Area News

By Robin Shores and Marlana Smith   Last week, a Shelby County woman issued a public statement on Facebook warning people and neighbors in Clarence and Leonard of a mountain lion attack on one of her horses. Tara Goodlett, of rural Clarence, raises and cares for show horses, which she keeps near her home. According…

By Marlana Smith   A Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy was arrested in connection with an incident during a 2016 hunting trip in Colorado. On Thursday, October 26, 2017, the Shelby County Herald received a tip that Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Kade Singleton, 25, of Bethel, was arrested on criminal charges. According to court documents, this…

Correction: Kim Miles’ name has been corrected in this story. By Echo Menges and Marlana Smith Shelby County, MO – October 19, 2017 – When Kim Miles was traveling home from dropping off a child at school Thursday morning, she didn’t expect to help save an American Bald Eagle, but that’s exactly what she found…

By Marlana Smith The Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway came to Shelby County on Thursday morning, October 12, 2017, to congratulate the Shelby County Circuit Court on the excellent rating they received on their audit in July. “There have only been two counties who received excellent ratings since the ratings system was established in 2011.…

By Echo Menges “We had the call come in around seven o’clock for a structure fire. Our Chief got on scene and called in mutual aid. The structure was fully engulfed by the time we were on scene,” said Newark Rural Volunteer Fire Department Public Information Officer Carol York. “The responding departments were Newark, we…

By Echo Menges A convicted child molester, with another open child molestation case elsewhere in the state, is accused of preying on yet another Missouri child – this time in Northeast Missouri. According to court documents, Scott Byron Walsh, 46, was arrested for one Class A felony count of sexual exploitation of a minor by…

Press Release from Ameren Communications Final route selected for Mark Twain Transmission Project ATXI receives necessary approvals from five county commissions in northeast Missouri ST. LOUIS (Sept. 6, 2017) – Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), has selected a final route for the Mark Twain Transmission…

According to Schuyler County Clerk Bree Shaw, the Schuyler County Commission granted assent to Ameren Transmission of Illinois (ATXI) for the Mark Twain Transmission Project (MTTP) Tuesday morning, September 5, 2017. The MTTP which is a proposed 345,000 volt transmission line in the process of gaining assent or approval to be built in Northeast Missouri.…

Several nursing home district representatives in Northeast Missouri sat down with state legislators to discuss their concerns after a sweeping cut to Medicaid was put into effect earlier this month. The meeting was live streamed online from the Loch Haven Senior Living Community on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, by nemonews.net. A story about this meeting…