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B Team: Calahan DeVore, Draek Wester, Jackson Conrad, Bryce Grawe and Everett Ratliff. Photograph by Kristina Parman The South Shelby Trapshooting Team participated at Prairie Grove on Saturday, August 23, 2025. Results are below: A Team: Isaac Totten, 43/50 Peyson Larrick, 39/50 Landen Kincaid, 38/50 Timmy White, 38/50 William Brown, 33/50 B Team: Calahan DeVore,…

This past Saturday, August 16th, Area III FFA officers attended the Missouri State Fair to assist in the Agriculture and FFA buildings. Officers ran booths which informed the public about agricultural topics. In the FFA building, officers ran a booth that gave attendees the opportunity to be quizzed on their knowledge of agricultural topics. Along…

Front Row, frrom the left: Jr Wear, Tootie Mayes, Ronnie Baker, Jackie Maddox, Mike Mihalevich, Barb Jones,and Jane Gray. Back Row L-R Donnie Robertson, Shirley Parrish, Sara McNew, Lyle Todd, Charlotte Foster, Rob Maddox, Virginia Douglass, Jim Kendrick, Donna Broughon . Members of the Class of 1963 met for their sixty- second class reunion at the…

The North Shelby Class of 1970 held their 55 year Reunion on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Fest Hall in Bethel. Everyone enjoyed dinner, visiting, reminiscing NS school days and our wonderful Shelby County community. Front row, Maurice Bonnel, Steve Miles, Sue Ann (Alexander) Morrow, Ronnie Parsons, Linda (Vanskike) Thrasher, George Dodd. Second row,…

The North Shelby Class of 1970 held their 55 year Reunion on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Fest Hall in Bethel. Everyone enjoyed dinner, visiting, reminiscing NS school days and our wonderful Shelby County community. Front row, Maurice Bonnel, Steve Miles, Sue Ann (Alexander) Morrow, Ronnie Parsons, Linda (Vanskike) Thrasher, George Dodd. Second row,…

75 Years Ago – From left to right in the above picture are winners of the old settlers baby contest and their mothers: Linda Jean Roberts, first in the girls contest, and Mrs. Roberts; James Lynn Glover, second in the boys contest and Mrs. Glover; Lyndel Dean Echternacht, first place winner in the boys contest…

Members of the Class of 1963 met for their sixty- second class reunion at the Shelbina Lakeside Golf Course on Saturday, August 23, 2025. After a delicious, a brief program was held to remember classmates that are no longer with us as well as a time to recognize the veterans who were in attendance. Charlotte…

Pictured from Left to Right: Kent Embree (Community Foundation Program Officer), Pat Benson (Community Foundation Board Chair, Jared Niemeyer (Special Olympics Missouri Athlete and Former Board Member), Brenda Niemeyer (Special Olympics Missouri Representative), and Catherine Meckes (Community Foundation CEO). Local nonprofits received a total of $305,881.67 in grant funding from the Community Foundation Serving West…

North Shelby Senior Quintin Wiedeman’s journey into the world of trapshooting began during his freshman year, where he developed into one of his team's top shooters, showcasing his rapid ascent in the sport. However, his sophomore year was full of challenges, beginning with a wrist injury sustained during a Varsity football jamboree. Quintin, thinking it…