The Missouri Public Service Commission has determined Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) and KCP&L-Greater Missouri Operations Company (GMO) violated Commission rules by making customer-specific information available to a third-party, Allconnect, Inc. (Allconnect) without the consent of their customers. The Public Service Commission Staff filed a complaint against the two electric companies on May […]
A second north Missouri school district has announced plans for a campaign to establish additional scholarships for graduating students. The Gilman City School District is teaming up with the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri to launch an effort to develop more scholarships for graduates of Gilman City High School. Roger Alley, Superintendent of the Gilman […]
The highway patrol arrested an Iowa man who was injured yesterday in a rollover accident four miles east of Eagleville. Twenty five year-old Seth Coleman of Ogden, Iowa received what the patrol called moderate injuries. He was taken by ambulance to the Harrison County community hospital in Bethany. The patrol report stated a westbound pickup traveled […]
A Bethany woman, 21 year old Melody Grooms, received minor injuries in an accident two miles east of New Hampton. She was taken by private vehicle to the Northwest Medical Center in Albany. The state patrol reported the cross-over vehicle was eastbound when it topped a hill crest on county road 310. The driver over-corrected […]
FCS Financial has announced 35 scholarship recipients including several from northwest Missouri. Each student receives a 15 hundred dollar scholarship to assist with costs of higher education. According to F-C-S Financial, the recipients include Emma Fordyce of Bethany; Derek Hardy of Browning; Robert Parkey of Chula; Marissa Surber of Wheeling; and Dylan Watts of Sumner. Others from […]
An iconic water pump that once stood in the middle of the road on Route N in Boynton, Missouri, went missing several months back. Assumed to have been stolen for salvage, the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission, in conjunction with the Sullivan County Historical Society, offered a “no questions asked” reward of $350 for […]
Livingston County sheriff Steve Cox is reporting a change of address for a sex offender who has recently moved from Chillicothe to Brookfield, in Linn County. Marion Antone Davis, also known as Tony Davis reports a new address of 1301 North Main, Brookfield, Missouri as of May 2, 2016. This is a change from his […]
The Chillicothe Police Department has released a report of calls on Monday and Tuesday morning. The CPD is reporting two arrests. Officers received a report of theft in the 1300 block of Third Street. This investigation is on-going. Chillicothe police responded to a report of a dog at large in the 700 block of Missouri […]
Rain last week slowed planting of some Missouri row crops keeping farmers out of the field all but a couple of days. Topsoil moisture’s 89 percent adequate to surplus. Corn planting is 89 percent done, 40 percentage points ahead of last year and 42 percentage points ahead the 5-year average. It’s about 57 percent emerged. Soybean […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – A frustrated judge sentenced a former Northwest Missouri State University student to 30 years in prison with a suspended sentence and a five-year, highly supervised probation. Circuit Judge Roger Prokes sentenced Garrett Warfield to five years in prison on the first charge of possession of child pornography, 10 years in prison […]
A Trenton woman faces two misdemeanor charges in connection with an incident April 28th investigated by Trenton Police. Twenty two-year-old Holliann Alexandria Norton has been accused of peace disturbance and domestic assault in the third degree. Bond was set at five thousand dollars cash with Ms. Norton to appear May 10th in the associate division […]
A lawsuit filed two weeks ago in Grundy County has been voluntarily dismissed by an attorney representing Trenton Farms RE LLC. According to a document filed in Grundy county with the dismissal, the Attorney, Robert Brundage, stated the jurisdiction for a lawsuit is with the Western District Missouri Court of Appeals at Kansas City. The suit […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
Health insurance costs will be going up in the Trenton R-9 School District for the next year. How much of an increase though remains to be determined by the board of education. A special meeting was called for noon Friday with the intention of deciding the health insurance issue. However, moments before the meeting began, it was […]
The Chillicothe Farmers Market opens its 30th season this coming Saturday, May 7th at 8 o’clock at the courthouse square, rain or shine. The market, last year, averaged ten producers per Saturday, with a total of twenty eight for the season according to market master Beth Weidner. The market involves growers and craft persons from […]
The Trenton High School instrumental music department had four ratings of two during the state solo and small ensemble judging yesterday at Columbia. They were received by four soloists; Jose Barron the fourth on trumpet, Jasmyn French on tuba, Jaima Knight on flute, and Claire Utley on violin. A saxophone sextet from Trenton received a […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education has offered a contract to Daniel Gott as the Trenton Middle School Principal for the 2016/2017 school year. Gott currently teaches 9th grade American History at Trenton High School and has previously taught sixth grade social studies at Trenton Middle School, and has been a para-professional at SM Rissler Elementary […]
A planner with the North Missouri Solid Waste Management district, Ann Hamilton, reports Saturday’s recycling collection at Trenton was what she called extremely successful. Over one hundred sixteen Grundy County residents were assisted in the event sponsored by the City of Trenton and Grundy County in conjunction with the North Missouri Solid Waste Management district. […]
A Mercer County court case was received in Grundy County on a change of venue. Twenty eight-year-old Valerie Robinson of rural Princeton was charged in Mercer County with first degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second degree assault in connection with a two-vehicle traffic accident last July 4th east of Princeton. Ms. Robinson is […]
Union workers and ConAgra Foods have reached an agreement on a contract at the Trenton plant for four years, unless ConAgra decides to continue plans to close the plant before then. If the plant closes, the contract would end. If another company takes over operations at the Trenton plant, the four year contract could remain […]
