Thousands are expected to march Saturday, March 24 in eight Missouri cities to demand an end to gun violence in schools. Kim Westerman with the St. Louis chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America tells Missourinet the marches have been organized in response to last month’s deadly Florida school shooting. […]
The Mercer County Health Department will hold its annual Mercer County 5K next month. The event will be held at the Mercer City Park the morning of April 14th at 7:30 and is free to Mercer County residents. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place in the categories of men, women, […]
The Livingston County Commission will meet at the courthouse in Chillicothe twice next week. The meetings will be held Tuesday and Thursday starting at 9:30 each morning. Tuesday’s agenda includes a phone meeting with Darrin Smith with GovSpend at 11 o’clock, Commissioner Ed Douglas attending a Main Street Chillicothe meeting from 11:30 to 2 o’clock, […]
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a workshop and its regular meeting at the Chillicothe City Hall Monday evening. The council will discuss the 2018-2019 proposed budget during the 5:30 workshop. The agenda for the regular meeting at 6:30 includes a public hearing to consider the adoption of the 2018-2019 budget for the City of […]
A Chillicothe man has been charged with felony first-degree assault or attempt-serious physical injury or special victim. The charge for 53-year-old Terry Green was filed in Livingston County Circuit Court Wednesday. Online court information shows Green’s bond is set at $50,000 cash only with conditions that he is to report to Supervision Services and not […]
A resurfacing project through Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Carroll counties is scheduled to begin Monday, March 26. Contractor crews from Vance Brothers, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will resurface approximately 83 miles of U.S. Route 65 between the Iowa border and the Missouri River as well as a small portion of Route 6 […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of March 26 – April 1 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road […]
The Trenton High School Scholar Bowl team will participate in the Grand River Conference East Pod competition at Princeton Monday. The team will go up against Milan, Princeton, and Putnam County to determine the East Pod champion. The winner will play the winner of the Western Pod later next week for the Grand River Conference […]
The Trenton Building and Nuisance Board and Trenton City Council will meet Monday night. Both meetings will be held at the Trenton City Hall and are open to the public. The agenda for the 6 o’clock meeting of the Building and Nuisance Board includes two locations for the declaration of a nuisance, three for a […]
Applications for recognition as a Missouri Century Farm are due May 15. Farms owned by the same family for 100 or more consecutive years as of Dec. 18, 2018, are eligible. The line of ownership from the original settler or buyer may be through children, grandchildren, siblings, or nephews or nieces, including through marriage or […]
Livestock owners increasing their herds must grow demand for meat. Current herd size expands meat supplies and domestic meat consumption to record levels. With more supply, expect lower prices, University of Missouri economist Scott Brown told the Womack Agricultural Outlook Conference in Columbia. But that didn’t happen as forecast in 2017. Growing beef demand worked […]
The ex-husband of the woman Governor Eric Greitens had an affair with has filed a motion for a protective order from Governor Greitens. The document requests that Greitens be blocked from harassing or threatening the ex-husband or from being present when the ex-husband appears in court. The document says the ex-husband is highly […]
A new initiative in Missouri is offering small businesses and agricultural operations better opportunities to expand. Thursday State Treasurer Eric Schmitt joined business and finance leaders in downtown St. Louis to launch the Missouri FIRST program. Missouri FIRST which stands for Financing Investment in our Rural, Small Business and Technology communities, revamps the […]
Students from Trenton Middle School and Trenton High School attended the annual Missouri Family, Career, Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference, March 11-13, 2018, at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach. There were more than 1600 students in grades 6-12 and their teachers in attendance. This years’ student- developed conference theme was “ Unmask your […]
Of 13 career development events Thursday for FFA students competing in ag contests in Trenton, Princeton FFA had three teams win first place and Savannah FFA teams finished first in two other categories of judging. For Princeton, top honors at NCMC occurred in judging of livestock, meats, and soils. Princeton had a team finish in […]
Approximately 1,700 high school agriculture students from 75 high schools across northern Missouri participated in the annual NCMC Ag contest day held at North Central Missouri College on Thursday, March 22. The contests were held in cooperation with Area 2 Agriculture Educators for students to practice their judging skills in preparation for further judging competitions […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton man for stalking. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 39-year-old Jerrid Steven Fox is charged with felony first-degree stalking—first offense. His bond is $15,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court Tuesday. Court documents accuse Fox of purposely disturbing a 17-year-old on […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education accepted resignations and approved hirees during a special closed session meeting Thursday. The board accepted the resignations of elementary teachers Bradley Ewald and Taylor Hinton. Ewald currently teaches second grade and Taylor Hinton teaches fourth grade. The board hired Mike Tipton for high school science, Tristan Dugan and KelLeigh […]
Congress has until Friday night to pass a budget to fund the government or risk putting some federal employees, in Missouri and elsewhere, out of work until the issue is resolved. On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says Congress has a lot of priorities to fund, including for education and health. […]
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors voted Tuesday to accepted a proposed energy performance contract presented by Energy Solutions Professionals of Overland Park, Kansas. The contract is for an energy project involving lighting, water efficiency, and building infiltration improvements. The board also voted to obtain 2018-2019 employees’ major medical health insurance quotes […]
