A single vehicle rollover accident east of Trenton injured two Kansas City men Thursday afternoon. The highway patrol reported multiple charges are pending for the driver of the car. Taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton were the driver, 51-year-old Henry Mullenix, and passenger, 57-year-old Samuel Rhea. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious […]
A sanctioned truck and tractor pull is scheduled Friday night, August 25 in Trenton. It’s the event that was postponed due to wet grounds in June when Trenton’s Gooseberry Festival was held. The Iowa Missouri Truck and Tractor Pull Association present the competition at the fairgrounds in Trenton, beginning at 7 o’clock Friday night with […]
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number One has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to a water main break. The advisory affects Sullivan County Rural water customers on Highway RA from Highway Y to Finch Drive, including Finch Drive. The precautionary boil advisory will be in effect until further notice.
The Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation will hold its Sixth Annual Wright Run 5k/10k in October. The event will begin and end at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton the morning of October 7. Registration will start at 7 o’clock that morning, and the race will begin at 8 o’clock with registration to cost $25 until September […]
Several reports were given, and requests made, during meetings last night of the Trenton City Council’s administrative and utility committees at the city hall. Police Chief Tommy Wright is requesting the starting pay for a police officer in Trenton be increased to $30,000 in an effort to attract candidates and hopefully hire someone. The current […]
The Grand River Multipurpose Center in Chillicothe will hold line dancing, Name that Tune, and karaoke for all ages next month. Music Lovers Unite will be held at the center the night of September 14 from 7 to 10 o’clock. Country and rock and roll music will be used for the activities. Admission is a […]
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education set its tax rate at its meeting Wednesday evening. The total rate is $4.2795 which combines the new set rate and the temporary rate. The combined rate is down $.3969 from last year. The board accepted a bid for bread from Graves as well as bids for various […]
Crews working with the Canadian Pacific Railroad will close a portion of the track in Putnam County for repairs next week. The railroad crossing on Route E in Powersville will be closed from Monday at noon through next Thursday, August 31 at 11 o’clock. The scheduled work will be done as weather permits.
The Brookfield Fire Department responded to two structure fires in the 500 block of South Livingston street Thursday morning. A Brookfield Police dispatcher reports the structures are total losses. Firefighters responded to the first call around 4:45 and remained at the scene for about three hours and the fire department received the call for an […]
A gun show will be held in conjunction with Mercer Homecoming festivities. The gun show will be held on the southwest corner of the Mercer Square in the Taylor Welding Building September 2 beginning at 9 o’clock in the morning. There will be several vendors, and admission is free. Those interested may call 660-815-0137 for […]
Two Hamilton residents were arrested on drug charges Wednesday. The Hamilton Police Department reports a search warrant that the police department and the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department executed at 305 East School Street in Hamilton led to the arrest of the two subjects. Thirty-seven-year-old Nicolas Hanes was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug […]
The University of Missouri Extension’s Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus will hold its annual field day next month. The free event will be held September 12th beginning at 8:30 in the morning. The Missouri Department of Conservation will share information on edge feathering timber to improve quail habitat and Chronic Wasting Disease in deer […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office received Court orders to cause the following detainees be transported to the Missouri Department of Corrections to begin serving a sentence: David White, 54, Chillicothe Possession Controlled Substance – 2 years DOC Dylan Hulett, 19, Lock Springs Probation Violation – Distribution Controlled Substance – 15 years DOC Andrew J. […]
Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren has released a statement on his review of law enforcement actions during the stand-off and what authorities say was a “shots fired” incident last Friday night in Chillicothe. Information was posted to the Facebook page of the Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney. It states “after reviewing the reports, photographs of […]
The operator of a motorcycle was taken to a hospital following an accident early Thursday morning approximately one mile south of Weatherby. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 43-year-old Richard Dawson of Cameron. An ambulance transported him to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Dawson was southbound on DeKalb County Route EE when he apparently lost […]
A Missouri Army National Guard officer recently received the General MacArthur Leadership Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, in Washington. Capt. Scott M. McCollum was one of six Army National Guard company grade officers in the country to receive the award, which is named after Gen. Douglas MacArthur. McCollum was the company commander of […]
Doctor Lenny Klaver has been president of North Central Missouri College for more than a year and looking back on his time at the college, he says he spent much time looking at NCMC’s strategic plan and where he would like to take the campus. Klaver explains a series of 25 focus groups have given input […]
The Livingston County Library in Chillicothe will start a fall story time series in the Children’s Department next month. The Wee Read story times will be held Tuesday mornings at 10 o’clock from September 5th through October 31st. The story times will feature age appropriate stories, finger plays, songs, and rhymes and are targeted at […]
Classes started today in several area schools and this is how enrollment numbers are stacking up. First-day enrollment for Spickard R-2 for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade was 25 students which is down five from the first day last year. The largest class is second grade with six students and the smallest is first grade with […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees took two personnel actions in open session following the executive session Tuesday evening. The board approved salary adjustments for two employees, effective September 5, as a result of testing duties added to their positions. Three thousand dollars was added to Director of Advising and Retention Megan Pester’s […]
