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Chamber of Commerce Christmas Night Party Postponed to This Saturday, Dec. 6

By Editor | December 4, 2025 |

By Echo Menges This Knox County Chamber of Commerce annual visit from Santa, cookie decorating, and story reading has been rescheduled to this Saturday, Dec. 6, due to the snowstorm that brought deep snow and freezing temperatures on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 29. The Knox County Nutrition Site will host the event with story reading at 5:00 p.m., a visit from Santa at 6:00 p.m. and cookie decorating sponsored by the Knox County Promotional Council. The Knox County Community Center will be open this week to allow people to vote on their favorite decorated Christmas Tree and will announce the…

Outdoors With Kevin Fox: What Would Your Choices Be?

By Editor | December 4, 2025 |

On an October drive back from a waterfowl hunt in South Dakota, riding shotgun with me was good friend and fellow church member Mark Arnold. On such trips, those riding shotgun have two purposes: first, to make sure we don’t get lost and take the wrong turn; second — and certainly more important — to keep the driver from drifting off and falling asleep at the wheel. This may sound like no big deal, but after three mornings of getting up early and then doing the same to make a nine‑hour drive home, it can turn into a long nine…

Crime-Fighting Cameras Quietly Spread Across Northeast Missouri

By Editor | December 4, 2025 |

By Mike Scott, NEMOnews Media Group Automated license plate reader cameras are quietly expanding across Northeast Missouri, helping law enforcement track stolen vehicles and criminal suspects, even as most local sheriff’s offices declined to publicly share how — or how often — the technology is being used in their communities. A questionnaire distributed by NEMOnews Media Group to every regional sheriff’s office about the use of Flock Safety cameras produced only two responses: Clark County and Shelby County. While the limited participation does not confirm how widespread the technology is, publicly available sources and online camera mapping tools indicate that…

A Missouri Thanksgiving: Words That Still Warm the Heart

By Editor | November 27, 2025 |

Long before Thanksgiving became a fixed national holiday, Missourians were already being called to pause, reflect, and give thanks for the blessings of everyday life. In the fall of 1843, at a time when families gathered around wood-burning stoves and candlelight flickered across cabin walls, Missouri Gov. Thomas Reynolds asked the people of the young state to set aside a special day — not for labor or worry, but for gratitude. His words, written more than 180 years ago, still carry the warmth of a season meant for family, faith, and reflection. Here is the full proclamation that first called…

Outdoors With Kevin Fox: More Thoughts About Trophies

By Editor | November 27, 2025 |

If you have not yet filled your deer tag, there is still plenty of time. As a matter of fact, when you think about antlerless and alternative‑methods seasons, deer hunters will be hunting into next year. But as always, check the Missouri Whitetail Deer Digest on seasons and methods. Congratulations to all of you successful hunters. A whitetail deer is truly evidence of God’s handiwork. This past opening weekend was perhaps one of my favorites ever. I never saw what most would consider a “shooter” buck. I was happy about that— hard as that is to believe. My grandson and…