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By David Sharp Cameron Bringer led off Highland’s April 1, 2021 baseball contest at Knox County with a home run. The lead was short lived. Knox County (2-2) scored five times in the bottom of the second and four more in their third inning for an 11-1, five inning win. Conner Hayes pitched four innings,…
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By Troy Treasure, NEMOnews Media Group KMEM-Memphis Sports Director Donnie Middleton’s family loved St. Louis Cardinals baseball of the 1950s and 60s – especially his mother, Elaine. Broadcasts of then mostly daytime games brought the voice of St. Louis play-by-play man Harry Caray into the Middleton’s Downing residence. Donnie Middleton eventually went to broadcasting school.…
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By Echo Menges Edina, Missouri – Friday, April 2, 2021 – State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Dist. 18) hosted a meeting at Edina’s Knox County Community Center to bring local government officials together and begin the processes of thinking of ways to best use millions of dollars being distributed through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)…
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DAX RYLAN KAYLOR Dax Ryland Kaylor, precious baby boy of Mackenzie Kaylor was born into the arms of angel’s March 30, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He was 38 weeks and weighed 6lbs. 5.2 oz and was 18 ½ inches long. Although Dax never spent any time with us on earth,…
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ELIZABETH ANN BETTY GOODWIN Elizabeth Ann Betty Goodwin, age 89, of LaBelle, Missouri, passed away Monday, March 29, 2021, in LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri. Born February 21, 1932, in Kirksville, Missouri, Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of Elton Oliver and Martha E. Blair Goodwin. Betty attended schools in Knox City and LaBelle, MO and…
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SHERRY RITTER LAY Sharon Kay (Sherry) Ritter Lay, age 75, of LaBelle, MO, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, MO. She was born May 27, 1945, in Chillicothe, MO the daughter of Pearl Estil and Minnie Effie Piester Ritter. She was united in marriage to Donnie Ray Carper and…
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By David Sharp Cameron Bringer led off Highland’s April 1, 2021 baseball contest at Knox County with a home run. The lead was short lived. Knox County (2-2) scored five times in the bottom of the second and four more in their third inning for an 11-1, five inning win. Conner Hayes pitched four innings,…
Read More By Troy Treasure, NEMOnews Media Group KMEM-Memphis Sports Director Donnie Middleton’s family loved St. Louis Cardinals baseball of the 1950s and 60s – especially his mother, Elaine. Broadcasts of then mostly daytime games brought the voice of St. Louis play-by-play man Harry Caray into the Middleton’s Downing residence. Donnie Middleton eventually went to broadcasting school.…
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By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 3/22/21- The Scotland County Tigers (1-0) got the season off to a great start with a 9-0 shutout of the Highland Cougars (0-3). Senior infielder Carson Harrison was on the mound for the Tigers and he had a phenomenal outing. He faced 25 Highland batters on his way to an…
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