Area News

Over the past two years, the National Beef Month initiative in Monroe and Shelby Counties has grown into a meaningful, collaborative effort to strengthen food security, promote healthy protein consumption, and connect agriculture with community well-being. Led by the Monroe and Shelby County Cattlemen’s Association in partnership with University of Missouri Extension, this initiative demonstrates…

Julian Vera and Caleb Sturm presented a missions trip report at Heartland Community Church on Sunday, highlighting a recent trip to the Philippines which included team members Tony Fajkus of Life Church (Kirksville, Mo.) and Diego Rodriguez (Colombia, South America), both whom are long-time friends of Heartland. The team celebrated with Jesus is Lord Christian…

By Mark Requet The Shelbina City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at city hall.   A motion was seconded and approved to approve the agenda.   Special Announcements:   Mayor Al Dimmitt updated the council that there was going to be a meeting with Mark Twain Regional Council of Governments…

By Mark Requet While a mistake made by county officials led to Shelby County levying approximately $188,000 in excess property taxes, a new report from State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick finds the county is otherwise well managed and on track to implement recommendations made by his office. The audit report gives the county a “good” rating,…

By Marlana Smith   A Shelby County man is facing three felonies including statutory rape and sodomy. Anthony James Baker, 39, of Shelbina, was arrested Tuesday, January 27, 2026. According to information released by Shelbina Police Chief Jeff Brown, during the afternoon of Monday, January 26, an officer with the Shelbina Police Department was notified…

By Marlana Smith   Three North Shelby athletes competed in the 2025 National All State Championship at the USSSA Space Coast Complex in Florida on December 28-31, 2025. Freshmen Lauryn Thrasher and Mackenzie Wiedeman along with eighth grader, Emmalou Rife, had the opportunity along with 1,300 Top 8U-18U fastpitch athletes from across the country to…

By Marlana Smith   Shelby County Cares (SCC) recently received a donation from GreenPoint Ag following an invitation for Shelby County Cares Executive Director Jolie Foreman to speak at the company’s Southern Agronomy Summit on suicide rates within the farming and rural agricultural community. Foreman had the opportunity to present alongside her father-in-law, Brent Foreman, a…

By Mark Requet The Shelbina City Council held a planning and zoning hearing on Tuesday, January 13, 2025, before the regular city council meeting. Shelbina resident David McClure was present to ask about R-1 and R-2 zoning. “The feeling I get is the south side of Business Highway 36 is for people with more money…

Heartland Recovery Program has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Bob Barker Foundation, supporting the organization’s mission to provide residential recovery and reentry services to individuals impacted by life-controlling challenges. The Bob Barker Foundation, established in 2009, is dedicated to reducing recidivism by funding programs that prepare incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals physically, emotionally,…