The Chillicothe Board of Adjustments approved one variance application and denied another on October 4th. Zoning Administrator Kevin Shira reports the variance application that did not pass was by the Midwest Sign Company to install a new pylon sign with an overall height of 51 feet versus the city allowed a max of 40 feet […]
Children up to five years old can enter the Missouri Day Baby Show. Participants four and five years old will compete for the titles of Little Mister and Little Miss Missouri Day. Baby show registration will start at the Rock Barn Pavilion on October 15, 2021, at 5:30 pm with the show at 6 pm. […]
The Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission approved a request for a conditional use permit on October 4, 2021. The Board of Adjustment approved requests regarding variances. The request approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission was from Terry Hearn for a conditional use permit to allow him to operate a used car lot at 907 […]
The Trenton High School Band and auxiliary units did well at the Mark Twain Marching Festival held on Saturday in Center in northeast Missouri. According to instructor Anthony Webb, the Trenton band received first place in the parade, indoor color guard, and field show competitions. Trenton received second place for indoor drumline. A number of […]
A group of individuals representing four area churches met for Serve Trenton this past Saturday and Sunday. Spokesman Doctor Kevin Harris reported 12 improvement projects were completed by the volunteers. He noted these were done on behalf of the area’s elderly and indigent citizens. The event began at CF Russell Stadium with prayer, worship, and […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Carroll County Memorial Hospital offering patients 3D Mammography. CCMH is also offering a $75 cash special for a mammogram during the month of October. The average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about 13 percent. This means there […]
On Monday, October 4, 2021, a new generator was delivered to Sunnyview as part of the energy project currently underway at the facility. The new generator will enable Sunnyview to keep the facility running during power outages.
A Mercer County rollover accident on Monday afternoon injured a resident of Pattonsburg. Sixty-eight-year-old Isabel Armstrong received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. A trooper said Ms. Armstrong was eastbound when she swerved to avoid debris on Highway 136, over-corrected, and drove off the north side of […]
A Cameron woman was injured Monday night in an Interstate 35 accident five miles south of Cameron. Twenty-four-year-old Kelcey Ross was taken by ambulance to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the truck, Menno Bontrager, wasn’t hurt. Ms. Ross was southbound, on northbound I-35 when a head-on collision occurred with a northbound pickup […]
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2021, in the Laclede Cemetery to recognize and honor U.S. Navy Sailor George Merton Gooch from Laclede. He was killed in action when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Gooch will be laid to rest in a 1 o’clock memorial service. Full […]
In keeping with the Missouri Bicentennial theme, the Missouri Day Festival parade in Trenton Saturday, October 16, 2021, will feature a Grand Marshal who’s a descendant of the late Missouri Governor Arthur Hyde. Hyde was elected as Governor of Missouri in the 1920 election and served one term from 1921 to 1925. The announcement came […]
Two additions have been made to the agenda on Tuesday for the weekly meeting of the Grundy County Commission. Representatives of Hickman Insurance will be available Tuesday to assist with open enrollment for employees interested in having insurance. The commissioners will receive an update from Grundy county extension at 11 o’clock. Previously announced was the […]
Trenton Police say an unknown motor vehicle knocked down a utility pole and street sign Sunday morning at the intersection of West 13th Court and Normal Street. A police officer’s report indicates the vehicle, which appeared to be westbound on West 13th Court, traveled off the south side of the street before leaving the scene. […]
Two topics are listed for discussion at this months’ meeting of the Trenton Park Board. The members will meet Wednesday, October 5, 2921, at 5:15 at the Moberly Park shelter house in Trenton. New business topics include discussion of the upper Moberly parking lot and the VFW War Memorial at Moberly Park. The meeting also includes […]
The Lillian DesMarias Youth Library is hosting two Leaf Silhouette Crafternoons. The first session, on October 12, is for children ages 5-7. The second, on October 14, is for children ages 8-12. There is no cost for these programs, however, registration is required so that the correct number of supplies can be provided. Registration is […]
The Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission and the Trenton Board of Adjustments hold public hearings Monday evening, October 4, 2021, at Trenton City Hall regarding requests from Terry Hearn and Charles Walmsley. The meetings begin at 7 pm this evening. Hearn is seeking a conditional use permit to operate a used car lot at 907 […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a man on drug-related allegations. Forty-nine-year-old Chad Gorrell, of Atchison, Kansas was arrested early Sunday in DeKalb County and accused of felony possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Gorrell was also accused of having no valid driver’s license. Gorrell was transported to the […]
A 16-year old northwest Missouri boy received serious injuries when the all–terrain vehicle he was operating overturned, ejecting him from the vehicle. The youth, from Faucett, was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. The crash happened early Sunday on private property five miles south of St. Joseph. The boy was riding the ATV […]
A Rushville resident was hurt when she drove through a T-intersection where a stop sign was not visible. Seventy-six-year-old Joyce Newton was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. The accident happened late Saturday morning in southwestern Buchanan County about three miles south of Rushville. Ms. Newton was eastbound on Blakley […]
Two Milan residents have been charged after police responded Friday afternoon to what Milan Police Chief Gail Hayes described as a domestic disturbance. Hayes said Milan police went to the 200 block of North State Street where the couple had been in a verbal and physical altercation. After an investigation, 36-year old Rodolfo Hernandez of […]
