(Missourinet) – Driver’s education courses are not offered in all of Missouri’s high schools, something one lawmaker wants to change. State Representative Rodger Reedy, of Windsor, wants students to complete the courses before they graduate from high school. He tells Missourinet that they typically were offered during the school year. “They had classroom […]
(Missourinet) – Today is election day in Missouri for mayors, city councils, boards of aldermen, school boards, and other local-level offices. Turnout for municipal elections is usually low compared to state-level and national elections, according to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft: “Yeah…unfortunately I’m concerned that a lot of people that are able […]
(Missouri Independent) – Early on in his administrative career, longtime Missouri educator Chris Belcher had what he called the worst experience of his life. “The kid screamed, and I felt awful,” he said. He didn’t want to do it, but he had to. It was the 1980s, and Belcher was told to paddle a student […]
Governor Mike Parson announced that the Missouri Department of Public Safety has approved a total of over $9.9 million in grants to 43 sheriff’s offices across the state for security and other improvements to local jails. “As a former sheriff, I know how important it is for Missouri jails to have adequate security systems and […]
A federal jury convicted a Tennessee nurse practitioner last week for illegally prescribing opioids – including oxycodone and fentanyl – from his medical practice. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary controlled substance pills […]
A former police department employee in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday admitted injuring a handcuffed jail inmate. Edward Lamar Barber, 42, was a prisoner processing clerk at St. Louis’ City Justice Center at the time. On July 11, 2019, after an inmate, “M.J.,” struck another clerk, a corrections officer used pepper spray and placed M.J. […]
A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court after a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper found more than 88 pounds (40 kilograms) of methamphetamine and a firearm during a car stop on Interstate 70 in Saline County, Mo. Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 34, who was residing in Des Plaines, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,550 birds over the past youth weekend, April 1 and 2. Top harvest counties were Osage with 71 birds harvested, Miller with 65, and Texas with 64. Results from the Green Hills Area show the number of turkeys killed […]
The Ray County Sheriff’s Department reports the inmate who assaulted a deputy and escaped from jail last week, was captured Sunday night by authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The sheriff’s office believes the wanted man, Justin Robinson of Richmond, was on his way to Texas. Media outlets are reporting Robinson was taken into custody by U.S. […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is now accepting entries for the 2023 Photo Contest. The deadline to submit photos is Sept. 1. Entries can include images from anywhere in Missouri, featuring beautiful natural resources, unique state parks and historic sites, natural phenomena, outdoor recreation, scenic landscapes, weather, wildlife, and people enjoying the outdoors. Contestants […]
A budget and swimming pool operations are expected to be topics for this month’s meeting of the Trenton Park Board on Wednesday evening. The agenda includes approval of the 2023-24 budget which follows the city fiscal year that begins May 1st. Listed for discussion is the purchase of a dump trailer. Committee reports also are […]
Chillicothe’s Fire Department and others responded to a Sunday afternoon brush fire in Utica. Firefighters used a brush truck to access a two to three-acre fire at 211 Brick Road. Approximately 250 gallons of water was used to extinguish the fire. Also responding were firefighters from Utica and Mooresville. Chillicothe firefighters were at the scene […]
The Trenton Rotary Club’s foreign exchange student from Spain discussed her country during a meeting Thursday. Carlotta Gonzalvez Ramirez lives with her parents and a brother in Sevilla, Spain. The Trenton club has served as Carlotta’s sponsor this school year. In Trenton, she has lived with the family of Rotarian Melissa King as well as […]
A St. Joseph man today was released from a detention center to face Grundy County charges of felony non-support. Forty-three-year-old Robert Lee Sharp was released from the Western Regional Diagnostic Center in St. Joseph and is held in custody in Grundy County awaiting an April 11th date in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit […]
Carroll County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) has been recognized as a 2023 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, this annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™. CCMH is a 25-bed critical access facility serving […]
(Missouri Independent) – Marcus Kerr was running his own food truck in California in 2018 when he parked by a marijuana dispensary one day. “I just ended up meeting the owner of this company, and they had my food,” he said. “They said, ‘Hey, can you infuse this?’ Then I started working for the big […]
Trenton High School music students performed well when the district solo and ensemble contests were held Saturday in St. Joseph. Four of Trenton’s entries received ratings called “exemplary.” Two dozen Trenton entries were judged to be “outstanding.” The exemplary ratings were awarded to Connor Campbell with a clarinet solo and Trent Villacampa with a vocal […]
Residents of Brookfield and Kirksville were taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning in rural Knox County. Twenty-seven-year-old Charity Coram of Brookfield and 27-year-old Daniel Harrelson of Kirksville received minor injuries and were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. A trooper reported a pickup driven by Harrelson experienced equipment malfunction. […]
(Missouri Independent) – Social Security will no longer be able to pay full benefits in 2033, a year earlier than previously expected, according to a report released Friday. The updated projections, in the annual trustee report, mean that without action to stabilize the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Social Security would have enough money to […]
(Missouri Independent) – Under current Missouri law, there is no prohibition on doctors or medical school students performing pelvic, prostate or anal exams on unconscious patients without consent. A pair of bills that have received unanimous support in both the House and Senate seek to change that. On Thursday, The Senate voted 33-0 in support […]
