The Stacy Center in Princeton hosts a "Winter Wonderland" event on Saturday, December 1st from 9 to 2 o'clock. Local vendors will be at the Stacy Center for people wishing to do Christmas shopping. Princeton High School students will provide gift wrapping and entertainment. Among the entertainers will be a gymnastics group performing tumbling routines.

The North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates and Pirates play host to the Southwestern (IA) Community College Spartans tonight (Tuesday night) at the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton, looking to sweep the season series against their rivals north of the border.

A New Cambria resident was injured early Sunday morning when the pickup truck he was driving went off Highway 149 and hit a tree and fence near the north city limits of New Cambria. Twenty-four year old Michael Mallett was taken to University Hospital in Columbia (by helicopter), with injuries described as MODERATE by the Highway Patrol.

A Chillicothe woman is hospitalized in Kansas City following a roll-over accident Monday night in rural Livingston County. The Highway Patrol said 32 year old Amanda Robinson was SERIOUSLY injured, and flown by medical helicopter to St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza.

Ground will be broken in just a few months on the new walking trail and memorial garden at Wright Memorial Hospital and on Friday, employees of the local hospital were recognized for their support to the new construction.

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A Unionville resident was hurt on Friday morning when the pickup truck he was driving overturned off Highway 136 west of Unionville. Eighteen-year old Richard Mendenhall was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia, with what the Highway Patrol called SERIOUS injuries.

Stout defense gave the North Central Missouri College women a chance to get a road victory on Wednesday night, but cold shooting doomed the Lady Pirates, who lost 62-52 at Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, Iowa, dropping North Central's record to 3-2.

The Polo Lady Panthers have the #1 seed, along with the #1 seeded South Harrison Bulldog boys in the season-opening Albany Invitational Basketball Tournament, November 26th through December 1st at Albany High School.

The Trenton R-9 school district will proceed with plans to pour a concrete base and seek bids for new bleachers on the north side of C-F Russell Stadium. The board of education authorized Director of Supportive Services Dennis Gutshall to proceed after hearing his report on the proposed costs.

The Chillicothe Area Arts Council will present its traditional Christmas cultural luncheon from 12 noon to 1 o'clock on Thursday, December 6th at the First Christian Church in Chillicothe. The Chillicothe High School Select choir will present the program, with the audience being able to join in with the singing of carols towards the latter half of the program.

The Trenton Police Department's selective traffic enforcement efforts through next Sunday (November 25th) involve 5th Street near Linn, Harris Avenue, and Oklahoma Avenue. Officers will be looking for traffic violations, such as speeding, careless and imprudent driving, and failure to halt at stop signs.

A Milan boy was hurt when a car collided with a sport utility vehicle east of Milan on Saturday morning. Eight-year old Jordan Axume was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries.

Curtis Crawford, Executive Director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Grundy County announced that the county committee elections are in progress. Ballots were mailed to eligible voters and completed ballots must be returned by mail or to local FSA offices by December 3, 2012.

Share The Harvest has met its goal for Grundy County and additional funds have been allocated to accommodate additional whole deer donations.

According to Garry L. Mathes, chair of the 2012 Missouri Livestock Symposium, this year’s beef cattle section is intended to help producers economically, plan for the future, be safe and provide the latest on some economically significant cattle diseases.

The Livingston County Health Center is again sponsoring its annual "Mitten Tree" to help provide mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves to people who can not afford to purchase them. Donations can be dropped off at the Health Center (800 Adam Drive) during normal business hours of 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

The North Mercer High School basketball teams will have the top seeds, in addition to home court advantage in the 2012 HDC Conference basketball tournament, to be played from Saturday, December 8th to Friday, December 14th in the North Mercer High School gymnasium.

The Milan Lady Wildcats have the #2 seed (behind #1 seed Scotland County) while the Milan boys will be seeded seventh in the season-opening Novinger Tournament, November 26th through December 1st at Novinger High School.

Announcement was made today that Trenton High School has been nationally recognized for academic achievements despite having a majority of its students eligible for free and reduced price school lunches. T-H-S is described as being one of ten so called “break-through” schools in the NATION to receive the distinction from the Met LifeFoundation and National Association of Secondary School Principals.