The United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Tammy Dickinson announces the indictment of an employee working under contract with the U. S. Postal Service for stealing mail. Kristen McIntyre, 37, of Trenton was charged by a federal grand jury in Kansas City Tuesday. The indictment says McIntyre worked as a highway contract […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s upcoming job fairs could be just what you are looking for. MoDOT is looking for seasonal maintenance workers, wage employees and summer help for facilities in Bethany, Brookfield, Cameron, Carrollton, Chillicothe, Maryville, and St. Joseph. Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit www.modot.org/jobs and complete their online profile and apply positions […]
The Livingston County Library is making a call for all local self-published authors to connect with the community. The Livingston County Library is hosting a Local Author Expo on Saturday, April 1st from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. This is a chance for writers to connect with the community with each author to be given […]
The 8th-grade students from the Chillicothe Middle School and Southwest Livingston R-I Schools were given the opportunity to visit the Litton Agriculture Campus. The purpose of the visit was to see what the Chillicothe Ag Department and Chillicothe FFA Chapter had to offer them next year as incoming freshmen in high school. Senior members of […]
The Livingston County Health Center will offer Hepatitis C testing this month for a fee of $20.00. Testing will take place at the Health Center by appointment March 14 and 21 and will also be done through Adult Blood Draw Clinics for walk-ins the morning of March 29 from 7 to 10 o’clock. Public Information […]
An etiquette and manners class will be held at the Highview Baptist Church at 713 Milwaukee Avenue in Chillicothe the afternoon of Saturday, April 8 at 2 o’clock. Linda Meiergerd will instruct girls on proper etiquette and manners, including walking gracefully, sitting and standing with dignity, how to be correctly escorted, shaking hands, when to begin […]
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number One has placed a precautionary boil advisory on its customers due to a water main break. The boil advisory includes Sullivan County Rural Water customers on Highway 5 from Highway T south to Denver Road, Thrush Road between Highway 5 and Dakota Lane, Thunder Road, Voyage Road, […]
Beginning April 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation will offer Missouri hunters, anglers, and trappers its new Permit Card as an additional way of carrying and showing proof of most related permits. The new plastic cards are another option to paper and electronic permits. As new permits are purchased and old ones expire, the updated […]
The Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold the 14 Annual Customer Appreciation Day Luncheon at the Barton Farm Campus Lager Laboratory Plant Science Building Friday, March 17 from 11 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The event will celebrate 50 years of conservation efforts in Grundy County. The Soil […]
The Spickard Fire Protection District provided mutual aid for Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District Monday night before the storms. Spickard Training Officer Jesse Richmond reports firefighters responded to a grass and timber fire east of Route Y near its junction with O. Richmond says the burn ban for Spickard is still in effect.
A woman from Polo was killed when she was thrown from an overturning vehicle yesterday afternoon in Caldwell County. The highway patrol listed the victim as 36-year-old Misty Kapitza of Polo. The patrol reports a pickup she was driving was northbound on Highway 13, traveled off the west side of the road and struck a […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least two tornadoes touched down in Missouri Monday evening as a line of severe storms with heavy rain and large hail moved across the state, damaging homes in communities north and east of the Kansas City metro area. Dan Hawblitzel, a National Weather Service […]
Chillicothe and Livingston County will be among many participating in the State Wide Tornado Drill March 7. The drill which is activated by the National Weather Service will start at 10:00 A.M. Officials will test the TEXTCASTER system, activate Chillicothe Sirens, and test all receivers located in schools, and other public and private homes and […]
Probation has been suspended for a Trenton man, 32-year-old Timothy Ray Harding after he allegedly failed to appear for a hearing during the February 9 session of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Harding was arrested on Friday on the warrant accusing him of failure to appear with bond set at $15,000 cash only. He is now […]
A power outage this morning affected some customers of Trenton Municipal Utilities along and near the railroad tracks through Trenton. That’s according to City Administrator and Utility Director Ron Urton who reported an insulator went bad at a substation by the GFG main office which tripped a breaker. TMU crews replaced the insulator, reset the […]
With high school girls, basketball teams from Trenton and North Mercer competing this week in the state tournament in Columbia, both school districts have canceled classes on Thursday, March 9th which is the day of the games. Trenton plays Whitfield at 12 noon Thursday in the class three tournament. Mercer takes on South Iron County […]
The Chillicothe FFA Chapter and Livingston County Farm Bureau held a coloring contest during National FFA Week and Thank A Farmer week. The contest was for students in Kindergarten and First grade with each classroom awarded a first place winner who received a $5 McDonald’s gift card. This activity was to help expose youth to […]
Chillicothe’s’ burn ban and the Livingston county burn advisory has been extended until 9 o’clock tonight. That information came in this morning from the Fire Chief, Darrell Wright. Continuing with burn bans until further notice are the cities of Trenton and Spickard plus Putnam county. Rural areas of Grundy County remain under a burn advisory […]
Cultural Corner Art Guild & Gallery will feature area art in its upcoming exhibit, set to open on Tuesday, March 7, with an opening reception scheduled for Friday, March 10 from 5-8 p.m. Local artists will showcase paintings, drawings, fiber art, mixed media, ceramics, stained and fused glass, and woodcarving during this exhibit, which is […]
The Winston school gymnasium will be the site of a Backpack Buddies fundraiser April 8. Bids for auction items will be one-quarter, two-quarters, or three-quarters and no auction item will be more than 75 cents. Auction paddles are five dollars each. The doors open at 1 o’clock and early bird shopping with vendors will be […]
