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LaBelle Home Destroyed by Fire, Young Family Lost Everything
By Echo Menges, The Edina Sentinel LaBelle, MO – Saturday, October 17, 2020 – When a fire broke out near the front door of a LaBelle home early Saturday afternoon, the young couple living there and their nearly three-year-old toddler made it out of the back door unscathed. “He said, ‘the house is…
Read MoreThe Knox County R-1 School District is Moving to Eight-Man Football in 2021
By Echo Menges Knox County, Missouri – Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – The Knox County R-1 School Board voted unanimously to move to an eight-man football program in the fall of 2021 at the Tuesday night regular meeting held in the Knox County High School Cafeteria. The Board voted to approve the recommendation of the…
Read MoreClark County Primary Election Results-August 4, 2020
1448 out of a possible 4887 registered voters cast their ballots in the August 4 primary election. In Clark County, there were only two local contested raced. In the Republican primary for Assessor, challenger John Campbell edged incumbent Anthony (Tony) Daniel by just 19 votes, 581-562. Campbell will be unchallenged in the November general election.…
Read MoreGovernor Parson Appoints the Honorable Rick Roberts as Circuit Judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit
(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Today, Governor Mike Parson appointed the Honorable Rick Roberts as Circuit Judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit. He will fill the Circuit Judge vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Gary Dial. Judge Roberts, of Kahoka, is currently an Associate Circuit Judge in Clark County. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…
Read MoreLocal Protesters Feel Supported in Rural Community
By Echo Menges Edina, Missouri – June 13, 2020 – Thus far, the City of Edina, an exceptionally small predominantly white town of only about 1200 people, is one of a few ultra rural communities in the region to have hosted a protest calling attention to the Black Lives Matter movement ignited by the police…
Read MoreScotland County Hospital and Blessing Hospital Partner to Open New Clinic in Edina
By Alisa Kigar, Scotland County Hospital The new Edina Medical Services on Hwy 6 East welcomed dozens of local residents for a ribbon cutting at the Jim Sears Building, Suite A, on June 11, 2020. The primary care clinic is staffed by lead clinician Tabitha Rohr, FNP-C. Local residents Shannon Rudd, RN, and LaDonna Stauffer,…
Read MoreTroop B Announces Retirement Of Sergeant Michael Kauth
Sergeant Micheal Kauth Troop B Announces Retirement Of Sergeant Michael Kauth Captain James E. Wilt, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces effective June 1, 2020, Sergeant Michael Kauth will retire from the Missouri State Highway Patrol after over 28 years of dedicated service. Sergeant Kauth was appointed to the Patrol on January 1,…
Read MoreMaywood Man Arrested For Felony Unlawful Possession Of Firearm
On May 11, 2020, members of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office arrested Alex M. Treaster, age 25, of Maywood, Missouri on one charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, a class D felony. This arrest was the result of an investigation on May 5, 2020. At that time deputies were conducting a ‘bond…
Read MoreEwing Man Arrested For Violating Order Of Protection
On May 11, 2020, members of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jeffrey A. Bruhl, age 39, of Ewing, Missouri on one count of violation of order of protection for adult, a class A misdemeanor. Mr. Bruhl was later arrested on another count of violation of order of protection for adult, a class A…
Read MoreTAYLOR MAN ARRESTED FOR CLASS D FELONY DOMESTIC ASSAULT
TODD A. FRIEDEN On May 6, 2020, members of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Officer were called to a domestic disturbance in Taylor, Missouri. A female victim alleged she had been assaulted by a co-occupant of the home. After an investigation, Todd A. Frieden, age 58,…
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