The Gallatin Board of Aldermen has approved the only bid received for trimming and/or removing overgrown trees along a circuit that feeds electricity to the school. The bid from Sinkhorn Tree Service was $19,500. Crews have been putting in manhole risers for the summer paving of Clay Street. Keller Construction has been hired for that […]
The Chillicothe Area Arts Council is sponsoring an “outdoor cultural luncheon” on Wednesday, May 11th at Silver Moon Plaza in downtown Chillicothe. The Chillicothe High School jazz band performs at 12 noon, followed by Central Elementary School’s fourth and fifth grade “Hornet Stinger Choir”. The one hour program is free to the public. The Silver […]
Several arrests are in this mornings’ report from the Grundy County Sheriffs Office. 33-year-old Jennifer Boullion of Laclede faces two felony counts stemming from a January 29th arrest by the Highway Patrol. She is accused of possession of methamphetamine and resisting arrest for a felony. Bond is 20 thousand dollars cash. 25-year-old Spickard resident, Cody […]
Single vehicle, roll over, accidents last evening in two counties injured teenage drivers. The highway patrol listed 16 year old Alexes Latimer of Hamilton with minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The accident was near Hamilton early last evening. According to the patrol report, the southbound car Ms. Latimer was […]
GALLATIN, Mo. – Routes Y and N in Daviess County will close this week for culvert replacements. On Thursday, May 12, local crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to close Route Y between Route 6 and Reel Avenue from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Friday, May 13, they will close Route N […]
Here are some specific steps that all graduating seniors should take. Actually, this is good advice for everyone, no matter when or if you’ve graduated from college. Become financially literate Unfortunately, financial literacy in the United States is not widespread. Most high school students fail a personal finance exam (less than 50% of questions answered […]
The Trenton R-9 school district will pay over one point one million dollars in employee health insurance premiums for the fiscal year beginning July 1st. That covers 174 full time employees who will notice a higher deductible and out of pocket expense as a result of a new health insurance plan. The R-9 board of […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting the arrests of several individuals in the area. Including Trenton and Princeton residents. Stetson Turley, 24 of Trenton was arrested on May 8, and placed on a 24-hour hold at the Grundy County Law Enforcement center at the time of his arrest. The patrol alleged that he filed […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has released a report on recent activities and incidents. The Livingston County Sheriff and Missouri State Highway Patrol continued an investigation in rural Livingston County. That investigation involved searching property and seizing alleged evidence from one or more crimes in Livingston County. Additional search, interviews, and investigation is still taking […]
The Chillicothe Police Department has released highlights of recent calls, which include a child abuse investigation, domestic abuse and recovery of a stolen bike. Officers conducted a child abuse investigation in the 1500 block of Calhoun Street. The investigation was deemed unfounded. A black bike with pink rims in the 1000 block of Webster Street. […]
The Trenton City Council has voted to resume advertising to seek applications for the vacant City Administrator’s position. The advertisement will be placed through the Missouri Municipal League. It was mentioned the advertising cost for a 30 day period is $40.00 to $45.00. City Clerk Cindy Simpson is serving as Interim City Administrator following the […]
The Laredo Board of Alderman has voted to raise water and sewer rates because of new expenses incurred by the town for mandatory water tower and lagoon updates. The water base rate is going up by $7.00 to $24.00. The sewer rate is going up by $3.00 to $18.00. The price per gallon for usage […]
On August 20, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act which created a variety of programs, including Community Action Agencies, as part of his War on Poverty. He knew then as we know now, that the war against poverty must be won in the field, in every private home, in every public […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 44,187 birds during Missouri’s 2016 regular spring turkey season April 18 through May 8. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 961 birds checked, St. Clair with 878, and Texas with 861. Young turkey hunters harvested 4,167 birds during the 2016 spring youth […]
Trenton Police Chief Tommy Wright reports the Trenton Police Department is once again holding its Cops and Kids fishing event titled “Cops-N-Bobbers.” The event will be June 4th, 2016 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus located at 96 SE 8th Avenue, just south of Trenton. This […]
Two people from the Kansas City suburb of Raytown, Missouri were injured in a two-vehicle accident in western Sullivan County on Saturday morning. The Highway Patrol says a sport utility vehicle and van collided on Highway 6, one mile east of Reger. Forty-eight year old Anita Hahn and her 15-year old daughter, Tiegan Hahn (both […]
Trenton 7th and 8th grade instrumental music students earned 16 top ratings of one during the Macon Middle School Music Festival on Saturday. Madi Cutsinger had top ratings of one for two solos performances on timpani and marimba. Other instrumental soloists earning a one rating were Rebekah Allen, Ellie Boman, Kendall Crowley, Sydney Ellis, Brice […]
Graduation ceremonies were held Sunday afternoon, May 8, at Grundy R-5 of Galt and at North Mercer School. The Valedictorian at Grundy R-5 is Luis Barriaga. The Grundy R-5 Salutatorian is Emily Milazzo. At North Mercer, the Valedictorian is Bethany Woodley. The salutatorian is Taylor Meinecke.
Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at GHS Paper Tube and Core Manufacturing in Albany this Sunday afternoon. At this time, it is reported much of the building has been destroyed. Multiple fire departments were called to the scene at around 1 o’clock this afternoon, and remained on the scene as of 5:45 […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – Savannah, Missouri, firefighters responded to a garage blaze Saturday evening that resulted in injuries to a young child. Interim Savannah Fire Department Chief Dave Vincent said the call went out at 6:20 p.m. to the residence at 505 E. Price St. En route, the responding crews learned from a city […]
