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Accident Results In Serious Injuries
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 30 year old male, James A. Williams of Palmyra, Missouri, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado on U.S. Hwy 61, one mile north of Palmyra on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2017, at 1:20 a.m., losing control on the snow covered roadway. The vehicle…
Read MoreSouth Shelby School Board Votes To Seek April Bond Issue For Elementary School Consolidation
By Robin Shores Present: Superintendent Tim Maddex, Brian Threlkeld, Jarrell Foreman, Jim Foster, Kendall Wood, David Farrell, Aaron Gaines, Scott Gough, Katie Stueve, Kelly Williams, Curt Bowen, Deacon Windsor. President Brian Threlkeld called the meeting to order at 7:00pm December 13. Superintendent Tim Maddex reviewed the consent items: approval of November meeting minutes, approval…
Read MoreTop Goes on New Water Tower West of Novelty VIDEO
The top of the new water tower west of Novelty, MO was placed on Thursday, December 14, 2017 with a large crane. The following video above was recorded by Dillis Nagel, whose parents owned the land the new tower is being built on. Nagel and her parents, John and Elaine, and a local farmer and…
Read MoreTractor Trailer Overturns West of Hurdland
A Texas man walked away from a tractor trailer crash on Highway 6 west of Hurdland, MO early Thursday morning. Driver Don Young, 60, of Grand Prairie, TX, was traveling from Kraft Foods in Kirksville, MO to Pennsylvania with a trailer full of meats and cheeses. Young was eastbound on Highway 6 less than a…
Read MoreKnox County Christmas Celebration Schedule for Friday, Dec. 8th
The Knox County Christmas Celebration is here! Click on the photo to see the list of events taking place in Edina on Friday, December 8th. Also, The Knox County Clothes Closet will be open longer, until 6pm, during the celebration!
Read MoreClarence Teen Involved In Fatal Crash
By Robin Shores The South Shelby High School hallways won’t be lit up with McKenzie Craigg’s smile and kind heart today, Wednesday, December 6. Craigg, 18, from Clarence, Missouri, died after being ejected from a car during a rollover crash, just after 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, December 5, on Highway 36, one mile east of Shelbina,…
Read MoreMFA Oil Foundation Awards Grant To The Shelbina Police Department
By Marlana Smith The MFA Oil Foundation awarded a $2,000 grant to the Shelbina Police Department on Friday morning, December 1. The grant will assist with purchasing an in-car camera system for the SPD K9 vehicle. According to information in a press release from MFA Oil, they provide support to nonprofit organizations that are…
Read MoreHeartland Resources, Inc. Receives $5,000 Grant From Northeast Power And CoBank
RECEIVES GRANT – Heartland Resources was the recipient of a $5,000 Sharing Success matching grant program check to complete the purchase of a new van. Pictured (left to right) Douglas Aeilts (Northeast Power) and Bob Wallace (Heartland Resources). Ewing, Mo. (December 4, 2017) – Through the Sharing Success matching grant program, Northeast Missouri Electric…
Read MoreShelbina Man Tased, Charged With Resisting And Domestic Assault
By Marlana Smith and Echo Menges A Shelbina man was arrested for Domestic Assault – 2nd degree and resisting/interfering with arrest for a felony. According to information released by the Shelbina Police Department on Wednesday, November 15, at approximately 2:00 p.m. the SPD was called to 502 South Center Street in reference to a report…
Read MoreMSHP Arrests Seven On Possession Charges
According to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol seven people were recently arrested for possession charges. On November 24, 2017, at 1:44 p.m., 23 year-old Christopher R. Janssen of St. Louis, Missouri, was arrested in Lewis County, Missouri, for 1) Possession of drug paraphernalia 2) Possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana…
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