Featured News

By David Sharp Host Monroe City scorched the net with three pointers early in their December 12, 2025 Monroe City Tournament girls Championship game. Naaron Hays drilled a three ball, erasing an 8-3 Highland lead in the first period. The Lady Panthers led 10-8 after a hotly contest first quarter. Highland (5-1) defended like demons. The Lady Cougar man to man defense was a key component in a 49-32 victory. Highland limited the host Lady Panthers to five field goals on the night. Monroe City was 10-23 from the free throw line. Monroe City sank four three balls on the…

By David Sharp Knox County senior Cooper Clair was one of several area high school football athletes recognized at the 2025 KMEM Radio Football Awards Ceremony. The Banquet was held at Memphis, Mo on December 16, 2025. Cooper Clair was named Hawkins Insurance, KMEM Radio Player of the Week three times during the Eagles 10-1 football season. Clark County’s Reid Sammons, Levi Stott and Dane Blessing of Scotland County, Colt Threlkeld of South Shelby, Talon McCoy of North Shelby, Mason Windy of Schuyler County and Chris Gaus of Highland were honored as Players of the Week. Eleven Man Football Class…

By Mike Scott, NEMOnews Media Group NORTHEAST MISSOURI — With winter weather forcing school closures across northeast Missouri, some residents are left wondering why student activities — such as basketball games — sometimes still go on. NEMOnews Media group contacted several area school superintendents who say student safety is always the top priority, even if conditions change throughout the day. “We always make our decisions on what is best and safest for kids,” said Ryan Bergeson, superintendent of Scotland County R-1. “Each situation is unique such as morning, afternoon, and evening temperatures. There are occasions when travel is not safe…

Knox County Elementary School kindergarten students are shown performing the song “Jingle Bells” during the first of two musical performances given by students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Kindergarten, first and second grades performed on Wednesday evening, Dec. 10, and third through fifth grade students performed on Thursday evening, Dec. 11, 2025. A video of the performances is available on The Edina Sentinel YouTube channel @TheEdinaSentinel. Scan the QR Code on the right with your smart phone for a link to the video. Performances from both evenings have been combined into one video. Look for more photos on Page 12.…

By David Sharp Clark County (3-3) took advantage of Knox County turnovers and handed the Eagles a 61-50 setback in non conference varsity boys play at Knox County. The December 8, 2025 contest saw Clark County lead by a 32-20 halftime margin. Knox County (1-4) fought back late in the game but couldn’t overcome a seven point third quarter deficit. The Indians got off to a good start. Wyatt Davis hit a Clark County three and sank a driving two pointer for a 12-6 lead late in the first quarter. Carrsen Hayes buried a Knox County three ball with six…

By David Sharp Knox County was effective scoring inside during a 40-20 varsity girls win over Clark County. The Lady Eagles (2-4) outscored Clark County (0-6) by 13 made field goals to five on the night. Knox County grabbed an 8-3 first quarter lead. Adison Strong scored a KCHS bucket with 19.6 seconds remaining in the first half for a 17-9 lead. Kennyck Nixon scored the first second half points for Clark County 30 seconds into the third quarter for a 17-11 KCHS lead. Clark County battled but could get no closer. This was somewhat of a ragged game. Neither…

I sat in a very comfortable folding chair and had moved my electric heater from inside the cabin to the deck, where I would spend the evening deer hunting. It had been a quiet evening without seeing a deer, but that didn’t surprise me, as I fully expected the deer not to appear until the last 20 minutes of the day. There were plenty of tracks revealing that deer had been coming out to feed on the harvested cornfield I was hunting over. It was the Alternative Methods whitetail deer season, and unlike this year, a deer was needed to…