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Local Sales Tax Charge Returns to All Vehicle Sales
By Mike Scott Your next trip to the local license office might be more expensive. On Friday, July 5, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed legislation eliminating use tax on motor vehicles, trailers, boats and motors, and replacing it with a sales tax. In March of 2012, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Missourians purchasing vehicles from…
Read MoreSalt River Bridge on MO 156 in Knox County Closed For Replacement Beginning July 22, 2013
Update: Knox County Route 156 – Bridge replacement at Salt River; road will close July 22; Estimated completion October 1. Maintenance Route TT – July 15 one lane traffic from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at various locations for pavement repairs from MO 15 to MO 156. Route V – July 16 one lane traffic from 7 a.m. to…
Read MoreUS 61 Will Close at Alexandria Due to High Water
HANNIBAL- MoDOT is expecting to close US 61 at Alexandria in Clark County within the next 24 hours due to high water. Crews will continue to monitor the road overnight and it will remain open to at least one lane as long as it is safe. US 61 traffic normally going across the Des Moines…
Read MoreLaGrange Police Killing Non Aggressive Dog Video Picking Up Attention On Facebook
By Echo Menges A video of LaGrange Police Officer, Doug Howell, shooting and killing a non-aggressive dog, a bulldog named Cammi, which belonged to Marcus Mays of LaGrange, has been posted numerous times and viewed well over two million times on YouTube. The video of the incident, which occurred in 2010, portrays the dog frisky…
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The Edina Sentinel Sports CD set is currently available. Please contact the Edina Sentinel office at 660-397-2226 or e-mail [email protected] to reserve your copy. This time around we will take CD requests rather than making up large numbers ahead. Please leave a phone number or e-mail address. I will try and contact you with a…
Read MoreTheater Camps To Perform Friday, June 28, 2013
Lines, costumes and props are keeping approximately 30 children quite busy this month at the Knox County Community Center in Edina. Rehearsals are in full swing for both the Kids and Youth Camp presentations under the direction of retired drama teacher Mary Couch, A one-night-only performance of both plays will be presented at 7:00…
Read MoreTwo Knox County Men Facing Felony Kidnapping, Tampering With a Victim & Assault Charges; Drug Charges Pending
By Echo Menges On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, the Knox County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against two Knox County men, Jerry Eugene Davis, 43, of Edina and Jonathan Ryan Prebe, 32, of rural Knox County. Davis has been charged with one Class A felony count of Kidnapping, one Class C felony count Tampering With a Victim,…
Read MoreMulti Agency Drug Bust In Knox County – UPDATE
By Echo Menges The Edina Sentinel has learned that a search warrant has been served on the residence of Jonathan Ryan Prebe, 32, who lives in rural Knox County south of Edina. Law enforcement agents from Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control (DDCC), the North Missouri Drug Task Force, the Knox…
Read MoreRevised Great River Shootout Schedule
Games involving the Knox County Eagle boys at the June 26-28 Great River Shootout at Palmyra HS have changed. An Edina Sentinel story published on page 16 contains outdated information. We received the schedule revisions after the publication deadline for the June 26 edition. Please accept our apology. Summer league schedules are fluid due to…
Read MoreClark County Relay For Life Lip Sync Contest
Clark County’s Relay For Life had five great lip sync performances this year. The overall winner, and People’s Choice winner was the Randy McDaniel team. See all five videos below.
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