Area News

  To be recognized for value in the workplace is important and beneficial to growth of the Missouri Department of Corrections.    Jennifer Rash, a correctional program specialist at Moberly Correctional Center, was recognized to hold such value, as she was named the May Employee of the Month for the Missouri Department of Corrections in…

HANNIBAL – The following is a list of general highway maintenance work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northeast Missouri region for the next few weeks. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned…

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the results of the Driver and Vehicle Safety Division’s 2023 annual school bus inspection program. Missouri’s 2023 school bus inspection results are as follows: School buses rated as “approved” upon initial inspection — 9,995 School buses rated as “defective” upon initial inspection —…

Does God exist?  How can anyone believe in religion when science has neither a need nor a place for God?  Is evolution happening today?  If God is a God of love, why do we suffer and die? Creation Ministries International is coming to First Baptist Church in Shelbina with answers to these important questions. Come…

A very quick destructive storm with high winds, rain and hail made its way through Shelbina on Friday, June 2, 2023 at approximately 2:45 p.m. According to Shelbina City Superintendent Dennis Klusmeyer, multiple trees were down and the city experienced power outages. Primary circuits 1 and 3 on the southwest and southeast side were out.…

The Shelbina Arts Council was recently awarded a $1,000.00 community grant from The Macon Electric Foundation. Michelle Collins and Roxie Stoneburner members of the foundation board presented the check. Pictured above, from the left: Collins, Patty Glover Arts Council Board President and Jim Foster. Photograph submitted

By Marlana Smith   A transformation is currently beginning at Shiloh Christian Church’s Ranch. The Kahoka site has families anticipating their part in the transformation and will make the move this summer to the Clarence site.   After celebrating its 45th anniversary of ministry, the Shiloh Trustee Board evaluated the strength of its ministry and…

By Marlana Smith   Time has flown by for Central Area H Postmaster Alice Thomas. She began working for the United States Postal Service (USPS) a little over 40 years ago.   Rick Foster, a friend from Monroe City, wanted Alice’s husband, Tom, to work for the postal service, but at the time, he had…