Area News

By Troy Treasure   If all of Mary Winkler’s former students returned to Shelbina for a get-together on any given day, everyone would have to trek to the Shelby County Fairgrounds.   Where else would there be enough parking space for the automobiles, with license plates from all the states?   Known for her small…

By Marlana Smith   A Shelbina man has been arrested for sodomy – 2nd degree and kidnapping – 3rd degree.    Joshua Dodd, 27, Shelbina, was arrested on Sunday, October 13, for allegedly putting his hands on a woman while being told to stop.    According to the probable cause statement, the victim reported that…

By Marlana Smith   Shelbina City Marshal Gerald Fenton has been charged with failure to register a motor vehicle/trailer annually with the Missouri Director of Revenue.   According to the “Information and Request for Summons,” the Special Prosecuting Attorney of Shelby County, Joshua Meisner, charged Fenton with a class B misdemeanor of failure to register…

By Troy Treasure   The confluence of events during North Shelby’s game against top-ranked Pattonsburg on Friday, Oct. 18 led to an unprecedented result.   The Raiders held off the Panthers 92-88 (180 points) in the highest-scoring high school football game in Missouri history. Before an emotionally juiced-up North Shelby crowd, the two teams combined…

Submitted by Wendy Brumbaugh Bethel is celebrating 175 years on October 4-5, 2019. Everyone is invited to attend to make new friends, revive old acquaintances, learn new information about an age-old tradition, shop for a one of a kind gift, eat German food, or simply relax and enjoy the day. Friday is what used to…

Captain James E. Wilt, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces during the month of September, troopers will be participating in special enforcement operations. Sometime during the month of September, DWI saturations will occur in Chariton, Clark, Monroe, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Putnam counties. The goal of these operations is to remove impaired drivers…

By Echo Menges Sweeping statewide jail bond reforms have been made by the Missouri Supreme Court (MSC), which have been confusing. NEMOnews Media Group is on a mission to understand these reforms and adequately explain them to our readers throughout the region by publishing a series about them in all of our publications and online.…

The family-owned company is honored for its dedication to safety and sustainable logging practices.  Bethel, Mo.—The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has named Terry Hicks Logging, LLC of Bethel as the Northeast Regional Logger of the Year.  Terry Hicks Logging, LLC is a family-owned company that consists of Terry Hicks owner/operator and his nephew John…

  On August 15, 2019, Lieutenant Steven V. Wilhoit, assistant director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control, presented Macon, Missouri, resident Ryan Johnson with a Missouri State Highway Patrol Honorary Trooper Certificate. The certificate was presented to Mr. Johnson at the Chariton Valley Communications Corporate Headquarters in Macon, with…