Plans have announced to honor long-time school employees of the Trenton R-9 School District who will be retiring next month. The retirement reception will be held Friday night, May 6th, from 5 to 7 o’clock in the Trenton Middle School Media Center. Honored will be school counselors Kay Moore at Trenton High School and Robin Brown […]
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Trenton High School takes third place finishes in statewide science competition
The Trenton Science Olympiad team traveled to Fulton to participate Saturday in the State Science Olympiad competition. Prior to competition, students dedicated many hours after school researching, designing, building, testing and modifying events. Trenton entries received a pair of third place honors. Nickolas Wattenbarger and Emma Gilham placed 3rd for Electric Vehicle competition. Tomi Delp and […]
Gallatin’s Simmons wins medalist honors at Trenton golf quadrangular, GHS takes team title at 156
Gallatin High School’s Jett Simmons shot a 35 on Friday afternoon, one stroke better than the 36 by Marceline’s Tyler Hamilton, in the chase for individual medalist honors in a four-team (Trenton, Marceline, Carrollton, Gallatin) duel at Riverside Country Club. Trenton’s Nate Swann played very well for the host Bulldogs, finishing with a 37 for […]
NCMC Pirates to sign Benton High School’s M.J. Johnson on Tuesday morning
The PAR Broadcast Group has learned that North Central Missouri College men’s basketball coach Steve Richman will sign his second in-state recruit within the past week, with St. Joseph Benton senior forward M.J. (Mikhlyn) Johnson signing with the Pirates. Johnson is 6’6” in height, and an All-Midland Empire Conference honorable mention selection in his senior year. […]
Ex-NFLer Will Smith’s death: Suspect didn’t start fight, attorney says
NEW ORLEANS (CNN) — Cardell Hayes did not know former New Orleans Saint Will Smith, and he was not the aggressor in the quarrel that ended with Smith dead in the street and Hayes charged with murder, an attorney for Hayes told reporters. Hayes was the victim of a hit-and-run before his altercation with Smith, […]
Higginsville replaces East Buchanan, as Class 2, District 8 continues to be a tough football road
The Missouri State High School Activities Association has announced district football pairings for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, with the Trenton Bulldogs remaining in Class 2, District 8, and seeing just one change to the potential playoff field. East Buchanan, a strong program in districts for the past two years in Class 2, is moving […]
Missouri’s Republicans hold state caucuses
The Missouri Republican Party held local caucuses around the state on Saturday, in efforts to determine delegrats and alternates for Congressional and State Conventions. The caucuses generally were held on a county-wide basis, although 28 township level caucuses were scheduled in the urban St. Louis County. In Grundy County, delegates chosen for the Congressional District […]
Trenton High School’s “Gold Rush” competes in Maryville
Trenton High School Music Department’s Gold Rush group performed as a Chamber Choir Saturday in Maryville and received a rating of THREE. All high school students, Gold Rush and Concert Choir, performed in a Concert Choir and received a rating of TWO. Vocal Music Instructor Tyler Busick stated Saturday was not the day he and […]
Former Breckenridge man to present program on “The American West” in Chillicothe
Historian, author, and musician Mark Gardner will present a program in Chillicothe on Tuesday night, April 19th, during a quarterly board meeting of the Grand River Historical Society Museum. There will be a catered dinner at the Chillicothe Elks Lodge, followed by Gardner’s program at approximately 7:15. It is open to the public at a […]
Moss, Carpenter hit 3-run HRs as Cardinals top Braves 12-7
ATLANTA (AP) Brandon Moss and Matt Carpenter hit three-run homers and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Braves 12-7 on Sunday to keep Atlanta as the only NL team without a win. The Braves (0-5) also lost right-hander Dan Winkler, who suffered a fractured right elbow while throwing a pitch in the seventh. He left […]
Gore scores on wild pitch in 10th, Royals beat winless Twins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals did not need a hit to score the winning run Sunday. It wasn’t about how they reached base, just what they did once they got there. Speedy pinch runner Terrance Gore streaked home on a wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning, scoring with a […]
Princeton man indicted on theft charges, to appear in Grundy County Court on Thursday
Several arrests are in Monday morning’s report from the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. The first case involves that of 33 year old James LeRoy Houk of Princeton, who has been indicted by a Grundy County grand jury on felony theft charges. Houk is accused of taking U-S currency from Coon Manufacturing of Spickard between February […]
Chicago / St. Louis showdown highlights Stanley Cup Playoff first round
The annual two-month long battle of attrition to obtain Lord Stanley’s Cup will get going later this week, with 16 teams, eight from the Eastern Conference and eight from the West, set to battle in the divisional semifinal round. One of the more anticipated series will involve the long-time rivals St. Louis Blues and Chicago […]
Spieth collapses, Englishman Danny Willett wins Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Where does Jordan Spieth go from here? He could have been sailing along on the second act to one of the greatest years in golf history. Instead, the young Texan left Augusta shaking his head, and trying to figure out how to shake off one of the most epic collapses in the […]
Martinez leads Cardinals to 12-2 win over struggling Braves
ATLANTA (AP) Kolten Wong says hitting is contagious. In a runaway win over Atlanta, even starting pitcher Carlos Martinez enjoyed a share of the fun at the plate. Martinez drove in two runs, matching the total he allowed in six innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Julio Teheran and the winless Atlanta Braves 12-2 on […]
Kennedy impressive in Royals debut, beats Twins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ian Kennedy followed up an unimpressive spring with a strong regular season debut with the Kansas City Royals. Kennedy pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and the Royals hit their first three home runs of the season to beat the winless Minnesota Twins 7-0 Saturday night. “There was a little more added […]
St. Louis CC Archers sweep weekend series with NCMC Pirates
St. Louis Community College, playing on its home turf in Kirkwood, Missouri this weekend, took a four-game sweep over the visiting North Central Missouri College Pirates, dropping NCMC’s record to 6-27 for the 2016 spring season. In Saturday’s opener, the Archers took the Pirates down early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the 2nd […]
Trenton natives Trump, Hurley spur NCMC Lady Pirates to Sunday sweep
The North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates, just 48 hours removed from being swept by Jefferson and seeing an eight-game winning streak end, got back on the “winning beam” on Sunday afternoon, taking a pair of wins over St. Charles Community College at Mark Griffin Memorial Field in Trenton. The victories improve North Central’s record […]
Chiefs’ DeVito announces retirement after nine NFL seasons
Kansas City Chiefs veteran defensive lineman Mike DeVito has announced his retirement, publishing a letter in the Bangor (Maine) Daily News, saying that “there are more important things in life than football. As hard as it is to say goodbye to the game that has made me the man I am, I cannot wait for […]
Trenton basketball to shift from District 15 to 16, remain in Class 3; Chillicothe moves up to Class 4
The Missouri State High School Activities Association has released district assignments for high school basketball for the next two year cycle (2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years). There will be plenty of shifting across northwest Missouri, including Trenton and Brookfield joining a new grouping in Class 3, District 16, after both schools had been in District […]