The Newtown-Harris FFA will hold a fundraising dinner and auction in the school gym Saturday evening. The dinner will run from 5 o’clock to 6:30, and the auction starts at 6:45. Auction items include FFA members sold for work, quilts, horseshoe sculptures, barn quilts, cinnamon rolls, and pies. There will be a raffle for pork […]
How many of you look at each other, and say “There’s nothing to do for fun?” If that’s the case, then the Putnam County R-1 School District has you covered. The Junior/Senior students will put on a performance of the school version of Grease in the middle school auditorium Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March […]
You may have noticed plenty of school buses in Trenton today, and lots of foot traffic on the campus of North Central Missouri College. All of the extra hustle and bustle in Trenton is due to approximately 1,700 high school students from Area 2 FFA chapters. There are 70 high schools that participated in the […]
RENICK, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a tree trimmer was killed in north-central Missouri when a tree he was cutting down toppled onto him. KTVO (http://bit.ly/2nHbmwN ) reports that 38-year-old Charles Hamblin of Macon died at the scene of the accident shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday in Renick in Randolph County. Authorities say Hamblin owned […]
The city of Trenton has proposed for the April 4th election, a three-eights of a percent sales tax to generate the local revenue needed to complete the financing project of a new bridge – estimated to cost $3,100,000. The 87-year-old bridge on 17th Street in Trenton is in dire need of replacement and City Administrator […]
The Princeton R-5 Dual Credit Speech Class will host a talent show in the school’s gym Friday evening at 6 o’clock. Senior Dale Bagley, who is enrolled in the speech class says concessions will be available at the talent show.
The Maysville school district reports Instructor Rodney Thomas has been placed on administrative leave from his job as a junior high math teacher and a coach with the wrestling program. The 39-year-old Thomas was arrested on multiple alleged sexual contact accusations and related charges in DeKalb County. A statement from the Maysville school indicates Thomas has […]
Twenty-first State Senator Denny Hoskins and Seventh District State Representative Rusty Black will speak at a legislative forum at the Chillicothe Comfort Inn and Suites Friday afternoon at 3:30. The Chillicothe Commerce Center will host the forum and there will be light refreshments served. In regards to the second half of the legislative session, […]
The City of Trenton will hold a public meeting about the transportation sales tax at the Ketcham Community Center the evening of Wednesday, March 29th from 5 to 7 o’clock. Personnel will be available to answer questions about the tax and the proposed 17th Street Bridge replacement project. The event will be come and go. […]
Chillicothe Fire Department’s Lt. Tracy Bradley has just received notification from the National American Legion Law and Order Committee Chairman, that she has been selected “Firefighter of the Year” for the Midwest Region which is comprised of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Bradley was nominated by Vern […]
The City of Trenton and Trenton Municipal Utilities offices will close early Friday. The offices will close at noon to allow employees to attend the funeral of David Williams, who was TMU employee for 38 years. All non-emergency departments for the city will be closed and in the case of an emergency, use the emergency number […]
The Cameron Police Department made a wish come true for an elementary student battling cancer Wednesday. A teacher at Parkview Elementary School in Cameron contacted Cameron School Resource Officer Chris Proctor about six-year-old Lucian Teegarden’s wish to ride in a police car. The police department presented Teegarden with a certificate making him an honorary police […]
The Grundy County Commission is accepting bids for new metal or polyethylene pipes as well as gasoline and diesel fuel to be used by the Sheriff’s Department, ambulance, and the Road and Bridge trucks and equipment. Bids will be accepted at the County Clerk’s Office until the morning of Tuesday, April 11, at which time […]
It all started about 7:15 a.m. this Wednesday morning when the Chillicothe Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a seatbelt and child restraint enforcement operation. The CPD reports the operation was set to target parents and young drivers who were not using proper vehicle restraints for themselves and/or their child passengers and was conducted […]
The Spickard R-2 School District will hold preschool and kindergarten screenings at the school Friday, April 21st from 8 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Children ages three through five residing in the Spickard School District are eligible to be screened and children who will be four years old by August […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to three calls, a structure fire, and two grass fires, within a three hour period on Tuesday. At 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, Chillicothe firefighters went to a grass fire at Routes O and N of Livingston County where approximately 30 large bales of hay were burning. It was noted by those […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office recently received orders to transport the following people to the Missouri Department of Corrections to serve a sentence or attend a treatment program: Sean P. Biller, 29, Chillicothe Probation Violation – Possession Controlled Substance – 7 years Tyler M. Gibson, 24, Chillicothe Violation Order of Protection – 4 years ITP Austin R. […]
A Cameron man faces multiple charges in DeKalb County after being accused of sexual contact and other charges while employed at the Maysville School. 39-year-old Rodney Thomas is accused of 19 counts on various dates during the past three years. Prosecutors charged Thomas with eight counts of a teacher having sexual contact with a student; […]
Sunnyview Foundation Inc. announced the March employee of the month based on resident and family nominations. Dustin Hall has been an employee with Sunnyview since 2014 and works as a dietary aide. He received an employee of the month parking spot and a $25 check from the foundation. The Sunnyview Foundation held a community appreciation […]
Three individuals were transported to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton by ambulance after a traffic accident at East Ninth and Main Streets in Trenton Monday morning. The Trenton Police Department reports 63-year-old Stanley Richardson of Galt stopped in the westbound lane on Ninth Street for a red light at the intersection when 30-year-old Casey Jones […]
