December 11, 1924 Life Sentence For Three Who Killed Sheriff The case of Chas. Harris, Chas. Bringman, Arthur and Harry Deafenbaugh and Roy Blair, charged with murder of Sheriff Groomer, of …
September 18, 1924 Local Notes Ross Coon and Charley McCain attended the Ted Dooly sale Monday. Ross was clerk of the sale. The road question is a civic question …
U.S. General Election Results from Tuesday, Nov. 5. East Commission: Larry Lightfoot West Commission: Rick Pearson Sheriff: Greg Burke Assessor: Clint Baker Coroner: Lisa …
Don and Kathy Ginnings of Hermitage, Mo., celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary September 6, 2024. They both graduated from Hermitage High School in 1963 and were married at age 18 while …
September is National Senior Center Month and this year’s theme is Powering Connections. According to officials, the annual observance emphasizes the “tremendous value senior centers …
September 11 , 1924 Local Notes Do you know what we mean by No. 5. Read every line about it on the 5th page of the Index. John H. McCaslin and wife of the Citizen …
The Pomme de Terre Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society will present a program on the Paleoindian Period in Missouri, and elsewhere in America, on Sunday, Sept. 15. The program is free …
Come enjoy hometown fun at the 30th Annual Wheatland Harvest Festival! This free two day event, which celebrates the spirit of Hickory County, its legacy, and the values that have made this part …
August 14, 1924 Thanks To Voters I take this method of extending my thanks to my many friends in Hickory County who supported me in the election. Although I was defeated I have no hard …
Hermitage Fire Department in the 1977 Christmas Parade (front) Chief Fred Sallee, Jim Anderton, Bill Ginnings, Larry Lightfoot, Assistant Chief Don Ginnings; (back) Terry Turner, Bob Eidson, Rick …
August 7, 1924 Cross Timbers High School will begin term August 18. Last year we had a school worthy of credit, with 47 enrolled, this year we hope to do better work and increase our enrollment. …
The Hickory County Historical Society’s next monthly meeting will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Hickory County Library in Hermitage. The program will be on “What Can You Find …
New East Side Commissioner and new Coroner elected.
July 31, 1924 Weaubleau Items We have been having a little war about town here of late, part of it cased from bootleg whiskey. We presume from actions they seem to be crazy with something, …
July 24, 1924 Effect of Panama Canal The sailing distance from New York to Japan’s great port of Yokohama was Shortened about 8,000 miles by the opening of the Panama Canal as …
Visitors and guests to the Pomme de Terre region may be curious about those wooden structures sitting on Main Street in Wheatland. That is Settler’s Village, a collection of authentic …
July 17, 1924 News Notes Geo. A. Bliss, of Cross Timbers lost his barn during the electrical storm last Sunday night at about midnight. Also contents of the building together with his dodge …
One of the longest standing and most historical buildings in Hickory County is gone. The old Preston School House, located just off Highway 54 and in the heart of the Village of Preston, was …
July 10, 1924 Save the Little Fish “The State Game and Fish Department would like to have any information regarding the overflowing of bottom land along the creeks and rivers where …
