Vandalism in Trenton parks was discussed at the Trenton Park Board meeting on August 10th. Park Superintendent David Shockley reported the lower bathrooms at Moberly Park were vandalized over the Fourth of July weekend. New fixtures were installed to replace those that were destroyed. The bathrooms at Burleigh Grimes were repainted on the inside after […]
A Gallatin woman was arrested in Daviess County on Wednesday morning, August 10, on multiple allegations. The Highway Patrol accused 62-year-old Beverly Carpenter of felony driving while intoxicated, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana. She was taken to the Daviess DeKalb Regional Jail on […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education August 9th voted to increase substitute teacher pay. The pay will be $100 per day, which is a $10 increase. During a tax rate hearing, the board approved increasing the tax rate to $4.983. That is an increase of 1.86 cents. Items approved during the regular meeting included […]
Several defendants waived preliminary hearings Tuesday and had cases bound over to the docket, on Thursday for Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. John Mayes Burman is charged with 2nd-degree domestic assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. Both counts are from July 25th. A resident of Independence, Mira Ann Huffman, is charged with 1st […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved a bid and purchases on August 8th. The bid was from Renewal by Anderson for window replacement and installation at Gallatin City Hall. The bid for Fibrex windows and installation with a 20-year warranty was $59,854. Pella Windows and Doors also submitted a bid for Fiberglass windows at $26,132.48 […]
The Jamesport City Council approved a tax levy at a hearing before its regular meeting on August 8th. According to unofficial minutes, the levy is the same as the previous year at 92.7 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. It includes 74.95 cents for the General Fund and 17.75 cents for the Park Fund. During […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education accepted resignations and approved hirings after an executive session on August 9th. The resignations were from Trenton High School Custodian Graham McVay, effective July 1st, 2023, and THS Paraprofessional Angela Corbett, effective immediately. Those hired included Chris Parks for assistant varsity football, varsity girls track, and CPR training; Jessica […]
A Spickard resident was arrested on August 9th after an alleged incident in July in which he reportedly damaged a pickup truck, injured someone, and threatened a law enforcement officer. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports that 32-year-old Charles Lee Duncan has been charged with the felonies of first-degree property damage, third-degree assault, and resisting […]
The Sullivan County Health Department will hold a wellness day and lab draws later this month. The Safety and Wellness Day will be at the North Central Missouri Electric Cooperative of Milan on August 22nd from 1 to 5:30 pm. There will be information, resources, and activities. The North Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, Smithfield, and […]
The Mercer County Health Department in Princeton will hold an open lab day on August 12th. Appointments will be offered from 8 to 10 o’clock that morning. Tests to be offered include A1C for $19, lipid $18.50, PSA $10.75, TSH $10.25, CMP $9.50, and CBC $6.50. There is a $5 office fee. No doctor’s order […]
A resident of Albany received serious injuries in an all-terrain vehicle accident Tuesday night in Shelby County. Forty-three-year-old James Gordon was taken by an ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Macon and then flown by a medical helicopter to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. Gordon lost control of the ATV while traveling old Highway 36 […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri voters will decide this November whether to legalize recreational marijuana, four years after they first approved the drug for medicinal use. Secretary of State John Ashcroft announced Tuesday that an initiative petition to put the question before voters received 203,551 valid signatures across six Congressional districts — barely overcoming the minimum […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a woman who tried to set fires at a St. Louis 7-Eleven during a 2020 protest to 27 months in prison. On June 1, 2020, Nautica Turner took lighter fluid and began to pour it on the 7-Eleven located at 201 N. 17th Street in St. […]
A Shawnee, Kansas, attorney was sentenced in federal court for smuggling heroin to an inmate at the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo., with whom she had a romantic relationship. Juliane L. Colby, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to one year and one month in federal prison without parole. On […]
A Missouri man who shot himself in the buttocks before being arrested was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Herbert Lee Jones, 55, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 15 years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 4, 2022, Jones pleaded guilty to one count […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing the firearm he used to shoot into a home occupied by a woman and her infant child. Bernard Manuel, 34, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The sentence reflects an eight-year term […]
Major Sarah L. Eberhard, commander of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, will retire from the Missouri State Highway Patrol on September 1, 2022, after over 29 years of dedicated service. Eberhard was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1993, as a member of the 65th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Academy, she was assigned […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education will hold a tax rate hearing before its regular meeting on August 10th. Both will be in the high school Family and Consumer Sciences Room. The hearing will start at 7 p.m. The proposed rate is $6.581 per $100 of assessed valuation. That is a decrease of 5.21 cents […]
Trenton R-9 Superintendent Daniel Gott informed the board of education on August 9th that the district received a credit from Apple Bus for combined school bus routes last year. He said the credit was for $13,751.38. He noted the company is confident there will be enough drivers this year. Back-to-school activities were discussed. An open […]
At their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission (NCMRWC) voted unanimously to name the East Locust Creek Reservoir (ELCR) in honor of Missouri’s senior Senator, Roy Blunt. Both the Sullivan County Commission and the NCMRWC received a letter from Governor Mike Parson to consider naming the ELCR in honor of […]
