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Missouri Lt. Governor Comes Out Swinging Against Homeland Security’s REAL ID Deadline, Calls Out Feds For Overreach
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder today issued the following statement regarding the federal Department of Homeland Security’s threat to end Missouri’s exemption from federal Real ID requirements on Jan. 10. After that date, Homeland Security has said Missourians would not be able to use their state driver’s licenses to enter federal facilities…
Read MoreThe Ken & Echo Show – Weekly Podcast
Click HERE to find past episodes on Anchor.FM/thekenandechoshow Former Editor of The Edina Sentinel, Ken Mitchell, and current Edina Sentinel Reporter, Echo Menges, get together weekly to discuss the news of the week, tell an ole’ timey story or two and talk a little shop with inside perspective of living in Knox County, doing the…
Read MoreQueen City Shop Owners Sentenced To Prison In Synthetic Drug Case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owners of a head shop and liquor store in Queen City, Mo., were sentenced in federal court on October 4, 2015, for their roles in a mail fraud conspiracy related to the distribution of synthetic marijuana, commonly…
Read MoreMacon Police Department News Releases, September 10, 2015
On 08/28/2015, an employee of a business in the 100 block of North Rubey Street reported property damage occurred at the business caused by a passerby. The employee gave the officer a description of the suspect, who was last seen walking away from the area in a southerly direction. Upon locating the suspect a short…
Read MoreMake Safety Part Of Your Labor Day Weekend Plans
MSHP – Colonel Ronald Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds Missouri’s travelers to make safety part of their Labor Day weekend. Col. Replogle strongly urges the use of seat belts when traveling in any kind of vehicle and life jackets when on a Missouri lake, river, or stream. In 2013, eight people…
Read More7 Dead in Illinois Veteran’s Home Legionnaires’ Outbreak
Health officials reported today that seven people have died in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at an Illinois veterans home. Thirty two others have been sickened by the respiratory illness in Quincy, Illinois. This follows a recent outbreak in New York City that killed a dozen people. Include the following visualization in your coverage to showcase…
Read MoreIHCC Announces Summer Honor Roll
Indian Hills Community College (IHCC), Ottumwa, Iowa, has released the names of the students who were on the college’s academic Honor Roll for the 2015 Summer Term. Those included on the Honor Roll are Sierra Williams of Ewing, Missouri, Brittany Wieprecht of Maywood, Missouri and Rye Hunziker of Canton, Missouri. An IHCC student must be…
Read MoreBlanche Klocke Turns 104 – VIDEO
Knox County native Blanche Klocke turned 104-years-old on Thursday, August 27, 2015. Her family celebrated the occasion on Saturday, August 29, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina. Below is a video of them singing her “Happy Birthday”. Read more about Mrs. Klocke in the September 2, 2015, edition of The Edina Sentinel.
Read MoreFederal Court blocks EPA’s Clean Water rule from taking effect on August 28, 2015
‘– Court rules Missouri and 12 other States “likely to succeed on the merits” of their claims that EPA exceeded its authority by expanding its jurisdiction to include dry creek beds and farm land in a 100-year flood plain — Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster said today that a federal judge has…
Read MorePRAIRIELAND FS OPEN HOUSE
Prairieland FS Services – Customers were assured that the staff at the LaBelle Prairieland FS facility are equipped to provide you with services that include Seed, Agri-Financing, FS Green Plan, Crop Protection, Custom Application, Nitrogen Management, Precision Farming/Equipment, Liquid Fuels and Lubricants, Propane and Grain.
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