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Third Annual Toy Drive Held
Sara Forester volunteers at Birthday Blessings by making cards, wrapping gifts, and transporting goods to Children’s Divisions for delivery. She is wrapping insulated tumblers for their Bigfoot Summer Care Packages. The nonprofit made 130 of these to send to kids around the state. Photograph submitted Birthday Blessings is gearing up for their 3rd Annual July…
Read MoreCMU Students Earn Degrees
FAYETTE, MO (06/27/2025)– Central Methodist University celebrated its Spring 2025 commencement on May 10 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. CMU alumnus Laurence Tucker ’69 gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master’s, bachelor’s,…
Read MoreTwo Drivers Injured in Collision South of Palmyra
PALMYRA, Mo. — Two men were injured Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 61, one mile south of Palmyra, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 2:37 p.m. when a 2011 Ford F-250 traveling eastbound pulled into the path of a southbound 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Both vehicles…
Read MoreOne Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash North of Hannibal
HANNIBAL, Mo. — A woman was moderately injured Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 61, about one mile north of Hannibal in Marion County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at 9:05 a.m. when a southbound 2017 Ford Fiesta attempted to pass a 2013 Chevrolet 3500 and pulled…
Read MoreShelf 6-25-2025
100 YEARS AGO JUNE 24, 1925 Saturday morning, Mrs. Will Lovelace telephoned Marshall Waterman that she was having trouble with Mrs. Harry McIntyre, a nearby neighbor, and asked him to come at once. He did so and states after talking with both Mrs. Lovelace and Mrs. McIntyre, he went up town and secured a warrant…
Read MoreMaywood News
We are having weather in the 90’s now. Friday was the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, so I guess the heat of summer has officially arrived. When you have three young grandsons, you realize how blessed you are. I now have a sincere appreciation for any parents with more than three children…
Read MoreFireline
June 7 – At 2:36 a.m. 911 dispatched firefighters to a traffic crash located at Warren Lane and US Highway 61, Palmyra. Firefighters secured the vehicles and provided scene cleanup. All personnel and trucks returned to the station at 3:36 a.m. June 7 – At 3:18 p.m. firefighters were dispatched by 911 to a traffic…
Read MoreMarion Tops Regional Wage Rankings
By Mike Scott NEMOnews Media Group Marion County recorded the highest average weekly wage among eight northeast Missouri counties during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report, based on employment covered by unemployment insurance programs, showed Marion County leading the region with an average weekly…
Read More2025 PES Awards
KINDERGARTEN-BARNES’ CLASSMost Improved i-Ready reading- Bailey Fletcher and 3 way tie for boys, Maddox Hubbard, Phoenix Smith, and Joshua VaupelMost Improved i-Ready math-Scarlet O’Brien and 3 way tie for boys, Zander Hultz, Gunnar Oswalt, and Joshua Vaupel Top Score i-Ready reading-Lila Bounds and Maddox HubbardTop Score i-Ready math-Andi Knoche and 2 way tie Phoenix Smith…
Read More“Watched or Protected?” – Flock Cameras Spark Public Backlash in Palmyra
By Ella Aguilar Palmyra, MO – What began as a routine Thursday night City Council meeting quickly evolved into a heated public forum on surveillance, civil liberties, and the limits of safety technology in small-town America. At the center of the controversy: Flock Safety cameras, a system of license plate readers enhanced by artificial…
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