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Raiders Punch Final Four Ticket After Steal to Home
By Marlana Smith Freshman Carson Berry stole home in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday, May 27, 2026, giving the Raiders a 2-1 win over Cooter and sending them to the Final Four for the first time in 26 years. “I told Carson when he got to 3rd with one out, if I…
Read MoreShelf 4-30-2025
100 YEARS AGO APRIL 29, 1925 Homer Reid, a worker on the county road gang, slipped away from the guards last Friday and after a hot chase, finally made his escape. Those living in the vicinity in which the road gang is working are to report immediately if they notice any suspicious looking characters. The…
Read MoreRaiders Expectations Are High For A Successful Season
By Marlana Smith Head Coach Scott Gaines comes into his 19th season with a 126-126 overall record. He will be assisted Tim Shockley. Coach Gaines said the team wants to compete for a conference championship and put themselves in a good position to make a deep postseason run. The Raiders will start…
Read MoreChurch News
What a whirlwind of a week it has been as we celebrated with our Heartland Christian College graduates, then welcomed around 40 international visitors to the campus for Heartland Community Church’s annualmissions gathering! HCC faculty gathered with the ten graduating students along with their families and guests at noon on Saturday, May 4th for baccalaureate—a…
Read MoreLady Raiders Take First Place in La Plata Tournament
By Marlana Smith The Lady Raiders received first place in the La Plata Tournament on Saturday, February 4, 2023, after battling until the end against fifth ranked Class 2 Schuyler County. NS won 54-49. This was the fourth time this season that the Lady Raiders faced Schuyler County. They defeated them in the…
Read More2022 Northeast Regional Award Winner
In 2016, Jennifer Chandler was heartbroken after hearing about the deaths of two North Shelby High School students following a car crash, where neither of the youth were wearing seat belts. This tragedy left a huge hole not only with the students, teachers and staff, but within the entire community. At the time, Chandler was…
Read MoreHouse Destroyed by Fire
Firefighters with the Shelbina Fire Protection District were dispatched to a structure fire at 6:19 a.m. Thursday, March 31, 2022, northwest of Shelbina on Shelby 322. Upon arrival, the double-wide home was fully engulfed. The home was occupied by Mike Quigley. Mary Jane Zumwalt owned the home. There was no one home at the time…
Read MoreBygones – Week 46
100 Years Ago November 9, 1921 The home of George Spencer, near the Berea church, was burned Monday afternoon with all the contents except a feather bed. It was thought the fire started from a defective flue. H. R. Perry, near Clarence, recently completed a Missouri poultry house, 34 by 30,…
Read MoreBygones – October 13 Edition
100 Years Ago October 12, 1921 There was a sudden drop in the temperature Monday night and those who had put up stoves were fortunate. Many were busy with stoves and stove pipe preparatory to chasing the chill from their home. There will be a matinee at the opera house in Shelbyville…
Read MoreHoping for Another Annual Northern Waterfowl Hunt – Kevin Fox
It was a beautiful 4th of July weekend. We spent time in church remembering our founding fathers and the price they paid for the freedoms we still enjoy in this country. Then we switched gears and remembered the price that Christ paid for our freedom from the slavery of sin. On Saturday, we…
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