The Highway Patrol will conduct a driving while intoxicated saturation in the area in September. Troop H will hold the operation in Caldwell County sometime next month. The Patrol selects areas for enforcement based on a high number of drinking-related crashes, the high number of contacts with drivers who have been drinking, and officers’ input […]
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Trespassing call in Livingston County results in drug seizure
A Livingston County Sheriff’s Office call regarding possible trespassing by several persons on private property in Avalon resulted in the seizure of drugs Sunday. Sheriff Steve Cox reports Detective Ryan Ford responded to the call, and further investigation resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, packages of suspected diazepam, and two packages of marijuana as well […]
Grant City man arrested on drug and firearm charges
The Highway Patrol’s Drug and Crime Control Division reports the arrest of a Grant City man for possession of controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm. Twenty-one year old Dillon Phineas Schrock was arrested Wednesday after investigators seized firearms, amphetamine and zolpidem pills, marijuana, and $2,650 at his residence as the result of a […]
MoDOT planned road work the week of August 14
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri region planned for the week of Aug. 14 – 20 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
Cub Scouts accepting applications for enrollment
Cub Scouts are taking applications for enrollment. Applications will be available at the open house for Rissler Elementary in Trenton Monday evening from 5:30 to 6:30. Members of the Cub Scouts will also be available that evening to speak to. Those unable to attend Rissler’s open house, but would still like to be part of […]
Fellowship of Christian Athletes to hold banquet
The Trenton Fellowship of Christian Athletes will hold a Kickoff Banquet next week. Recent Trenton High School graduate and FCA alum Connor Cotton will speak during the banquet the evening of August 17th at 6 o’clock and information will be shared about the upcoming school year. Families of current FCA members and those who would […]
“Treasured” Conference to be held at Tenth Street Baptist Church
The “Treasured” Conference will be held at the Tenth Street Baptist Church in Trenton in October. The event for girls between the ages of 10 and 15 will be held the night of October 27th from 6 to 9 o’clock and October 28th from 8:30 in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Special […]
Area NCMC students named to honors list
North Central Missouri College in Trenton has named students with outstanding academic achievements to the Academic Honors Lists for the 2017 summer semester. Students named to the President’s List have achieved a perfect 4.0-grade point average (GPA), and students on the Dean’s List achieved a grade point average of at least 3.50. The complete list […]
Audio: Natalie Ayers from Green City crowned Missouri State Fair Queen
This years’ Missouri State Fair queen is from Sullivan County. Natalie Ayers of Green City was crowned last night during a ceremony at the Mathewson Exhibition Center on the state fairgrounds in Sedalia. Courtesy of the Missouri State Fair Facebook page and its video sponsor, here’s the announcement. Natalie Ayers qualified for the contest […]
Baby show and music on tap this evening at the Jameson Picnic
The 126th Annual Jameson Picnic in the Jameson City Park continues this evening. Registration for a baby show for children under 3 years of age and the Little Mister and Miss Show for 3 and 4-year-olds both start at 6 o’clock. The baby show and the Little Mister and Miss Show begin at 6:30. The […]
Brookfield man involved in I-35 crash near Cameron
An accident six miles south of Cameron caused 75-year-old Barbara Corbitt of New Hampton, Iowa to receive minor injuries. She was transported by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The highway patrol reports cars driven by Ms. Corbitt and by 31-year-old Matthew Garvey of Brookfield were northbound on I-35 when Garvey, according to investigators, rear-ended […]
19-year-old teen injured when car hydroplanes on I-35
Eight miles north of Eagleville, 19-year-old Shiloh Leavitt of St. Jacob, Illinois received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. She was a passenger in a car driven by her father, 51-year-old Richard Leavitt of Bluegrass, Iowa who wasn’t hurt. The highway patrol reports the car was southbound […]
Circuit court has busy docket on Thursday
At a sentencing hearing Thursday in Circuit Court, Trenton resident Timothy Nguyen was ordered to serve multiple years in prison; then he was placed on probation. Nguyen was sentenced to seven years for tampering with a motor vehicle, first degree; four years for resisting arrest or detention; and four years for possessing burglary tools. Execution […]
Brian Adkison acquitted on kidnapping charges in Livingston County trial
At the conclusion of a jury trial in Chillicothe, Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the defendant was acquitted on kidnapping charges allegedly involving a Hamilton woman. Brian Adkison of Columbia was on trial for three days at Livingston County’s Courthouse as the case had been moved to Livingston County on a change of venue […]
“Prayer at the Poles” to be held Tuesday in Trenton
The mother of two Rissler Elementary School students is organizing an event for the community to gather and pray at each of the Trenton schools’ flag poles before the school year starts. Bridget Maloney is planning the event for Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. She explains individuals from the community can meet at the middle school, […]
Princeton girl receives top honors at Missouri State Fair
A Princeton youth’s goats received Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Market Goats designations at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Brylee Williams’s Grand Champion Market Goat weighed 80 pounds, and her Reserve Champion weighed 96 pounds. She will sell her market goats in two of 12 lots offered in the Missouri State Fair Sale of […]
Grundy Center United Methodist Church to celebrate 130th anniversary
The Grundy Center United Methodist Church northeast of Trenton will hold an anniversary celebration and an ice cream social in the next few weeks. The church will hold its 130th Anniversary Celebration Sunday which will include Sunday School at 9:30 that morning, a worship service with speaker Bishop Robert Farr at 10:30, a lunch at […]
Work on streets continues in Chillicothe
The Chillicothe Street Department and M and M Utilities will continue work on Chillicothe streets next week. Tandem Paving will mill road surfaces on Tomahawk Drive and 11th Street between Elm and Trenton Streets Tuesday. The company will lay new asphalt on the roads Wednesday. M and M Utilities will start on new curbing on […]
Daviess County Library to provide free eclipse glasses
The Daviess County Library in Gallatin has joined the STAR Library Education Network and its NASA at My Library initiative to celebrate the total solar eclipse. The library will give away free eclipse glasses on the courthouse lawn in Gallatin the morning of August 21st beginning at 11 o’clock. The library will also provide a […]
Video: Fire at Coon Manufacturing in Spickard causes heavy damage
Reports indicate a heavy amount of damage occurred Thursday morning during a fire at an agriculture business: Coon Manufacturing of Spickard. KTTN’s Randall Mann arrived at the scene east of Highway 65, but after the fire had been extinguished. He recorded a video interview, among sounds of the trucks, with Spickard Fire Protection District Training […]