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…
Read MoreEdina Wastewater Superintendent Resigns To Run Kirksville’s Multi Million Dollar Treatment Plant
By Echo Menges During a special meeting of the Edina City Council on Monday evening, November 18, 2013, Edina’s Wastewater Superintendent of 15 years, Brad Eitel, submitted his resignation to the city after accepting the Utility Supervisor position at the City of Kirksville in Adair County. Eitel’s last day working for the City of Edina…
Read MoreWhere 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…
Read MoreMemorial 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…
Read MoreKnox 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…
Read MoreState 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…
Read MoreDonna 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,…
Read MoreVirginia 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…
Read MoreHelen 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,…
Read MorePaul 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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