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Dorothy D. Ruppel

   Dorothy D. Ruppel, age 99, of Lewistown, MO, died Wednesday morning, October 30, 2013 at the Country Aire Retirement Estates at Lewistown, MO. Born February 1, 1914 on the family farm south of LaBelle, MO, she was the youngest of eight children; two brothers and five sisters of Harry and Violet Naysmith Dedrick. After…

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Mrs. Billie J. Hoffer

Mrs. Billie J. Hoffer, age 84, of Edina, MO formerly of Ewing, MO died Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Hannibal Regional Hospital at Hannibal, MO. She was born October 6, 1929 in Quincy, IL a daughter of Robert Edward and Marjorie Edens Burks.  She married Arlo Dean Hoffer on November 8, 1950 in Pocahontas, Ark.…

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Elsie Marie Mayer

  Elsie Marie Mayer, 86, of Hurdland, Missouri died Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri. Elsie was born on September 2, 1927 to Guy Addison and Minnie Belle Stephenson McCarty; the youngest of six children. She graduated from the LaBelle High School in LaBelle, Missouri in the Class…

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New Edina Police Chief Named

On Friday afternoon, November 8, 2013, the official announcement was made by Edina Mayor Davy Strickler that the new Edina Police Department Chief of Police will be EPD Sgt. Kelly Hayes. Sgt. Hayes will take the reigns of the department officially on Friday, November 15, 2013, from the current EPD Chief Roger Waibel. The announcement…

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Missing Teen Taken To Juvenile Detention Center

By Echo Menges According to Edina Police Chief Roger Waibel, on Tuesday morning, November 5, 2013, a 15-year-old juvenile from Edina was reported missing. Members of the Adair County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol found the juvenile in Adair County the same afternoon. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office and the Kirksville Police…

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Fire Alarm In Edina – False Alarm

On Sunday morning, November 3, 2013, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Edina Fire Department and Knox County Rescue Squad were called to a fire at the state barn off Highway 15 just north of town. According to a member of the Edina Fire Department the call was a false alarm. Smoke could be seen from…

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Mark Lynn Kelley

Mark Lynn Kelley age 56 of LaPlata, Missouri died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at his home. Born April 1, 1957 in Kirksville Missouri, he was the son of Woodrow E. and Alma May (Mayer) Kelley. On June 10, 1983 in LaPlata, Missouri he married Kimbra Lea Crawford who survives. Also surviving is on son, Slater…

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Ronald Lee “Ronnie” Baker

   Ronald Lee “Ronnie” Baker, 63, of Plevna, Missouri, died Friday, October 25, 2013, at his residence near Plevna, Missouri. Ronnie was born on April 5, 1950, in Plevna, Missouri, the son of Floyd Levi and Wilma Pauline Dodd Baker. He attended the Plevna Schools and graduated from the Knox County High School in the…

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Thomas Dwain “Tommy” Swann

  Thomas Dwain “Tommy” Swann, 77, of Quincy, Illinois, died Sunday, October 20, 2013, at his residence in Quincy, Illinois. Tom was born on July 29, 1936, in Novelty, Missouri, the son of Charles Howard and Inez Lee Swann. He received his education in the Novelty Schools, graduating from the Novelty High School in the…

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