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Luray School To Close, County Use Tax Fails
Only 16.72 percent of voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, with a total of 777 ballots cast. Luray School voters overwhelmingly approved closing the school at the end of this school year, and merging with Clark County R-1. The final vote was 85-27. The countywide use tax was defeated by a narrow margin, 388-367. Bill…
Read MoreTerrible Turnout In Knox Municipal Election So Far…
Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. Knox County, Missouri, has held the highest voter turnout percentages in the state through 2014, but the April 7, 2015, Municipal Election is looking dismal. According to Knox County Clerk Marlene Spory, who oversees all elections in Knox County, as of 2:00 p.m. on Election Day less…
Read MoreGibbons Makes Plea Deal In Knox Animal Abuse Case
Danny Gibbons, 47, of Edina changed his plea from not guilty to an Alford plea of guilty during a hearing in Knox County Associate Court on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. An Alford plea is a plea of guilty based on defendant’s belief that he would receive a greater sentence if he stood trial than he…
Read MoreFirefighters Respond To Rural Luray Fire-Video and Photo Gallery
Shortly before 11am on Wednesday, April 1, the Clark County Rural Fire Department responded to a machine shed fire northwest of Luray. Billows of black smoke could be seen clearly from Kahoka as firefighters headed west. Efforts to fight the fire were hampered by gusty winds, dry conditions, and the availability of water. Fire crews…
Read MoreAmy Gudehus Academic Recognition VIDEO
(Knox County, MO) High school senior Amy Gudehus of Knox County R-1 High School has been selected as an “Honorable Mention” student in the 2015 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2015. The announcement was made by Brian Brown, principal at KCHS…
Read MoreUse Tax Question On April 7 Ballot
Clark County and Alexandria voters are being asked to approve a “use tax” on the April 7 ballot. The Clark County ballot question reads: Shall the County of Clark impose a local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax rate, currently 2%, provided that if the local sales tax rate is…
Read MoreKnox Ag Partnership Meeting & Legislative Update VIDEO
In case you missed the 2015 Knox County Ag Partnership Annual Meeting and Legislative Update you can watch it here. Below you will find a recorded version of the live stream we did during the meeting which featured speakers including Missouri Senator serving the 18th District Brian Munzlinger, Missouri Farm Bureau Federation Director of State Legislative…
Read MoreLost Dogs In Edina – Did you lose your dog?
The Edina Police Department has enlisted the help of nemonews.net and The Edina Sentinel to help locate the owners of three dogs found in Edina over the past week or so. This dog, a female, was found in Edina around March 16, 2015, and has been held in the Edina dog pound since then. She’s…
Read MoreOne Horse Town Packs Knox Co. Community Center PHOTOS and VIDEO
The newly formed Northeast Missouri band “One Horse Town” packed the house at the Knox County Community during their Opry style music show featuring band members Steve Burgener of Marshall, Chuck Hayes and Shelby Westhoff of Edina, Billy Hayes of Kirksville and Jimmy Monchief of Macon. Special guest vocalists included “Uncle Bill” Hayes of Knox…
Read MoreMacon Police Department News March 6-17, 2015
Macon Police Department News Releases, 18 March 2015: On 03/06/15 at approximately 10:45pm, police made enforcement contact with a vehicle in the area of Briggs Dr. and Missouri St. As a result of the contact, police arrested both a 17-year old male of Macon and a 20-year old female of Clarence for minor in possession…
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