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    USDA awards funding to NECAC USDA awarded the not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) $365,700 to expand the Self-Help Housing Home Rehabilitation Program to cover work at 56 homes in Lincoln, Montgomery, Shelby and Warren counties. Pictured at the announcement and certificate of award presentation during the June 13 Tri-State Housing Summit held at the Rialto Banquet Hall, a restored theater in Hannibal, are, from left, NECAC Deputy Director for Housing Development Programs Carla Potts, NECAC Chief Deputy Director Dan Page, NECAC President and Chief Executive Officer Don Patrick, USDA Rural Development Missouri Housing Programs Director Pam Anglin and USDA Rural Development Area 1 Director Shane Ebeling. NECAC Awarded Funding to Expand Self-Help Housing Program
    June 17, 2019
    The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) has been awarded a $365,700 USDA Rural Development grant to expand the Self-Help...
    Monroe Manor Nursing Home Administrator Shari Embree (far left) and her board members (left-to-right) Becky Vaanlandingham, former member Dick Fredrick, Guy Callison, Russell Wolfe and Denny Hollingsworth (permanently seated). Monroe Manor Recognizes Former and Present Board Members
    June 17, 2019
    PARIS – Before Monday night’s (June 10) monthly meeting, Monroe Manor Nursing Home District Administrator Shari Embree presented retired board...
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    Madison FFA Members and Advisor after Family Dinner at Founding Farmers. Madison FFA Takes on Washington DC
    June 17, 2019
    By Chapter Reporter Rebecca Youse Madison FFA traveled to Washington DC June 1-9, 2019 to participate in the National FFA Washington Leadership...
    1st Annual Children's Miracle Power Pull - Paris, MO - June 14,...
    June 15, 2019
    By Robin Gregg Last night's 1st Annual Children's Miracle Power Pull in Paris was very well organized, well attended with 2,000 spectators, and...
    Chrome for a Cause Car/Bike Show Held
    June 10, 2019
    By Robin Gregg It was a hot afternoon for the Car/Bike Chrome for a Cause Show sponsored by the Freedom of Road Riders Local 13, from Mexico, MO...
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    Then and Now-Monroe County Road Map
    June 17, 2019
    Notice lots of the highways are not completed in 1919 as they are now in 2019
    As Time Goes By....
    June 17, 2019
    By Janice Carman 100 Years Ago June 20, 1919 A Curious Coincidence One peculiar fact in connection with the recent return of the Monroe...
    Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dukes Lee of It's All Under Control It's All Under Control
    June 10, 2019
    By Jennifer Dukes Lee, Christian Best Seller Published Author My husband always tells me that he didn’t learn the art of surrender in a church....
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    Local Students Named to the Deans' List at Maryville University
    June 17, 2019
    ST LOUIS, Mo. (June 17, 2019) - Maryville University has named the following student to the Deans' List for the Spring 2019 semester: Paris, MO...
    Madison FFA Members and Advisor after Family Dinner at Founding Farmers. Madison FFA Takes on Washington DC
    June 17, 2019
    By Chapter Reporter Rebecca Youse Madison FFA traveled to Washington DC June 1-9, 2019 to participate in the National FFA Washington Leadership...
    Then and Now-Monroe County Road Map
    June 17, 2019
    Notice lots of the highways are not completed in 1919 as they are now in 2019
    News
    City of Paris Mailing Survey to Customers
    June 14, 2019
    The City of Paris will be sending out an educational mailing in June to educate the residents of Paris and surrounding areas about natural gas...
    Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) Announces 2019 Ride Arriving Today
    June 10, 2019
    Big BAM riders should be in Perry within the hour. The event runs into this evening with a concert starting at 6:00 pm. The Big BAM route has...
    Obituaries
    Gilbert Russell Farrell 1932-2019
    June 10, 2019
    Gilbert Russell Farrell, age 86, of Shelbina, Missouri, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2019, at Salt River Community Care, in Shelbina,...
    George Washington Coffman, Jr. 1933-2019 George Washington Coffman, Jr. 1933-2019
    June 5, 2019
    George Washington Coffman, Jr passed away from dementia on May 20, 2019 in Sykesville, Maryland. George was born on February 19, 1933 in...
    Schools
    Local Students Named to the Deans' List at Maryville University
    June 17, 2019
    ST LOUIS, Mo. (June 17, 2019) - Maryville University has named the following student to the Deans' List for the Spring 2019 semester: Paris, MO...
    Marlena is pictured here with her class winning barrow at the NAILE show in Louisville, Kentucky back in November of 2018. Long Receives Lindner Feed Scholarship
    June 13, 2019
    This past week, while exhibiting at the World Pork Exposition, Marlena Long from Paris, MO was awarded a $2500 scholarship by Linder Feeds. ...
    Paris R-II School Bus. Photo by Robin Gregg Patrol Releases 2019 School Bus Inspection Results
    June 5, 2019
    Colonel Eric T. Olsen, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the results of the Driver & Vehicle Safety Division's 2019...
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    Gholson Named New Rehab Program Director at Monroe Manor
    June 17, 2019
    By: Denny Hollingsworth PARIS – Kristen Gholson has been named as the new RehabCare Program Director for Monroe Manor Nursing Home. Mrs....
    OATS Transit Announces Fare Increases in Northeast Missouri Counties
    June 17, 2019
    (Macon, MO June 14, 2019) OATS Transit has announced it will be increasing fares this summer on some of its routes. The fare increases will affect...
    Blood Drive
    June 17, 2019
    Paris Red Cross Blood Drive will be held Thur., July 11, 1-6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. All presenting donors will...