Area News

By Echo Menges, NEMOnews Media Group   Amanda D. Buckman, 44, of Shelbina is accused of stealing a large amount of money from a resident of the Salt River Community Care Nursing Home.    According to court documents filed in the criminal case, No. 21SB-CR00024, Buckman and her attorney met with an investigator from the…

Compiled by Troy Treasure   100 Years Ago   February 23, 1921   County Agent, Joseph Davis, held three meetings in Shelby County Monday. One was held at Emden, one at Oak Dale and the other at the Frye school house. About 200 farmers attended the meetings. P.F. Schowengert spoke at each meeting in regard to…

By Marlana Smith   The North Shelby school board met on Wednesday, Feb. 17.   Superintendent’s Report   Kim Gaines shared with the board that she invited Senator Cindy O’Laughlin to North Shelby to discuss proposed legislation that is detrimental to public education—Senate Bill 55 in particular. The bill is sponsored by O’Laughlin and includes…

By Marlana Smith   A Shelbina home was destroyed by fire on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 213 East Mill Street.   Shelbina Protection Fire District arrived on scene around 3:19 p.m. to heavy fire throughout the home.   SPFD Assistant Fire Chief Allan Wilt confirmed the cause of the fire was due to a space…

By Marlana Smith   North Shelby High School Principal Kerri Greenwell thought Friday, Feb. 19 would be just another day of helping guide young people’s lives.   Little did she know that afternoon would turn into the highlight of her career to date.   Superintendent Kim Gaines and other faculty members made sure it came…

Macon Electric Cooperative Board of Directors is pleased to announce they have selected Timothy Korman of Macon, Missouri, as the company’s new General Manager. Korman will fill the role immediately and work together with former General Manager, Todd Schroeder, until the end of February. Korman has been employed by Macon Electric Cooperative for over thirty…

Written by Wilma Williams in the mid 1980s Special to the Shelby County Herald   About the turn of the century, a family with eight pretty girls and two boys moved from the Kentucky Bluegrass region into the Mark Twain area of northern Missouri. The father set up a grocery store in the small town…

By Marlana Smith   COVID-19 vaccines are still being distributed in Shelby County. The County Health Department held another off-site vaccine clinic Friday, Feb. 12 at the Father Buhman Center in Shelbina.   SCHD Administrator Audrey Gough said 200 doses were administered Friday.   Gough said the same day the health dept. has vaccinated 847…

By Troy Treasure    Last week’s hazardous weather forced cancellation of many area high basketball games – just as district tournaments are scheduled to get underway in a matter of days.   For North Shelby head coach Landon Daniel, there is another complicating factor.   “We really struggle making up games because we aren’t in…

  Tractor Supply Company announced in a press release today (Feb. 17) it has entered into an agreement to acquire Orscheln Farm and Home.   Orscheln, headquartered in Moberly, operates 167 stores in 11 states: Missouri (including Shelbina, Monroe City, Macon and Canton), Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio.  …