Paving of Highway 69 in the Bethany area and Harrison County Route A is planned during the next few weeks. Preparatory work will take place before the resurfacing.
Trenton High School Class of 2010 graduate Aubrey Utley fired a seven-hit shutout for the Central Methodist Eagles, leading her softball team to a 2-0 victory over the Houston-Victoria (Texas) Jaguars in an opening round game in the 2012 NAIA National Championship Tournament in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Livingston County Health Center is excited to announce the second quarter of educational classes through its Diabetes Program. “What is Diabetes?” will be held on Thursday, May 17th from 1 to 3 p.m. There is no charge for the class.
Kirksville will be a northern Missouri location for a public hearing in an electric rate case filed by Ameren Missouri. The hearing is August 23rd at Truman State University's Student Union Building, in the activities room. A public information/question and answer session will start at 6:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to follow.
The Trenton High School girl's and boy's track teams had an "up and down" day at Class 2, Section 4 competition on Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph Christian High School. The Lady Bulldogs advanced to state in seven events (including five first place finishes), while the Trenton boys advanced in five events (including four firsts).
During high school graduations held on Sunday at area schools, the top two students at Trenton High School were announced as Valedictorian Karson Hill and Salutatorian Shelby Chaney.
A Ridgeway resident was injured on Saturday afternoon when a car overturned off a gravel road in Harrison County. Forty-nine year old Kelly Folgate was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with injuries described as MODERATE by the Highway Patrol.
A fund raising event scheduled for this Saturday (May 12th) at Princeton will give its net proceeds to the American Cancer Society. The event is called "Rope For Hope". It will be held at the Saddle Club Arena at the west edge of Princeton off Highway 136.
On Wednesday, four current or past employees of the Livingston County Sheriffs Office were recognized for individual acts of courage and valor which resulted in the saving of four human lives late in 2011.
A Water Quality Initiative committed to improving three impaired waterways in Missouri was announced this week by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. State Conservationist J.R. Flores said his office will manage the initiative by making approximately $701,000 available to Missouri farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in the priority areas which include parts of GRUNDY and SULLIVAN Counties.
A Winston man was injured on Wednesday evening in a traffic accident within his hometown. The Highway Patrol described injuries as SERIOUS for 62 year old Terry Caldwell. He was flown by medical helicopter to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City.
The Statewide Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Missouri will include northern Missouri locations such as Trenton, Gallatin, Chillicothe, Cameron, and Brookfield early next week. Law Enforcement officers will be running the torch to raise awareness for Special Olympics Missouri and the 2012 State Summer Games.
The Missouri National Guard is planning a more than 30,000 square foot maintenance facility for its armory property in Macon. The Macon Field Maintenance Shop would provide field-level maintenance for all Missouri National Guard vehicles in north-central Missouri.
The Lady Wildcats of Southwest High School earned 81 points on Saturday afternoon to claim the team championship at the Class 1, Section 3 event held at Marshall High School. The Concordia Orioles won the boy's event with 124 points, 27 more than the 97 put up by the runner-up Princeton Tigers. Top FOUR finishers in each individual event advanced to this weekend's state meet in Jefferson City. Click on "read more" to see those from the immediate area advancing to state:
Trenton High School, competing in the District 16 INDIVIDUAL boy's tennis tournament on Friday at the Noyes Complex in St. Joseph, managed a third place singles finish from Isaiah Swann, while the doubles team of Nathanyl Bankson and Sam Muff settled for fourth place.
A Gallatin resident was hurt when the car he was driving hydroplaned on a road west of Gallatin, traveled off the pavement, and overturned. Eighteen year old Dillon Axton was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The Highway Patrol said he had MODERATE injuries.
Reports are to be given to Livingston County's Prosecuting Attorney after what Sheriff Steve Cox called "significant" problems with "some or all" of the detainees in Cell Block #3 at the Livingston County Jail in Chillicothe last weekend. Cox said that cell block was evacuated, with nine detainees being moved to other county jail facilities.
Mail carriers this Saturday (May 12th) will be collecting non-perishable food items to the Community Food Pantry. It is the mail carriers annual promotion called "Stamp Out Hunger".
