A Miami, Missouri woman died as the result of a single-vehicle accident east of Carrollton Wednesday morning. The Patrol reports 31-year-old Cynthia Burton traveled east on U. S. Route 24 when her car ran off the road about three-fourths of a mile west of Missouri 139. The car returned to the road, skidded sideways, traveled […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that hunters checked 2,899 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Top harvest counties were Greene with 100, Texas with 95, and Dent with 94. Last year’s fall firearms turkey harvest total was 3,698. MDC’s turkey biologist says this year’s low fall firearms turkey […]
Gallatin High School will hold an assembly for veterans, service members, and their spouses next week. The assembly will be held in the school gym the afternoon of November 10th at 1 o’clock. A reception will be held in the library afterward. Call Amy Holder at Gallatin High School at 660-663-2171 for more information. North […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton man Tuesday for misdemeanor interference with custody. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 24-year-old Jacob Mathew Ishmael posted his bond of $2,500 cash or corporate surety. He is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court November 14th.
Grundy County property owners and residents will receive real estate and personal property tax bills in the mail soon. County Collector-Treasurer Barbara Harris says the failure of the taxpayer to receive notice of tax payments does not relieve the taxpayer of any tax liability imposed by law. Those who do not receive a tax bill […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bucklin woman sustained minor injuries when a vehicle collided with hers in Bucklin Wednesday morning. Fifty-one-year-old Cinthy Teel’s sports utility vehicle met a pickup truck driven by 38-year-old David Beakley of Bucklin at the Pine and Second Street intersection. Beakley reportedly failed to yield, and his truck struck Teel’s vehicle on […]
The Missouri Baptist Convention will hold Pray Across Missouri in several area counties in the next few days. The initiative will be held at the Putnam County Courthouse in Unionville today at 1:30. On Thursday, November 2, an event will be held at the Sullivan County Courthouse in Milan at 10:30 in the morning, the […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A St. Joseph teenager whose infant died after she fell asleep with the child has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation. Eighteen-year-old Kyla Watson was sentenced Tuesday for endangering the welfare of a child. The St. Joseph News-Press reports Watson admitted in September that on June 1 she used Xanax […]
A Hunters Breakfast will be held at the North Daviess School in Jameson later this month. The event will be held the morning of November 11 from 7:30 to 11:30 and those attending can eat their fill and pay what they will. Proceeds will go to the Village of Jameson.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin mailing ballots to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the 2017 Farm Service Agency county committee elections on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. “County committee members play an indispensable role in our efforts to provide assistance to producers,” said FSA Acting Administrator Steve Peterson. “They provide local […]
The October weather summary in Trenton shows precipitation more than double that of normal with high temperatures averaging one degree above typical, and low temperatures averaging three degrees above normal. Trenton received 6.81 inches of rainfall in October which is 3.74 inches above normal for the month. The 6.81inch total was the third greatest for October […]
It was a busy Halloween for firefighters at Chillicothe responding to at least four calls for service and participating in the Chillicothe Boo Fest and Pumpkin Drop. During the noon hour, Chillicothe Fire department responded to the EZ-Do Laundromat for an odor investigation. Upon arrival, crews were able to smell an odor but unable to […]
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley continues to widen his fight against the ongoing opioid crisis announcing the issuance of civil investigative demands to three major opioid distributors. These investigative demands, the equivalent of a subpoena, require the distributors to provide documents and information relevant to the Attorney General Office’s ongoing investigation into the pharmaceutical industry’s […]
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act health exchange starts today. President Trump recently signed an executive order that could offer an alternative to the exchange in the future. The order would allow small businesses to pool their purchasing power into associations that could bargain for cheaper premiums, and do so across state lines. Dave […]
There are still vendor spaces available for the North Central Missouri Community Action Partnership’s Eighth Annual Green Hills Women’s Expo this Saturday. The expo will be held in the Trenton High School gym and Commons from 9 o’clock that morning to 2 o’clock that afternoon. Community Action Partnership Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that vendor […]
The United States Department of Agriculture announced that farmers and ranchers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage safety net program may enroll for the 2018 crop year starting November 1. The enrollment period will end August 1, 2018, and farm producers not enrolled for the 2018 enrollment period will […]
The North Central Missouri Community Action Partnership offers Weatherization. Community Action Partnership Executive Director Aaron Franklin says the Community Action Partnership is looking for homeowners, renters, and landlords interested in participating in the Weatherization program. He explains that Weatherization provides cost-effective, energy-efficient home improvements to Missouri’s low-income households, especially the elderly, children, those with physical […]
The Grundy County Health Department has announced a contract has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to continue to provide Women, Infants, and Children services for the federal fiscal year 2018. The health department will serve 293 persons eligible for WIC every month under the terms of the contract. WIC […]
The Trenton City Council voted to enter into agreements with Lathrop-Gage Law Firm of Kansas City and Environmental Specialty Solutions, Incorporated of Kansas City at Monday night’s closed session. The council voted for the Lathrop-Gage agreement six to one, with Councilman David Mlika voting no. Jennifer Hottes-Urich was absent from the meeting. The council approved […]
The Trenton High School Key Club and the Grundy County Jewett-Norris Library in Trenton will host a Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Children in preschool through first grade can bring a stuffed animal or doll to the Hoover Theater in the library the evening of November 17th at 6:30. Participants will read a bedtime story and receive […]
