School
Pike CEO students recognized at State Senate
Winchester receives official condemnation order on gym
By BETH ZUMWALT The Winchester School District has received official condemnation on the grade school gym. The announcement was presented to the board at the Feb. 10 meeting. Structural defects were noticed in the gym in January and the facility has been off-limits since then.
Read MorePikeland board accepts girl’s basketball coach’s resignation
By BETH ZUMWALT The Pikeland School Board met Feb. 18 and accepted the resignation of Noah Mendenhall as both the junior high and high school girls basketball coach.
Read MoreWestern Board hears votech updates; approves expenditures, personnel items
By DAVID CAMPHOUSE The Western Community Unit School District #12 Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. in the Western High School cafeteria, addressing instructional planning, facility use, technology needs, and staffing updates.
Read MoreSt. Francis Holy Ghost Catholic School Shining Knights
Farmers State Bank Trust Services to award scholarships
Farmers State Bank Trust Services has announced that scholarship applications are available for nine trust scholarship funds for 2026. With over 50 years of continuous and successful administration of scholarship programs, Farmers State Bank Trust Services has provided over $1,156,609 to Pike County Students. The Helen & Forrest Baughman Educational Trust Scholarship Fund was created…
Read MoreCrime Stoppers of Pike County scholarship opens for applications
Crime Stoppers of Pike County awards a one-time, non-renewable $1,000 scholarship to assist a high school graduate who intends to pursue a career in Law Enforcement and/or Criminal Justice.
Read MoreArea students make Blackburn Dean’s List
Blackburn College has announced its Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester. Students named to the Dean’s List must earn a grade point average of 3.6 or higher for the semester. Area students include: Ashley DeSherlia, Molli Bohannon, Clayton Brunaugh, Abigail Droege, Caroline Gibson, Ayden Kanallakan, Elizabeth Kemper, Shelby Koenigand Ian Sullivan, all of Jerseyville.…
Read MoreThree inducted into Ag Center Hall of Fame
By DAVID CAMPHOUSE The John Wood Community College Ag Center in Pike County recently announced the 2026 inductees to its Agriculture Hall of Fame. Three educators with deep ties to the Ag Center, located just outside Perry, were inducted as the 2026 class.
Read MoreBlackburn College and Lewis and Clark Community College establish new transfer pathways to earn bachelor’s
Blackburn College and Lewis and Clark Community College have signed the first in a series of articulation agreements, expanding access to affordable, high-quality bachelor’s degrees through clear transfer pathways. The agreement was signed during a ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 5, at Lewis and Clark Community College’s Godfrey campus. The signing ceremony featured Blackburn College President…
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