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Apartment Maintenance Man: Need for Pain Relief Drove Thefts from Apartments

Shane M. MerrittThe maintenance man charged with stealing prescription medicine from apartments he was supposed to be maintaining says pain from a recent accident was behind his thefts.

Shane M. Merritt, 29, was charged by Fulton Police with two felony counts of burglary as well as petit larceny, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal trespass.

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Hannibal’s New Superintendent Sees Opportunities in District’s Challenges

Donna J. Fountain, incoming Superintendent of Schools in Hannibal.“Where you have great challenges, you have great opportunity,” says Donna Fountain, who will soon become Hannibal’s Superintendent of Schools.

The challenges couldn’t be bigger in Hannibal, one of the poorest districts in the state.

That’s fine with her.  Fountain says she just wants to get to Hannibal and get going.

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