…
Read MoreCourtney Lee Ann Griffith
Courtney Lee Ann Griffith, 20, Hannibal, Mo., passed away Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Hannibal. Courtney was born Nov. 11, 1999, in Hannibal, to Rodney L. Griffith and Stacey Schmidt Dunkle. She was a graduate of Palmyra High School. Survivors include her mother, Stacey (Steve) Dunkle; grandparents, Terry and Connie Schmidt and Bobby and Connie…
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