The PAR Broadcast Group Sports Department has been notified of postponements of two area softball events tonight, and a softball-baseball doubleheader.

It appears 11 hundred jobs at Premium Standard Farms have been preserved following the announcement Wednesday evening of a negotiated agreement involving the Attorney General's office and PSF. The company has been given NEARLY two years to install equipment aimed at resolving odor issues at the hog barns.

North Central Missouri College at Trenton has been ranked by a Washington, D.C. based non-profit publication as 23rd among the 50 Best Community Colleges in the nation.

A Fulton man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a series of armed bank robberies, including one in rural southeastern Sullivan County last year. Twenty-nine year old William Wolfe was arrested after a vehicle pursuit and shoot-out with law enforcement officials in west central Missouri.

On Tuesday, the Chillicothe Police Department concluded a drug distribution investigation that was occurring in Chillicothe by arresting Cindy Braley and Paul Fastenau.

Bethany is among the area locations with community events scheduled now through the weekend including Labor Day Monday.

The Missouri Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision issued Tuesday afternoon, ordered that an attorney in Chariton County, Renae Ehler, be disbarred. According to the state's Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Ehler violated five ethics rules, including using money she owed to clients to pay personal expenses.

Chillicothe junior Sarah Baldwin dominated the bats of the Lafayette Irish as the Lady Hornets cruised to a 6-0 shutout on Tuesday evening at Daryl Danner Memorial Park in Chillicothe.

A ceremonial ground-breaking for the Elizabeth and Arthur Barton Farm Campus is scheduled for Wednesday morning, September 8th at 10 o'clock. Dr. John Hagler, the Missouri Director of Agriculture, will be among the platform guests assisting in breaking ground for the college's new agriculture and natural resources campus.

The Trenton Lady Bulldogs shot a team score of 188 while South Harrison struggled at 261 in a head-to-head girl's golf duel on Tuesday afternoon at Riverside Country Club in Trenton.