ST. LOUIS (AP) Domingo Santana guessed correctly. The Milwaukee outfielder was thinking fastball when he ripped a go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning that lifted the Milwaukee Brewers past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Wednesday night. Santana pounded a 98-mph pitch from closer Trevor Rosenthal (0-1) with two out. “Just looking for a […]
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Perez tags Giles, Royals beat Astros 4-2
HOUSTON (AP) Fresh off winning the MVP award in the World Series, Salvador Perez kept waiting for his first real big hit of 2016. On Wednesday night, he delivered. Perez tagged Houston reliever Ken Giles for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Kansas City Royals over the Astros 4-2 Wednesday night. […]
Titans agree to trade No. 1 overall draft pick to Rams
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Tennessee Titans agreed Thursday to trade the No. 1 overall pick in this month’s NFL draft to the Los Angeles Rams. This is just the seventh trade involving the top overall pick since 1990 and first since 2004. That was when San Diego drafted Eli Manning and traded his rights to […]
Smithville wins individual, team titles at Cameron Golf Tournament
The Smithville Warriors shot 312 on Wednesday, scraping by runner-up Gallatin’s total of 315 and third place Cameron’s 316, in the Cameron boy’s golf tournament. Trenton finished sixth as a team with a score of 337, while Nate Swann, with an 18 hole score of 74, finished fourth place individually. J.D. Benbow of Smithville was […]
Sex offender relocates from Chillicothe to Trenton address
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox is reporting that a sex offender has relocated to Trenton from a former address in Chillicothe. Eugene Alan Swartz is listed as moving to 74718 West Leisure Lake Drive, which is a Trenton address. Swartz has a birth date of February 26, 1972, and is described as five foot, six […]
Newtown-Harris school awarded safety grant
The Newtown-Harris school district has been awarded a three-thousand dollar safety grant. It’s from a legislative appropriation to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant is administered by the Missouri School Boards Association through its Missouri center for education safety. The center provides training, technical assistance, and other safety-related initiatives. Newtown-Harris is […]
Pleasant View R-6 board approves salary increases
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has increased the base pay for certified teachers to 28-thousand dollars, which is an increase of five hundred dollars over this year. The board approved a twelve hundred fifty dollar pay increase for administrator Rebecca Steinhoff, making her compensation 51-thousand 250 dollars, which is a two and one […]
Jamesport City Council approves appointments and auditing services
The Jamesport City Council has approved Lockridge, Constant, and Conrad to provide auditing services for three years. The audit for the first year is not to exceed thirty nine hundred fifty dollars. The charges for the following two years are four thousand fifty dollars and forty one hundred fifty dollars respectively. The Jamesport council approved […]
Cameron teen arrested on drug charges in Grundy County
An 18-year old Cameron resident, Shawn Ward, has been charged in Grundy County with possessing the controlled substance diazepam as well as unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, both on April 8th. The second charge accuses ward of possessing a straw and syringes with intent to introduce methamphetamine into the human body. Ward was being held […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to natural gas leak on Green Street
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a natural gas leak late yesterday afternoon at 1201 Green Street that included a brief evacuation for safety precautions. A report from fire chief Darrell Wright states a gas meter had been hit by a vehicle, was broken off in the ground, and was releasing natural gas. He noted […]
Missouri man transported to Mosaic Life Care after flipping car on I-29
A 40-year-old Missouri man suffered moderate injuries Wednesday afternoon, after his car flipped on Interstate 29. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol, Brian J. McCoy was driving his Honda Accord northbound on I-29, at the 55 mile marker, when the vehicle went off the west side of the roadway and into the median. The […]
Chillicothe Police arrest 2 in connection with attempted burglary/robbery that took place Tuesday
The Chillicothe Police Department has announced the arrest of two individuals associated with an alleged attempted robbery and residential burglary on Tuesday, April 12th. On Wednesday, April 13, Chillicothe Police Department officers responded to a theft in the 1000 block of Graves Street. While investigating that theft, officers broadened their investigation, and were able to […]
Trenton R-9 school district hires new staff members
Among the new hires for next year in the Trenton R-9 school district is Amy Franklin, originally from Mount Ayr, Iowa. She will take the business teaching position replacing Mitch Holder who will become director of the vocational school in Marshall. Mrs. Franklin, a graduate of Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, has taught 12 years in the Pleasant […]
Laredo school board meets, approves salary increases, swears in new members
Laredo R-7 board of education has approved a 500 dollar increase in base salary for certified staff. That puts the base at 27 thousand, 500 dollars. One additional year for experience was added to the salary schedule. The board agreed to continue to pay the local 40 percent share for teachers who do additional work; even though the […]
Mizzou football’s “Black and Gold” spring game set for Saturday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. (MUTigers.com) – Mizzou Football will hold its annual Black & Gold Spring Game on Saturday, April 16 at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and spend the day supporting Mizzou as there will be numerous activities and other Mizzou Athletics teams competing on-campus leading up to the 5 p.m. CT football […]
Cardinals look for 5th straight win in mid-week duel vs. Milwaukee
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The results at the plate for the St. Louis Cardinals have changed so dramatically that they’ve gone from facing their first 0-4 start in 19 years to the verge of a positive the franchise hasn’t experienced since the 19th century. With a club runs record on the horizon, the Cardinals seek […]
Powerful Penguins host N.Y. Rangers to open NHL playoffs
PITTSBURGH (AP) Marc Staal noticed the gaudy record, the highlight reel goals, the unrelenting speed and can’t help but be impressed with the way the Pittsburgh Penguins have ripped through the NHL over the last three months. Yet the veteran New York Rangers defenseman has seen it before. Many times. So he’s not caught up […]
Detroit Red Wings, in postseason for 25th straight year, open playoffs in Tampa Bay
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) There’s nothing like the Stanley Cup playoffs to make Brad Richards feel young again. The two-time Stanley Cup champion is in the postseason for the 10th time during a 16-year career that includes stints with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks and his current team, the Detroit […]
Royals aim for season win #6 in third game of mid-week series at Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — A little more than a week into the season, the Kansas City Royals have already shown a knack for winning the close games. Looking to build on another nail-biting victory, the visiting Royals continue their four-game series with the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, with pregame on KTTN AM 1600 and KTTN […]
Classical string quartet to perform in Chillicothe
The Chillicothe Area Arts Council concludes their show schedule with a performance on Sunday, April 24th by a classical string quartet. St. Mark’s Square is a professional string quarter from Springfield. Its members are instructing at, or have served, as faculty members at Missouri State University, Drury University, and the College of the Ozarks. Each […]