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Northeast Missouri – With the help of sponsors, volunteer organizations and U.S. Postal Service employees in 10,000 communities nationwide, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 27th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 11. Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food drive. Last year’s drive resulted in…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In only his first term in office, State Rep. Greg Sharpe has earned the praise of House leadership for the work he has done to support and promote agriculture in Missouri. This week House Speaker Elijah Haahr presented Sharpe with a Freshman Legislator of the Year Award for the work he…

Knox County R-1 Band Director and High School Teacher Matt Rayl has accepted an administrative position at South Shelby High School. Rayl will join the Cardinals as the new High School Principal this summer ahead of the 2019-20 school year. The Shelby County Herald reached out to Shelby County R-IV Superintendent Tim Maddex and Matt…

 CASEY D. STURM The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has an active warrant for Casey D. Sturm, age 32, last known address in Williamstown, Missouri. Mr. Sturm is a registered sex offender who is wanted for violating the registration requirements. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to contact your local law enforcement agency or…

  Nine Shelby Community firefighters completed the Missouri Basic Firefighter Course. They were recogninzed on Tuesday, March 12, at the monthly fire department meeting.   According to Shelby Community Fire Chief Mike Geisendorfer Preston Hall, Andrew Pantaleo, Maverick Taylor, Corey Cooper, Byrant Gibbons, Brad Arment, Rowdy Vanskike, Clay Kiser, and Ethan Geisendorfer completed and passed…

  Judge Frederick P. (Rick) Tucker held a celebration luncheon catered by Noland’s Catering at the Shelby County Courthouse to honor the 41st Judicial Circuit (Macon County and Shelby County) and the many people involved in achieving the recognition of the Supreme Court of Missouri for the Supreme Court Permanency Award.     Tucker said,…

By Mike Scott, NEMOnews Media Group Missouri could consolidate 31 rural counties into fourteen, if a constitutional amendment proposed by a St. Louis legislator were to be approved by Missouri voters. Several northeast and north central Missouri counties would be affected. House Joint Resolution 55 was introduced by Representative Gina Mitten (D-83), who represents portions…

Local Missouri Entrepreneur to Appear on Shark Tank to Pitch Groundbreaking Nationwide Ethical Meat Company Press Release – From her humble beginnings growing up on a farm in La Belle, Missouri, Lucinda Cramsey, an entrepreneur who runs Moink, a nation-wide meat subscription company, will be featured on ABC’s Shark Tank Sunday, March 10 at 9:00…

JEFFERSON CITY – Winter continues to march through Missouri with a potentially dangerous storm system expected Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The Missouri Department of Transportation has issued a “no travel advisory” for the duration of this storm, which is expected to continue through part of the day on Sunday, March 3. This storm…