The highway patrol reports a Braymer man was injured, then arrested, following a single vehicle accident last night one mile west of Dawn. The patrol said 36-year-old Jesse Moore of Braymer received minor injuries and refused treatment at the scene. Moore was arrested and accused by the highway patrol of careless and imprudent driving involving […]
The Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Incorporated Board of Directors has announced that applications will be available for the fall semester beginning May 1. As per Kauffman’s wishes, the scholarship is available to female, non-smoking, unmarried graduates of high schools in Mercer County. Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or […]
Chief Tommy Wright of the Trenton Police Department has awarded the April 2017, Service Integrity Leadership Award (S.I.L. Award) to Officer Keith Vance. Vance is recognized by his peer, for his hard work, dedication to excellence, and his willingness to become involved in the community that the Trenton Police Department serves. Vance’s willingness to take […]
The University of Missouri Extension will hold a program on growing alternative horticulture crops at the Linn County Area Career and Technical Center in Brookfield the night of May 8. Registration will be at 6 o’clock, and the program will start at 6:30. Attendees will learn how to grow mushrooms and elderberries in their own […]
The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri has helped raise funds for the construction of the new Mercer County Senior Center in Princeton. Steve Maxey of the Community Foundation says the foundation has looked for individuals who want to give back. He says it has managed the funds Mercer County Senior Center received, including insurance money, […]
Trenton High School students have the option of using the A+ Program to pay for post-secondary education. Assistant Principal of Trenton Middle School and High School Kasey Bailey explains that A+ is a scholarship established by the state to pay the tuition of students who attend a Missouri community college or technical school full time. […]
An accident yesterday afternoon on westbound U.S. 36 in DeKalb County has claimed the life of a Kearney resident. The highway patrol reports 30-year-old Paul Binkley was pronounced dead at Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph one hour after the accident occurred. Binkley was driving a dump truck when it traveled off the north side of […]
The Trenton R-9 School Board of Education approved resignations and new hires at a special closed session meeting held Tuesday at noon. Resignations include high school physical education teacher Scott Stevens, elementary computers teacher Natalie Johnson, and preschool instructor Carla Williams as well as basketball coach Brooklyn Stevens and para Natalie York. Hires for next […]
The Mercer County Senior Center Board hopes to open the new senior center in June. President Gene Anderson explains the board originally hoped to open it in May, but there are still a few things that need to be completed. He says cement work needs to be done on the outside to make it more […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved a bill authorizing the mayor and city administrator to sign and execute an equipment lease agreement with Foley Equipment Company at its meeting Monday evening. Taryn Dustman with Gallatin R-5 High School and Middle School requested ideas for community service projects for students in fifth through 12th grade to […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved the renewal of health insurance, an extension of audit services, and a fitness equipment lease at its meeting Tuesday evening. The college’s health insurance will stay with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City next school year. Chief Financial Officer Tyson Otto reported that the plan’s […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton resident on a probation violation. Eighteen-year-old Taya Sternquist was arrested on special conditions of failure to complete the Third Circuit Supervisory Program. Her bond is $15,000 cash only, and she is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court May 9. Sternquist was originally […]
The Grundy County Jewett-Norris Library in Trenton will offer the Building a Better World Children’s and Young Adult Summer Reading Program. Children’s Librarian Charity Halstead says Theresa Cross from North Central Missouri College will give students from third through 12th grade a tour of the college. Barnes Green House will talk about gardening and planting, […]
The Disabled American Veteran Chapter Number 60 will hold its election of officers at its meeting at the VFW Hall in Trenton the night of May 1 at 7 o’clock. Members nominated at the last meeting were: Gary Lee for Commander; Dale Meeks, Senior Vice Commander; Bart Shaw, Junior Vice Commander; Jorry Paul Browning, Adjutant; […]
The Pleasant View R-6 School Board discussed board members at a special meeting Tuesday morning. A mistake was found after the April board meeting that board member Luke Gibson’s term expired in April, and the seat should have been open for re-election. After talking to the Missouri School Boards’ Association and looking at local school […]
Following a closed executive session for legal matters Monday night, the Trenton City Council returned to open session and voted on a request to write off the balance due on a promissory note for work done by the city at the Plaza Apartments downtown. To help in the process of re-opening Plaza Apartments in the […]
The 32nd Annual “Step Back in Time” May Days Festival in Jamesport will be May 12th and 13th from 9 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon. There will be food and kettle corn as well as music shopping, carriage rides, a flea market, a National Micro-Mini Tractor Pull, and train rides […]
Chillicothe will host the 2018 State Convention of the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri. The decision was announced at the end of the 2017 convention which was held this past weekend in Sedalia. At the convention, Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright and Tourism Director Amy Supple made a presentation inviting the organization to hold their […]
At a location a mile and a half west of Chillicothe, a Milan resident was injured Monday morning when he apparently lost control on gravel and the truck he was driving traveled off a rural road, crested a levee, overturned off a bridge deck into a creek. The truck came to a stop on its […]
At Carrollton, early Monday evening, the highway patrol reports a two-year-old girl was injured when she was struck by a moving vehicle. The report noted Nalaeha Rey of Fayette apparently ran out from behind a vehicle parked on the east side of Mason Street and into the path of a sports utility vehicle. Officers noted the […]
