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Minutes Submitted The Shelbyville Board of Aldermen met in regular session on Monday, January 5, 2026, at city office at 5:30 pm. Present were Mayor Mike Vanskike, Aldermen Brad Willey, James Dunn, Gene Boyles and Rob Southers. Gina Mesmer, Randy Shores and Nathan Minear. Mayor Vanskike opened the meeting at 5:30 pm. A motion was…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced Monday that more than $16.7 million has been awarded to 43 community improvement projects statewide through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program’s Fiscal Year 2025 competitive cycle, with several Northeast Missouri communities receiving funding. Governor Mike Kehoe said the grants are aimed at addressing critical local needs…

By Marlana Smith   A Shelbina man faces two felonies for property damage in the first degree. Austin N. Bickerman, 35, of Shelbina was arrested Thursday, January 15, 2026. According to information released by Shelbina Police Chief Jeff Brown, the SPD received two reports of property damage. A report was taken from a resident 600…

North Shelby students recently helped make winter break a little easier for local families through the Breakfast for Break project, a community service initiative sponsored by the North Shelby National Honor Society. Thanks to a $1,000 grant from Walmart’s Spark Good program, breakfast bags were assembled and sent home with 75 students prior to winter…

By Marlana Smith   A Shelbina juvenile was injured after failing to stop at a stop sign due to an equipment failure causing him to crash into a trailer unit of a semi on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 12:48 p.m. in Shelbina. According to information released by Shelbina Police Chief Jeff Brown, the SPD…

By Mark Requet   The filing period for the April 7, 2026, election closed on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 5 p.m. Following are the filings in Shelby County.   The City of Clarence had Willie Hendricks file for Mayor; and Jackie Blackford, Mryna Carothers, and Dennis Williams file for Alderman.   The City of…

By Marlana Smith From cookie cutters, refrigerators, toy tractors and full-size tractors, Bill Latchford of Lakenan, Missouri, has a well put together and unique International Harvester (IH) collection. Collecting runs deep in the Latchford family. Bill’s father, Sam Latchford, collects electric toy trains. His grandfather, Leon Latchford, collected Indian artifacts and his grandmother, Nellie Latchford,…

Brandon M. White, captain of the Field Operations Bureau, announces the following promotion effective January 16, 2025: Trooper Cole T. Hinshaw will be promoted to the rank of corporal. Hinshaw was appointed to the Patrol on August 3, 2020. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop B, Zone 6,…

By Marlana Smith A Clarence woman was in an accident on Friday, December 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. on county road 416 two miles southeast of Clarence in Shelby County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 19-year-old female, was eastbound in a 2012 Chevrolet Impala, when she swerved to miss a…

By Marlana Smith A Shelbina woman received minor injuries in an accident on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at 10:45 a.m. on US-36 in Hannibal, in Marion County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, an 85-year-old female, was eastbound in a 2017 Hyundai Tucson, when she traveled off the roadway, struck a traffic…