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Rollover Accident On Highway 6 West Of Knox City

By Echo Menges Update: According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Julie Campbell, 40, of Edina was seriously injured in a single vehicle crash on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Campbell was eastbound on Highway 6 in a 2007 Jeep Carry All when her vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway and overturned…

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Where Were You?

  Mike Whiston:  The day started out as a normal Friday in November.  I was 13 years old and in 8th grade at Canton Junior/Senior High School.  My friends and I had just finished lunch and went to the gym where we dressed for 5th hour PE Class.  Our routine was to get out the…

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Memorial Blood Drive Hits Goal

Giving Blood In Memory Of Logan Allen By Echo Menges A well-known young man, the late Logan Allen, is sorely missed by all who knew him. Though several months have passed since the tragic accidental death of one of Knox County’s own the loss and the love for Logan is still greatly felt throughout the…

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Knox Co. High Student In NEMO All-District Choir

By Echo Menges According to Knox County High School Honor Choir Director, Ric Kocher, one of his students, Lauren Johnston, 16, of Edina has been selected to be in the Northeast Missouri All-District Choir. Johnston auditioned for a coveted spot in the choir on September 24, 2013, in Warrenton, MO, singing a solo called “I…

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State vs. Head Murder Case Sealed, Trial Continued

By Echo Menges According to court documents, there will be a delay in Clark County Circuit Court case number 13CK-CR00026, the State of Missouri vs. Glenn Head, where the former St. Louis Metro Police Officer stands accused of murdering his neighbor, William “Bill” Bacon, in Knox County on December 11, 2012, due The Edina Sentinel’s…

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Donna J. Dilligard

   Donna J. Dilligard, age 56, of Canton, MO, died Saturday, November 9, 2013, at her home in Canton, MO. She was born January 4, 1957, in Kirksville, MO the daughter of Robert S. Clay and Zonia Ann Perkins Clay. She was united in marriage to Michael Leon Dilligard on August 21, 1982, in LaBelle,…

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Virginia Belle Elkins Starr

   Virginia Belle Elkins Starr, 79, of Nauvoo, Illinois, died 12:40 a.m. Sunday, November 10, 2013 at the River Hills Village in Keokuk, Iowa.      Born March 10, 1934 on a farm south of Knox City, Missouri, the daughter of Russell R. and Bessie C. (Snelling) Elkins. On December 29, 1957 she married Lloyd…

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Helen Fern Karhoff

   Helen Fern Karhoff, age 82 of Edina, MO, died Sunday, November 10, 2013, in the University Medical Center in Columbia, MO. She was born in Knox County on November 17, 1930, the daughter of Carl Roosevelt and Hallie Marie Little Kiesow.  She was united in marriage to Leslie Charles (Jake) Karhoff on November 13,…

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Paul Arthur (Bud) Mayer

   Paul Arthur (Bud) Mayer, age 81, of Kirksville, MO formerly of Baring, MO, died Thursday, November 7, 2013, in the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, MO. He was born August 23, 1932, at Baring, MO, the son of Stephen and Mary Schlepphorst Mayer. He was united in marriage to Shirley Darlene Bruegenhemke on…

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