Allenville News

Old McKendree Chapel near Jackson is among the 31 sites approved recently for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places; the Oliver House in Jackson is also approved by the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Allenville and Whitewater are the latest area towns to benefit from the $787 billion federal economic stimulus bill passed by Congress in February.

In Jackson, no one opposed the four board members and Mayor Barbara Lohr as they sought new two-year terms.

Charles "Chalk" Givens, 87, of Glenallen died Sunday, April 5, 2009, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

Pam Davenport, left, and Liz Rodgers prepare lunch options Tuesday morning, March 17, 2009, at Smith Stop in Dutchtown.

Geneva L. Beahringer, 87, of Allenville, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2008, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

Captain Quentin Gaither with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department watches as a Chevrolet Blazer is towed out of ditch on Bloomfield near the Dalhousie Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Early morning thunderstorms today resulted in minor flooding, a no-injury accident and a home struck by lightning.