Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the fairgrounds in the late hours of May 21, 2013, after receiving a call a subject was stabbed during an altercation. When deputies arrived they observed the victim, a native of South Africa, bleeding profusely from his abdomen. Witnesses on scene told deputies just before midnight 25 year old, Basil Carelse, was involved in a physical altercation with the victim. After fighting, Carelse went
Elsberry American Legion Post 226 Elsberry VFW Post 9064 Sons of American Legion & Auxiliary Unit 226 Members will Will perform the Memorial Day Services to honor all the veterans who have served their country at the following cemeteries: ***** Millwood Cemetery – 10 a.m. Millcreek Cemetery – 10:30 a.m. Auburn Cemetery – 10:50 a.m. New Hope Cemetery – 11:05 a.m. ***** Elsberry Health Care Center – 11:25 a.m. *****
Providing young people with fun, healthy alternatives to substance abuse has been the goal of the Drug Alcohol Reduction Team (D.A.R.T.) in Lincoln County and this week, the first of what is expected to be an annual event will be held. There are 34 teams comprised of students from the four public school districts who have registered to play in the Mud Volleyball Tournament May 23 at the Lincoln County
MAY 6, 2013 Present: Dan Colbert-Presiding Commissioner, EuGene Galloway- Associate Commissioner District 1, Matt Bass-Associate Commissioner District 2, Crystal Hall—County Clerk, the following proceedings were held: Highway Department: Bruce Wallace and Don Lilley • Discussed the feasibility of putting a larger culvert pipe on Scott Road. • David Hamilton, Great River Engineering is compiling suggestions to improve Hopkins Road. • Discussed progress of the blasting and crushing at the county
Pictured above is a scene from the Mock Disaster Drill held May 11 in Winfield. Approximately 75 area firemen, police, ambulance and other emergency service providers participated in the drill. The scenario was an accident involving a school bus with children and a vehicle pulling an anhydrous ammonia tank. During the exercise, there were outside evaluators who assessed specific areas. Once the exercise was over, a general session was held
Winfield City Hall’s meeting on Monday, May 13 was anything but boring as many questions were raised in regards to the happenings within the city. One of the main concerns was in fact the policy to have the city clerk reside in the city limits. The present city clerk is Roschell Eaton who resides just outside of the city limits. This concern was addressed in a closed session after the
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported one person died in a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on Hwy. 47 east of North Ethlyn Road at 12:42 p.m. Mary Killion, 55, of Moscow Mills, was pronounced at the scene by Lincoln County Coroner Lisa Sitler at 1357 hours. According to the Patrol statement, Killion was driving a 2003 Buick Lesabre east as was a 1998 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by Kreig Ramsour, 43,
The Elsberry Fire Protection District has received a U.S. $2,500 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers. FM Global representatives presented the award to Fire Chief Kevin Hailey at Elsberry Fire Station 1. The award will be used to assist with fire prevention activities in the community, with the expansion of the smoke detector program and increased firefighter safety with pre-incident planning of
Six people were injured and one killed in a two-vehicle accident Thursday on Hwy. C at N. Shore Line at 5:54 p.m. Killed in the accident was Shaun Rivera, 30, Troy. Those injured included Abby Rivera, 11; Dillion Shell, 9; Drake Weinreis, 3; Ella Weinreis, 6; Van Weinreis, 9 and Jessic Weinreis, 35. Two of the injured were airlifted by Air Evac to Children’s Hospital with the rest taken by
Providing young people with fun, healthy alternatives to substance abuse has been
Last fall saw a successful effort in the placement of a memorial