Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – The Missouri Senate’s spring break came a day early this year after Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin adjourned the chamber following two days of a Democrat-led filibuster of a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors. As some departed for a now-extended break, strategizing continued in senators’ offices into the evening over the […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports two arrests on March 8th on probation violations. Thirty-eight-year-old Brandon Bellamy of Trenton was arrested on a capias warrant on an alleged probation violation on original felony charges of attempted first-degree burglary and first-degree property damage. Bellamy is to be held on no bond. Fifty-year-old Angel Maureen Stewart […]
Views: 1Last August, Zack Smith welcomed a group of farmers, agricultural researchers, and investors to his mid-sized farm just south of the Iowa-Minnesota border for a field day. It was warm out, shorts weather, and around 35 people sat on straw bales listening as the young, fifth-generation farmer—who has gained a devoted audience through Twitter […]
Views: 0A proposal by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would change the rules on what foods can be labeled ‘Product of USA.‘ Current laws contain loopholes that allow foreign-raised livestock and produce to receive that designation, which farm advocates say is a disadvantage to U.S. ag producers. The new rule would require the “Product of USA” label […]
Views: 0U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, in her capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, demanding a thorough review of the whistleblower allegations recently brought to Senator Hawley. “I write regarding new information brought to my attention by […]
Views: 0Missouri Attorney General Bailey joined a coalition of seven states in shutting down a massive robocalling operation involving John Caldwell Spiller II and his business partner Jakob Mears, the owners of Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC, as well as Rising Eagle Capital Group–Cayman. The defendants blasted billions of illegal […]
Views: 3Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office filed a criminal complaint against Curtis Lee Domann, for allegedly taking money from a homeowner in Platte County, Missouri to perform home renovations that he never intended to perform. “As Attorney General, I want to enforce the laws as written, which includes protecting consumers from […]
Views: 0A man from Pemiscot County, Missouri on Wednesday admitted possessing a machine gun after a shootout in 2022. Jamaal L. Jackson Jr., 20, of Caruthersville, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. to one count of possession of a machine gun. On Aug. 23, 2022, the Caruthersville Police Department responded […]
Views: 0A Missouri man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for the offenses of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Jaleel D. Gipson, 31, of Poplar Bluff, appeared for his sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh […]
Views: 0A Missouri woman was sentenced Tuesday to 8 years in federal prison for the offense of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Rulo appeared for her sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. At a guilty plea hearing last year, April M. […]
Views: 7A Greentop resident faces multiple felonies in Sullivan County after he allegedly sexually assaulted his ex-stepdaughter. Forty-seven-year-old Benjamin Charles Walker has been charged with first-degree statutory rape or attempted statutory rape with a person less than 12 years of age, first-degree child molestation, and two counts of sexual misconduct involving a child under 15. […]
Views: 7Harrison County deputies responded to Ridgeway on March 7th to a report of a male being shot. Harrison County Sheriff Trevor Place reports that, upon arrival, deputies located a male with several apparent gunshot wounds. Place says that after obtaining statements from the victim, a suspect was developed. Twenty-year-old Avery Cook of Eagleville was […]
Views: 0A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing the firearm used in the fatal shooting of an Independence, Mo., firefighter during an altercation in a liquor store parking lot. Ja’Von L. Taylor, 23, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to one count of being a felon […]
Views: 0A man who led police officers on a high-speed chase down a runway at the downtown airport pleaded guilty in federal court to disrupting airport operations as well as illegally possessing a firearm. Efren Torres-Rodriguez, 35, of Olathe, Kansas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to one count of damaging or […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports two Milan residents sustained minor injuries when a car struck a guardrail one mile east of Milan Wednesday morning, March 8th. The driver, 47-year-old Angela Laro, and the passenger, 65-year-old Carl McKinsey, were taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. The car traveled east on Highway […]
Views: 0The Newtown-Harris FFA is holding a fundraiser to raise money for four members to attend the FFA Washington Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. The fundraiser will be held Saturday, March 18th at the Newtown-Harris School Gymnasium, and will include a meal. The meal will consist of pork loin, cheesy potatoes, green beans, fresh fruit, […]
Views: 1The Spickard and Grundy County Rural Fire Protection Districts responded to a grass fire on Tuesday evening, March 7th. Melody Chapman with Spickard Fire reports the fire at 281 Northwest 90th Street burned about an acre. She says the fire was started by an outside wood stove. The land was owned by Jason and […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Commission is seeking bids for multiple items. One of those items is CART rock for township and Road and Bridge needs. Sealed bids are being accepted for about 100 to 120 cubic yards of concrete delivered to various bridge construction sites in Grundy County during 2023. Bids are to be for […]
Views: 0Trenton VFW Post 919 has received a $10,000 grant from the Veterans United Foundation of Columbia. The grant will go toward the post’s remodeling and expansion project. The post received help on the grant from Alisa Ormsby of Trenton. The Trenton VFW Post is still taking orders for honor bricks to recognize military veterans […]
Views: 1Four Princeton FFA members will receive State FFA degrees at the state convention in April. The members receiving the State FFA Degree are seniors Katelyn Girdner, Cheyenne Dinsmore, Klaire Buckler, and Ryder Allen.
