BELLVILLE — A band of volunteers wandered through the Bellville Cemetery Thursday night, following a printed map towards the grave of Lorenzo D. Long. It was the dress rehearsal for this weekend’s Cemetery Walk. James Michalovich, a teacher and theater advisor at Clear Fork Middle School, perched on the edge of Long’s monument. He wore a straw […]
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A love for her community: Knapik crowned 50th Bellville Fair Queen
Knapik, a senior at Clear Fork High School, was crowned this year’s Bellville Fair Queen, a title she’s thought long about.
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Bellville Street Fair returns for 173rd year
Known by many as the “World’s Fair”, the annual street fair opens Sept. 13 and continues through the 16, taking place on Main Street.
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GALLERY: American Legion Post 535 Labor Day Car Show
The American Legion Post 535 Labor Day Car Show took place Monday at Legion Park in the village of Bellville.
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Bellville couple’s departure leaves vacancy on council, school board
Update: The Clear Fork Valley Local School District Board of Education has changed the date of its next regular meeting. That meeting will now be held Sept. 20 at 6:30 at the high school library media center. Those interested in serving on the Clear Fork Valley Board of Education should contact the district treasurer’s office […]
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Meet Jon Fletcher, Bellville’s new police chief
BELLVILLE — Chief Jon Fletcher can still remember when the entire Bellville Police Department was just a small room in city hall. It was 2005. He was fresh out of the academy and had taken his first law-enforcement job with his hometown department. He’s has been there ever since. Last month, Fletcher swore to serve and […]
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Bellville Medal of Honor recipient’s grave to be honored 148 years after death
BELLVILLE –– U.S. Army Pvt. John F. Rowalt received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1870 for his bravery during the Indian Campaigns in the Arizona Territory. The Bellville native died from smallpox five years later in Cincinnati and has been buried in an unmarked grave in northern Kentucky for the past 148 years, a […]