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Saturday, November 03, 2012  Griggsville-Perry High School parents held a prom dress resell to give some of these young women a more affordable prom night attire.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Ameren Transmission Illinois began its third and final series of open houses regarding a proposed bill to build a transmission line along three states. The project would add a 345,000 volt transmission line spanning three states.

Friday, September 21, 2012  The Griggsville site will be processing center for Asian carp to be exported to China.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  A traveling tribute to Illinois' fallen heroes rolled into Griggsville Wednesday.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Arson is suspected in a fire that destroyed an abandoned home Thursday night in Griggsville.

Friday, August 24, 2012  The Pike County Illinois Sheriff's Department is investigating a suspicious fire Thursday night in Griggsville.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Michael Rohn is accused of setting fire to trailer home.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  A member of the Baylis Fire Department will be in court Tuesday.

Saturday, April 14, 2012  A passerby reported a house on fire at 107 N. Green St. around midnight Friday. Its residents were not home at the time and no injuries were reported.

Monday, April 02, 2012  The Pike County Sheriff's Department says that Sheriff Paul Petty and a Department of Natural Resources officer recovered the body of an 81-year-old man in a pond in rural Griggsville Monday at approximately 8:24 a.m.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011  The Adams County coroner's office says 80-year-old June Johnson from Griggsville died in an accident on Illinois 104.

Friday, May 27, 2011  Central and Southeastern Schools pack that bus, and that's just what they did for the town of Joplin.

Saturday, May 21, 2011  Visions of Freedom was the theme for the eighth annual Rally 'Round the Troops, in Griggsville Saturday morning.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Right now the Griggsville Library gets an annual stipend of $26,000 a year from the city for library operations.  But library director Lee Jankowski says that's not enough to keep up with the increasing cost of keeping the doors open.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011  Griggsville man killed by overhead door, Pike County Coroner investigating.