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Police Standoff in Knox County Ends Peacefully
Knox County, Missouri – Wednesday, December 4, 2019 – Police responded to a report of a man with a gun at the YesWay gas station and convenience store in Edina on Tuesday evening, December 3. According to the Edina Police Department, Richard Shahan of rural Knox County allegedly threatened a YesWay employee in the parking…
Read More“Kid’s Shop” Opens to Knox County Children This Saturday!
The first Saturday morning in December may be the busiest day of the year for The Clothes Closet thrift store in Edina. The annual occurrence is the time of year when all of the best merchandise is carefully moved to the building next door, sorted, arraigned and given away. The pop-up store is known to…
Read MoreTracking Nuclear Fallout in Northeast Missouri – Documentary Filmmakers Visit Edina – VIDEO
By Echo Menges Edina, Missouri – We had a bit of excitement earlier this month in the form of a team of documentary filmmakers, Steve Jarvis and Kate Fosselman, and an accomplished author, Richard L. Miller, making their way through Knox and Lewis counties. The trio made a brief stop in Edina, which delivered…
Read MoreEight-man Evolving
By Troy Treasure The Schuyler County R-1 Board of Education voted Thursday, Nov. 21 to switch to eight-man football beginning in 2020. North Shelby made the move in 2016 and hired Seth Bass as head coach. Bass indicated additional changes could happen across the eight-man landscape. “I really think Schuyler’s decision is…
Read MoreA New Holiday Tradition
A New Holiday Tradition By Denise Shannon Being together for the holidays is always a memorable time of year. Being together with the young ones in your family, priceless. Remembering family members that have passed on around this time can be painful, yet, also refreshing, with vivid, colorful memories of fun times that were…
Read MoreKnox County Teen Killed in Hunting Accident
MDC Investigating, Counseling Offered to Students and First Responders Knox County, Missouri – Knox County First Responders were called to the scene of an accidental shooting Sunday afternoon, November 17, 2019, off Highway Y in northern Knox County. The call was dispatched at 1:09 p.m. and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol,…
Read MoreFire Destroys ATV, Damages Garage
On Monday evening, November 18, at 729 pm, a structure fire was reported in the 400 Block of East Main Street in Kahoka, to the Clark County Dispatch Center. The Kahoka Fire Department responded with mutual aid received from Clark County Fire Corp and Wayland Fire Department. On arrival, an all-terrain vehicle was found engulfed…
Read MorePolice Chief: Shooting Call A Prank
“It was a prank call,” said Kahoka Police Chief Bill Conger. On Wednesday night, November 13, shortly before 11pm, Kahoka Police, Clark County Sheriff’s deputies and Clark County ambulance personnel were dispatched to an address on West Main Street in Kahoka, with a report of a five-year-old child having been shot. Air-Evac was also called…
Read MoreExchange Bank Opens in Wayland
Exchange Bank’s Wayland location is now open at the intersection of Hwys. 136 and 27. Serving you are Kaylee McAfee, Connie Nelson-Branch Manager, and Jessica McCann. Not pictured: Brenda Sisson. Exchange Bank of Northeast Missouri is excited to announce the opening of their seventh location in Wayland, Missouri located at the junction of Highway…
Read MoreRegans To Celebrate 65th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Ragan, 1954 William (Bill) D. and Joanne M. Ragan of Kahoka, MO will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on December 5, 2019. Mr. Bill Ragan and the former Miss Joanne Gutting were married December 5, 1954, at the First Christian Church in Kahoka, MO. Attendants were Carol Paden and James Ragan. Mrs.…
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