The Highway Patrol says a pickup truck backing up from a parking space hit a pedestrian at a Casey's General Store in Brunswick on Saturday. Fifty-four year old Cynthia Smith of Boonville was taken by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries.

A Gallatin resident was injured when the car she was driving went off Daviess County Route DD and hit two embankments. Thirty-four year old Stacey Collins of Gallatin was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries.

The Highway Patrol says a young Kearney man was injured when a car, going the wrong direction on Interstate 35, hit a guardrail south of Cameron early Sunday morning. Eighteen year old Edward Stahl of Kearney was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries.

The Meadville Eagles are off to a strong start to the 2012-2013 basketball season, winning last week's Northwestern Invitational Basketball Tournament in Mendon, taking all three games by double digit final margins.

The Gallatin Bulldogs have repeated as Gallatin Invitiational Tournament boy's champions, using a strong third quarter performance on Saturday afternoon to race past the Trenton Bulldogs, in a 66-55 final, heard on Hot Country Z 101.7 and www.kgozfm.com.

A fund raiser is scheduled in December to help finance an upcoming project at the North 65 Center in Trenton. In observance of the Christmas season, the North 65 Center sponsors a project called “light a candle this holiday season".

The largest High School Holiday Hoops event in NCMC history is just days away and committee members have announced the need for additional volunteers and the date of a training meeting to assist volunteers in their preparedness.

The defending district champion Milan Lady Wildcats, playing without starting point guard Hannah Sanders, used a stifling full-court pressure defense to overwhelm Novinger in a 50-27 victory on Tuesday night, in a Novinger Tournament girl's quarterfinal game heard on Hot Country Z 101.7 and www.kgozfm.com.

A first aid program for pets will be held in Trenton December 1st. The first aid and C-P-R class will be held in the training room of the
Trenton Fire Department on Saturday from 2 o’clock until 4 o’clock.

A Powerball ticket sold in the northwest Missouri town of Dearborn matched all six Powerball numbers drawn to win half of Wednesday night's $587.5 million jackpot. At $293.7 million, this is the largest jackpot prize ever won in Missouri and the second-largest Powerball jackpot awarded nationwide.

An Humphreys man was hurt shortly after midnight on Saturday night when the minivan he was driving slid through a T-intersection in dense fog east of Trenton. Sixty-five year old Robert Spencer of Humphreys was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries.

Three Chillicotheans were hurt late Saturday night near Utica when a car when off Highway 36 and came to rest in the median. Twenty-two year old Michael Lent, and 21-year old passengers Jesse Marshall and Richard Stimpson were taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, all with injuries described as MODERATE by the Highway Patrol.

A Gallatin resident was hurt in a weather-related accident when the pickup truck she was driving went through a T-intersection and overturned east of Gallatin. Sixteen-year old Kourtney Bird was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph with what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries.

The North Central Missouri College basketball teams continue to struggle on the road in the state of Kansas, losing a pair of games on Friday afternoon at the Highland Classic, with the men falling to Barton County by a final of 83-51, while the Lady Pirates fell to the host Highland Scotties by a final score of 70-51.

The Grand River Choir and Orchestra presents “Christmas before Claus” at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist Church on Oklahoma Avenue in Trenton.

The North Central Missouri College basketball teams had rematch games with the Red Devils of Allen County Community College on Wednesday night, with the results the same as the first meetings between the squads in Trenton, Allen County victories over the Pirate teams.

The North Harrison Shamrocks opened HDC Conference play on Tuesday night with a girl's and boy's varsity basketball win over the visiting Grundy R-5 Panthers. In the girls game, North Harrison defeated the Lady Panthers by a final score of 47-27.

The Trenton High School wrestling team opened the "Charlie Bacon Era" on Tuesday night with a season-opening triangular at Cameron High School. The Bulldogs fell to the host Dragons 63-18, but rebounded to upend Mid-Buchanan 54-12.

Green Hills Community Action Agency is partnering with the Grundy County Health Department and the University of Missouri Extension to offer area residents a full day of free workshops designed to help them meet the challenges of modern life.

North Central Missouri College Foundation will host an Estate Planning Seminar to be held Tuesday, December 11th in Cross Hall on the NCMC campus in Trenton. The seminar will be in Room 107 at 6:00 p.m.