The gates to Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge will be swinging open at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning, March 2nd, signaling the start of events for the "Swing the Gates” celebration.

The Trenton boys, for the second time this season, have a victory against the Putnam County Midgets, going to overtime on Friday night before pulling out a 63-55 victory in Unionville, improving the Bulldogs record to 14-9 on the season, and clinching the first winning season at THS for boy's basketball coach Jeremy Austin.

A Holt resident received what the Highway Patrol called SERIOUS injuries when he fell from a four-wheeler and was run over by the machine. That happened after his pant leg was caught in a wheel and he was pulled off the machine.

The Financial Aid Office at North Central Missouri College in Trenton will take part in FAFSA Frenzy, a nationwide event designed to help college students fill out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on Saturday, March 2.

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports an arrest has been made stemming from investigations into an alleged felony assault with a weapon, kidnapping, and endangering the welfare of a child. The incident began in another county, and led through Carroll into Livingston County.

A member of the Spickard Board of Aldermen has resigned. Nancy Anderson is leaving her seat on the town board. The mayor appointed, with city council consent, Janice Vandevender, to the position to fill the remainder of the term until the April alderman election at Spickard.

The North Central Missouri College men's basketball team struggled from the field on Wednesday night, shooting just 33 percent overall and 27 percent from three-point range, in falling to Wentworth Military Academy, 68-61 at the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton.

The Livingston County Sheriff's Department has received information about a specific Facebook profile where a person is claiming to be an adult, with the last name "Crawford", and living in an 'unknown location'. Sheriff Steve Cox said that profile has been in contact with numerous young people, who are also on Facebook.

Law enforcement officers in Cameron are looking for an individual suspected of robbing the Casey's General Store in northern Cameron just past 4:30 on Wednesday morning. The location is 405 West Grand Avenue.

Four games into the Region 16 portion of their 2012-2013 schedule, the North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates were winless, with home defeats against St. Louis, Penn Valley, and Cottey, and a road loss at Penn Valley. That run of frustration ended for NCMC on Wednesday night, with the Lady Pirates taking a 76-64 win against visiting Wentworth Military Academy.

The first recruiting class for rookie head coach Megan Cairns of North Central Missouri College is wrapping up, with eight area seniors, including two from Trenton High School, inking with the Lady Pirates softball program.

Secretary of State Jason Kander has announced grants for libraries in Mercer and Livingston Counties. Each allocation is called an "eReader exploration grant". The Livingston County Library in Chillicothe was awarded $1,750 while the Mercer County Library of Princeton was allocated $966.00.

Two Cameron residents were hurt when a small (Polaris) utility vehicle overturned in a pasture west of Polo. An occupant, 21-year old Taylor Arinze, was taken by private vehicle to Liberty Hospital with what the Highway Patrol called SERIOUS injuries.

Trenton Police Chief Tommy Wright is requesting help from the public as law enforcement officers are watching for a suspect and/or his motor vehicle that was believed to be involved in overnight (Thursday PM/Friday AM) robberies in Cameron and St. Joseph.

The Milan C-2 School District, in addition to Green City, Princeton, and Putnam County (Unionville) have announced plans to have buses travel on HARD-SURFACED roads only today (Friday). The alternative bus routes are being used because of the soft and muddy conditions prevailing on country roads across these districts.

A Milan resident was injured on Thursday morning near Galt when the car she was driving traveled off Highway 6 and hit a fence and tree. Nineteen-year old Arianna Diaz of Milan was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, with injuries described as SERIOUS by the Highway Patrol.

Cainsville R-1 High School (in Harrison County) was honored on Monday by representatives of the Missouri Northwest Region Coalition for having the most-improved seat belt use in the 2012 Northwest Region's "Battle of the Belt" competition.

Chief Tommy Wright of the Trenton Police Department advises that members of his department, the NITRO Task Force, Grundy County Sheriff's Department, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol executed two drug search warrants in the City of Trenton on Wednesday.

The MBCA and MoSports.com have released the latest high school basketball poll, on the morning of Tuesday, February 5th. Ridgeway is ranked 5th and Mercer 8th in the Class 1 boy's poll, with those squads ready to play for the HDC regular season title at Ridgeway on Thursday, February 14th! The area teams ranked and mentioned in the poll will be highlighted in bold. Click on 'read more' to see the state rankings!

The Princeton Lady Tigers are playing some of the best basketball of any team in the region, winning their fifth game in a row on Tuesday night, 61-31 over the visiting Albany Lady Warriors, in Grand River Conference action from Princeton broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3 and www.kttn.com. The win improves Princeton's record to 12-10 on the season.