In the Civil War, Maj. Jonas Rawalt with 100 Union troops took 18 prisoners here in Jan. 1862 and in April, Col. S. D. Kitchen with 120 Confederates raided the courthouse and town. On nearby Crooked Creek, some 300 Confederates under Col. W.L. Jeffers put to rout about 268 Union troups led by Maj. B.F. Lazear on Aug. 24, 1862. Guerrilla bands ranged the area during the war.
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Candidate Profile: Stash Petton
July 31, 2012 
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The Marble Hill Constitution-News has sent a questionnaire to all of the candidates running for the position of sheriff of Bollinger County. The Marble Hill Constitution-News is printing the candidate profiles in the order they have been returned. The first candidate to return the questionnaire is Stash Petton. He is an independent candidate who gathered enough petition […]
Continue readingBias at the Banner: Paper excludes challengers in candidate profile
July 30, 2012 1 Comment
The July 18th, 2012 Banner Press newspaper featured “candidate profiles” for the August 7th primary elections. Featured were candidates for Missouri’s 8th Congressional District, County Commission and the office of Sheriff. When it came to the candidate profiles for the office of Sheriff, only one candidate was featured, Sheriff Leo McElrath. The Banner Press stated […]
Continue readingCity of Marble Hill: Now we want the donations!
July 24, 2012 0 Comments
Why is the City of Marble Hill attempting to divert funds that have been traditionally and legally from separate accounts into the General Revenue?
The fact that certain leaders from within City Hall have been so bold as to attempt to seize private donation money for the General Revenue should scare the hell out of everyone.-
Continue readingK and N Grocery : Marble Hill’s Newest Business
September 6, 2011 0 Comments
Business of the Week: This week’s Constitution-News business of the week is K and N grocery. K and N is located at 205 Plutarch Street in Marble Hill (located between Auto Tire and Parts and the Dollar General Store). K and N is located at the same location as Kelly’s Korner Kupboard used to be. Owner/ […]
Continue readingWhat’s with all the Flags?
September 4, 2011 5 Comments
Have you seen them? It would be hard to miss these days, but the Confederate Battle Flag has made a triumphant return to Marble Hill, though granted they are not on stationary flag poles. Nope these flags are being flown proudly by young men from Marble Hill on makeshift flagpoles that have been granted the […]
Continue readingOVERFLOWING CROWD HEARS MARBLE HILL CIVIL WAR TALK – BOLLINGER COUNTY MUSEUM IMPRESSIVE
September 1, 2011 0 Comments
Editor’s note: due to inaccuracies in the related article to this event, printed in this week’s Banner Press, The Marble Hill Constitution-News has decided to re-print a user submitted “speak out” article by someone who attended the event and actually listened to the speaker. http://www.semissourian.com/forums/speakout/thread/3585 OVERFLOWING CROWD HEARS MARBLE HILL CIVIL WAR TALK – BOLLINGER […]
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