Special Needs Services (SNS) of Ray County’s new therapeutic fly-fishing program received a jump start with a donation of fly-fishing equipment from South O Bones LLC. Ray County Presiding Commissioner Billy Gaines
The Ray County Museum and Haunted Souls Society collaborated to bring a ghost-hunting experience to the area recently. The event began with a short gathering to explain equipment and what to expect during the seven-hour investigation.
DOMINIQUE (LEFT) AND her son, Conrad Purnell Jr., take a turn stomping grapes during Fence Stile Vineyards, Winery & Distillery annual Grape Stomp event..
(Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on Mary Rowland, who assisted in the capture of Bloody Bill Anderson.) Mary Lyman was born in New Hampshire in 1818 to Asa and Sarah (Davis) Lyman. She came to Ray County in 1838.