Trenton City Council’s Finance Committee met last night with department heads of the city and Trenton Municipal Utilities prior to beginning the process for preparing budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. Trenton’s fiscal year runs from May through April and City Administrator Ron Urton reported discussion included projections on general fund revenues, potential capital projects, […]
State Representative Nate Walker has introduced legislation that would designate a portion of U. S. Highway 63 as the “Bluegrass Queen Rhonda Vincent Highway”. The “Bluegrass Queen Rhonda Vincent Highway” would go from March Road in Adair County north to State Highway Y in Schuyler County. Walker explains he introduced the legislation to honor and […]
The National Weather Service will hold several Storm Spotter Training sessions in the area through March. Training sessions will be held at the Salisbury Ambulance Base January 31st, at the Macon County Expo Center February 1st, at Calvary Baptist Church in Chillicothe February 20th, at the Mercer County Fire Protection District in Princeton February 21st, […]
Three candidates filed for the Spickard Board of Aldermen’s April 3rd election. Betty Lee, Maggie George, and Frank Felder filed for the two open positions by Tuesday’s deadline. Lee and Felder are incumbents. The terms of the positions last two years each.
The Trenton Fire Department responded to a house fire Thursday night. Fire Chief Brandon Gibler reports crews found the fuse panel and wall in the laundry room at 909 East 12th Street in Trenton on fire. He says firefighters disconnected power to the house and applied water to the fire. Firefighters also accessed the attic […]
The Galt Board of Aldermen updated its Utility Disconnection Policy Ordinance at its meeting last week. The updated ordinance states that services will be disconnected if any balance remains unpaid on the last business day of the month. A security deposit of $100 and reconnect fees of $5 per meter will be charged to a […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Lathrop boy sustained moderate injuries when he was hit by a car in Lathrop Friday afternoon. Eleven-year-old Luke Jones reportedly crossed Valley Street from west to east in the path of the car driven by 16-year-old Cheyenne Cochran of Lathrop as she turned from westbound Clinton Street south on Valley. […]
The driver was arrested and a passenger was injured in a single vehicle accident yesterday afternoon two miles to the east of Altamont in Daviess County. The highway patrol reports 30-year-old Cristina Curtis of Altamont received minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver was listed as 31-year-old Jamie […]
The North Central Missouri College baseball team will host its annual Winter Warm-Up February 3rd. The day will start with a clinic for high school and youth coaches to be held in Cross Hall on the NCMC campus in Trenton. Kansas City Royals’ Mike Arbuckle, Major League Baseball scout Jerry Lafferty, and William Jewell College […]
State Senator Denny Hoskins and State Representative Rusty Black will speak at a legislative forum in Chillicothe next week. The Chillicothe Commerce Center will host the forum, which will be held at the Cultural Corner Art Guild the afternoon of January 26th at 3 o’clock. Hoskins and Black will give updates on their districts and […]
The Mercer County Republican Women invite the public to the group’s meeting Monday evening. Sullivan County Commissioner Danny Busick of Newtown will speak at the meeting at the Hal England Center in Princeton at 5 o’clock. In December, Busick announced his decision to run for the Third District of the Missouri House of Representatives.
The Trenton Middle School and Trenton High School bands participated in Grand River Conference Band auditions Wednesday. Trenton R-9 Director of Bands Tim Gilham reports 13 seventh graders and eight eighth graders earned a place or were chosen as alternates for the middle school conference band. Seventh and eighth graders named as first chair for […]
The Trenton City Council has a declared write-in candidate for the April 3rd election. Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard reports William Lewis Fisher filed as a write-in candidate for the First Ward council member position. The term for the position runs for two years. No one filed for the First Ward position by Tuesday’s deadline.
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved an application filed by KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company to adjust the demand side investment mechanism charge on customer bills. The Public Service Commission reports a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month will see the charge increase by about 22 cents per month, starting February 1st. […]
Three candidates filed for three open positions on the Laredo Board of Aldermen. Helen Golden and Bruce McFie filed for the two Alderman at Large positions. Carol Holloway filed for the mayor position. Each position has a two-year term. All who filed for the positions in Laredo are incumbents. Three candidates filed for three open […]
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors was informed at its meeting Tuesday of a seminar about Medicaid and Medicare planning to be held next month. Representatives from Kansas City Elder Law will present the information at Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments in Trenton the evening of February 20th at 6 o’clock. The […]
The National Guard’s 548th Transportation Company of Trenton reports one of its soldiers lost his belongings in a fire Wednesday. The Transportation Company notes anyone wishing to help Sergeant Devon Hand and his family may donate clothes. Clothing sizes are listed as men’s 32/34 pants and a large shirt, women’s size 5 pants and medium […]
The Chillicothe Police officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving injuries Wednesday afternoon. Officers with the department report Ronie Hatfield pulled out of a private parking lot in the 1200 block of Washington Street and struck a vehicle traveling south on Washington Street driven by Carolyn Batson. Hatfield reportedly could not see the […]
While Independence Day celebrations are still nearly six months away, efforts are beginning to form a committee to handle fundraising so that Trenton can have a community fireworks show this year. A meeting is scheduled for 5 o’clock in the afternoon on January 30th at the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce office. Those attending will […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education discussed a new roof for the high school gym at its meeting Wednesday evening. The board went over specifications and options for the roof and reviewed new policies and updates. It approved program evaluations for the A Plus Program, vocational business, and professional development. It was announced that […]
