Views: 0The Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra formed a Donors Club last Fall to offset the cost of obtaining music and other costs associated with the group. Board member Carol Reger of Milan explains the club was created in order to help the choir and orchestra rent and purchase new music to use for […]
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Audio: Missouri Supreme Court hears case on future of Grain Belt Express
Views: 0The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments over the long-delayed Grain Belt Express wind energy transmission line Tuesday. The case drew increased media coverage when outlets became aware that former Democratic Governor Jay Nixon would be representing Grain Belt Clean Line before the judges. Nixon told the court that the $2.3 billion, eight-county project across […]
Area FFA chapters qualify for state in Northwest District Career Development Events
Views: 0Multiple area FFA chapters had teams qualify for state judging in the Missouri Northwest District Career Development Events Tuesday. Teams ranking in the top five in their CDEs and qualifying for state include three from Chillicothe, five for Hamilton, two for Gilman City, one for Gallatin, one for Braymer, four for Cameron, one for […]
Complete area election results for Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Views: 2While it was a very light voter turnout in Grundy County for the election Tuesday, the race for the Grundy County Nursing Home District Board turned out to be very close. Three incumbents will return to the Trenton City Council. Three candidates filed for the two open seats on the nursing home district board. […]
Grand River Historical Society Museum to hold quarterly meeting
Views: 0The Grand River Historical Society Museum’s quarterly meeting later this month will include a pork loin dinner and a program on the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The meeting will be at the Chillicothe Elks Lodge the night of April 17 with dinner prepared by Jeff Frampton served at 6:30. Museum board member Rodney Mouton […]
Chillicothe fundraiser set to assist Central Missouri Honor Flight of Columbia
Views: 0A race to raise money to help fund the Central Missouri Honor Flight of Columbia will be held in Chillicothe later this month. The Red, White, and Blue 5K will start at the old Jerry Litton Memorial Stadium at 1200 Fair Street the morning of April 28th. Registration will be from 7 o’clock to […]
Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra to hold concert on June 16
Views: 0The Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra will begin rehearsals soon for its summer concert. Board President Monica Fawson of Gallatin says the rehearsals begin at Hodge Presbyterian Church of Trenton April 17th with registration at 6 o’clock. She notes rehearsals after the first night will be every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 until […]
Trenton places a respectable third in Scholar Bowl competition
Views: 0The Polo High School Scholar Bowl team won the Grand River Conference Champion title Monday. The Polo team played the second place team, Stanberry, in the championship. Polo’s Scholar Bowl team’s record for the year was 7-0. Team members include Trystan Wolf, Alex Pilger, Alina Hays, and Steven Kotts. Stanberry’s team’s record for the […]
Chillicothe woman cited for failing to yield in two-car crash
Views: 0The Chillicothe Police Department reports a sports utility vehicle overturned and a driver was cited as the result of a two-vehicle crash in Chillicothe Monday night. Gabrielle Parker drove east on Belair Drive when she reportedly failed to yield to a sports utility vehicle traveling south on Fairway Drive driven by Steven Palmer. Parker’s […]
Trenton woman arrested on probation violation
Views: 2The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton woman Monday on probation violation. Twenty-two year old Erin Nicole Gathercole’s bond is $25,000 cash only, and her probation was suspended. She is scheduled for Division One of Circuit Court April 12th. Gathercole was originally charged with felony tampering or attempt to tamper […]
ATV crash kills Pattonsburg man; Hamilton man arrested on DWI allegation
Views: 0The highway patrol reports three people, including a child, were ejected when two all-terrain vehicles collided last evening within the city limits of Winston. One driver was killed and another driver and the young passenger were injured. The highway patrol said 30-year-old Dallas Allen of Pattonsburg was thrown from the ATV when it struck […]
Friends of the Jewett-Norris Library to hold book sale
Views: 0The Friends of the Jewett-Norris Library will hold a book sale next week with books and other items on display on the third floor of the library in Trenton. Barb Spencer with the Friends of the Library tells that set up for the sale starts April 7th. She says North Central Missouri College basketball […]
73 absentee ballots returned for April 3 election
Views: 0Seventy-three of 80 absentee ballots requested from the Grundy County Clerk’s Office in Tuesday’s election had been voted on or returned as of 4:55 Monday afternoon. That included 16 individuals who voted absentee at the courthouse in Trenton Monday. Seven absentee ballots requested had not yet been received. The Grundy County Clerk’s Office reports […]
Three from Milan hurt in Sunday crash
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports three Milan residents sustained minor injuries when the driver of the sports utility vehicle in which they traveled lost control on the snow-covered road Sunday afternoon. Thirty-two-year-old Gregoria Limon drove east on Missouri 6 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road and struck a fence about […]
Residents vote on numerous issues in elections today
Views: 0Voters in several jurisdictions decide the outcome of various issues when they go to the polls today. A few of the entities have races for board positions. Many of the school districts and towns of under one thousand population, among others, do not have anything to vote on due to state law that allows […]
Livingston County Library Children’s Department to host activities
Views: 0The Children’s Department of the Livingston County Library in Chillicothe will host two Make and Take activities this month. The first is Make and Take Tic Tac Toe the afternoon of April 16th from 4 to 5 o’clock. Children ages four through seven can make and decorate a portable tic tac toe game of […]
Friends of the Jewett-Norris Library to hold Appreciation Banquet
Views: 0The Friends of the Jewett-Norris Library will recognize what the organization has accomplished in the past year during its Appreciation Dinner Friday, which starts at 6 o’clock that evening. In an Open Line interview on KTTN, Cathie Smith with the Friends of the Library said Phil Schlarb with the Grundy County Museum in Trenton […]
Voting now open for Chillicothe Area Arts Council officers and board of directors
Views: 0Members of the Chillicothe Area Arts Council may now vote for the directors and officers for the 2018-2019 term. The proposed slate of officers for the board of directors includes Marilyn Brodmerkle as president, Ed Robertson as vice president, Shelly Turner as secretary, and Gary Miller as treasurer. The proposed slate of directors includes […]
Two area seniors to be awarded scholarships
Views: 0The Green Hills Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will award two scholarships to area seniors at the federation’s annual Hunting Heritage Banquet next week. The event will be held at the National Guard Armory in Trenton the night of April 13 with doors opening at 6 o’clock, and the dinner will start […]
Matthew Woody arrested by Trenton Police Department on multiple felony charges
Views: 0The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton man Saturday on multiple felony charges. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year-old Matthew John Woody has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, exhibiting, unlawful use of a weapon, handling while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance, third-degree assault: special victim, attempted escape from confinement, […]