AREA NEWS

Heartland Community Church To Ordain Senior Pastor Kris R. Palmer   On Sunday evening, March 5, 2017, Heartland Community Church will hold an ordination service for Kris R. Palmer to serve as Senior Pastor, in conjunction with the annual Missions Conference.  As the President of Heartland Christian College, Kris has been serving in a leadership role at…

On February 23, 2017, in the Circuit Court of Lewis County, Ernest R. Branham, 57, of Maywood, Missouri was sentenced to ten years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on the charge of domestic assault in the first degree, a class B felony. At the plea hearing, Branham admitted that there was sufficient evidence for…

  According to The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, on February 23, 2017, members of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, NEMO Drug Task Force, Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Canton Police Department conducted a search warrant at 702 Nesmith Street in Canton, Missouri.  Subsequent to this investigation and warrant, several Lewis County residents were taken…

From March 6 to 10 Missourians are urged to take action to respond to the deadly hazards posed by tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flooding and lightning JEFFERSON CITY – In just one weekend last month, 19 people were killed by tornadoes in the southeastern U.S., more than were killed by tornadoes in the entire U.S. during…

According to a press release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office announced that the following cases were disposed of in the Lewis County Circuit Court on February 9, 2017 with the Honorable Russell E. Steele presiding:       Joanna L. Burton of Quincy Illinois was sentenced to a term of fifteen…

Ebony Teter, South Shelby senior, was pleasantly surprised on Wednesday, February 15, when she found out she received a full ride scholarship to Columbia College in Columbia. Teter’s family and the school were aware of her scholarship but Teter was not aware until she walked in the school library and received the news from Columbia…

On January 31, 2017 members of the Canton Kiwanis organization presented Lewis County Deputy Cory Bennett with a check for $500.00 to support the Sheriff’s Office DARE program at the Canton R-V School District.  Deputy Bennett is currently a DARE certified instructor who has provided information to fifth grade students throughout Lewis County.  He warns…

On Wednesday, January 25, the Clarence Police Department served search warrants to a Clarence individual to search for a weapon in possession of a convicted felon. When officers arrived on scene, they didn’t find a weapon, but the individual had marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his possession. He admitted to having the weapon and stated…

JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold a local public hearing in Kirksville on January 30, 2017, in an electric rate case filed by Ameren Missouri. The local public hearing schedule appears below.  January 30—Kirksville. Truman State University, Student Union Activities Room, 901 S. Franklin. The hearing starts at 6:00 p.m., beginning with a public information/question and answer session…

According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, on January 15, 2017, Pamela S May, age 29 of Ewing, Missouri was arrested at the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on one charge of hindering the prosecution of a felony, a class E felony. Miss May was held in the Lewis County Jail in lieu of a $10,000…