Leading 7-0 midway through Tuesday night's varsity softball game at Brookfield, the Trenton Lady Bulldogs handled a challenge from the home team with a two-run rally, putting away Brookfield by a 9-4 final score.

Eleven rural hospitals throughout Missouri will soon be able to provide improved tele-medicine care for their patients, thanks to $262,000 in grants from the Mo-Broadband-Now initiative announced today by Governor Jay Nixon.

A truck belonging to a Green Castle man was demolished while he received what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries in an accident two miles north of Gallatin.

Princeton quarterback Colton Hartley ran for three touchdowns and over 300 yards, as the Tigers picked up their first win of the 2012 football season, 31-8 on Friday night at Putnam County High School, in a game from Unionville broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3 and www.kttn.com.

Of more than 122,702 Missourians who would owe retroactive tax, 89 percent purchased vehicles from private individuals. According to the Missouri Governor's office, a retroactive car tax would overwhelmingly target Missourians who purchased vehicles from private individuals.

There is grass and there will be grazing at the Management-intensive Grazing School, October 2nd through the 4th, at the University of Missouri's Forage Systems Research Center (FSRC) in Linn County.

Announcement was made this afternoon that the city of Trenton has lifted its ban on outdoor burning. This ban had been in effect for the past two months due to extremely dry ground conditions. The Trenton Fire Department reported the burn ban was lifted as of this afternoon.

A woman has been sentenced in federal court for real estate fraud in the Kansas City area. Thirty-three year old Angela Allen of Mooresville was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison without parole. On October 18, 2011, Mrs. Allen pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the attempted purchase of a home, as charged in a Sept. 30, 2010, indictment.

A replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is coming to the Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site in Laclede Sept. 13-15.

Three Chillicothe residents, including two children, were taken to Hedrick Medical Center following an accident yesterday (Thursday) afternoon.

While the Trenton varsity fell by seven points to Lexington last week, the Bulldog JV flexed its muscles against the Minutemen on Tuesday night, rolling to a 42-6 victory.

Members of the North Central Missouri College Psychology and Sociology Club are organizing a trip to Italy, which is set for May 17th to May 28th, 2013. All members of the public are invited, meaning travelers DO NOT have to be college students.

The Milan Wildcats picked up 252 yards rushing from Mason Thompson and 179 from Aaron Richardson, dominating the Albany Warriors from start to finish on Friday night in a 54-0 victory at Cal Hubbard Field.

The Lexington Minutemen and Trenton Bulldogs did battle on a rain-soaked C.F. Russell Stadium on Friday night, with the visitors claiming a 21-14 victory, the first in the coaching career of Andy Lierman, a 1999 graduate of Lexington High School.

Beef herd management during the drought and beyond will be discussed at the University of Missouri Thompson Farm field day, in northwestern Grundy County on September 18th.

Beef cow-herd owners can follow the numbers to produce higher-quality calves worth more money at market time.

Bethany native and North Central Missouri College graduate Jessica (Prewitt) Stonecypher was recently named to the 2012 National Junior College Athletic Association Academic All-American Team for women’s basketball.

Premium Standard Farms LLC, along with legal counsel for plaintiffs in longstanding Missouri nuisance litigation, have announced an agreement has been reached to settle nearly 300 individual claims regarding PSF hog operations in Missouri.

Fire early this morning has left a Trenton home with major damage, but still standing, at 408 Washington Street. A fire department spokesman said no was home when the fire occurred.

The busy Trenton Lady Bulldog golf team played in its third event over three days on Thursday, and came home with plenty of hardware, with the team earning 1st place in the six team tournament with a score of 405, and senior Chandler Wilson taking the individual medalist honors with a round of 90 on the par 72 course in Lancaster.