State Treasurer Clint Zweifel has money to lend to help farmers impacted by the drought. Farmers with soybeans dying in the field, and livestock that need feed, have a tough choice to make.

State Senator Brad Lager of Savannah has come up about 15,296 votes short of stopping Peter Kinder’s effort to get a third term as Lieutenant Governor. Lager easily carried northern Missouri counties in Tuesday's primary but it was not enough to win.

In celebration of Union Pacific’s 150th anniversary, the UP's 150 Express (Engine No. 844) will be making a stop in Trenton to share the history of the railroad company.

A Trenton resident was hurt on Friday morning when the pickup truck he was driving went off Highway 139 north of Harris, hit a culvert and a tree, and overturned. Sixteen year old Jadde Blozvich was taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan, with injuries described as MODERATE by the Highway Patrol.

A Milan resident was hurt on Friday afternoon when the car he was driving ran off a road west of Milan, hit a utility pole, and overturned. Twenty-year old William Harrison was taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries.

PAR Broadcast Group Sports Director Tom Johnson has spent this week getting the thoughts of Trenton High School's varsity fall sports coaches for the 2012 season. Click on "read more" to get to the links of the COMPLETE interviews done with football coach Wes Croy, golf coach Jeremy Austin, tennis coach Abby Gott, softball coach John Cowling, and volleyball coach Brett Ewald.

A woman arrested in Milan for the death of her newborn infant in Minnesota, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday while in court in Gaylord, Minnesota. Sources say 29 year old Amy Romero entered a plea of guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter for abandoning her newborn daughter and leaving her outdoors to die in the woods near her Minnesota home in 2001.

An Omaha, Nebraska resident was fatally injured and four other persons received minor injuries in an Interstate 29 traffic accident yesterday near St. Joseph.

A Wheeling man died Wednesday morning in a private property accident in rural Livingston County. The highway patrol listed the victim as 33 year old Patrick Kinsella of Wheeling. The Livingston County Sheriff's Department reports that investigation has determined that in addition to the death, authorities are focusing on who might have been present at the time.

A Laredo woman was injured this (Wednesday) morning in a rollover accident six miles west of Chillicothe.

Small businesses in Missouri are now eligible for federal disaster assistance from the Small Business Administration because of the prolonged heat and drought.

The State Milk Board, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, announced today milk products produced by Shatto Dairy of Osborn are being recalled.

A vehicle occupied by two area residents hit a black bull in Caldwell County overnight, resulting in what the Highway Patrol described as minor injuries for the passenger, 28-year old Kristen Chamberlain of Cameron, who was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center.

A Cameron resident, Troy Sloan, exhibited both the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion market lambs at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. The Grand Champion crossbred lamb weighed 146 pounds, while the Reserve Champion lamb weighed 130 pounds.

Two people were hurt just south of Bethany when a car overturned onto the passenger side of the vehicle. The Highway Patrol said two passengers, 17-year old Brianna O'Neal and 16-year old Sierra Ash, both of Bethany, were taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany several hours after leaving the scene. Both girls were said (by the Patrol) to have MODERATE injuries.

A Gallatin man, operating an A-T-V, was involved in a private property accident on Thursday night. The highway patrol described injuries as SERIOUS for 71 year old William Boyd. He was flown by medical helicopter to North Kansas City Hospital.

Additional information has been announced from the FBI's Kansas City office regarding Wednesday afternoon's robbery of the Home Exchange Bank in Jamesport.

United States Senator Claire McCaskill, on Wednesday morning, announced that she has successfully worked with the Department of Homeland Security to obtain an exemption allowing Lauren Gray of Trenton to continue to legally stay in the U.S. and also to seek employment. Lauren will receive a two-year renewable deferral while she and her family continue to wait for Green Card Permanent residency in the U.S.

Click here to listen to Wednesday morning's conference call

Authorities are investigating a bank robbery that occurred this (Wednesday) afternoon at Jamesport. The incident happened about 2 o'clock at the Home Exchange Bank.

A portion of the Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number One is under a precautionary boil advisory. Repairs have been completed to a water main break west of Princeton.