The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled in Grundy County will review grant applications next week. The organization will meet at the east entrance of the courthouse in Trenton on October 12, 2021, at 6 p.m.in the evening. Applications are to be reviewed from Indian Creek Equine, Hope Haven, The Gifted Group, and Camp […]
Twenty-four marching bands and other entries will be in the Missouri Day Parade in Trenton next week. The parade will start at the corner of Crowder Road and Main Street on October 16, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. Parade Spokesperson Steve Maxey says the route will go south to Ninth Street, turn east and continue to […]
Aviation Project Manager Ryan DaMetz from Lochner will present a report at the Chillicothe Municipal Airport Advisory Board meeting next week. The board will meet at the Chillicothe City Hall on October 12, 2021, at 5:15 p.m. The agenda also includes a report from Airport Manager Toby Calivere.
Missouri Secretary of State, Jay Ashcroft, announces the launch of the Missouri Bicentennial Photo Drive, celebrating 200 years of statehood. This effort is sponsored by the Missouri State Archives, a division within his office. Starting Oct. 4, 2021, and running through August 2022, the public is invited to submit up to seven images each in […]
(Missouri Independent) – Roughly 4,300 Missourians eligible for health care under Medicaid expansion have been enrolled, a top Missouri Medicaid official said Thursday. That figure represents a little over a quarter of the more than 17,000 applications the state has received since it began accepting applications for Medicaid expansion coverage in August, the Centers for […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education will accept public input on a United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant for an electric bus. The board will meet in the high school library on October 11, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. Other items on the agenda include bus routes and a closed session for employee matters […]
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department reports a man believed to be impersonating a law enforcement officer stopped at a residence on October 6, 2021. The office explains the unknown white male came to the residence in a pickup truck, approached a neighbor, and asked for someone who is not from the area. The man allegedly […]
The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced funding for the processing of industrial hemp fiber. The Department will award grants of up to $200,000 for reimbursement of expenses associated with the expansion of processing capacity for industrial hemp fiber in Missouri. The Missouri General Assembly appropriated $700,000 to help build Missouri’s industrial hemp fiber processing infrastructure. […]
Missouri Capitol Police learned on Thursday afternoon that scammers had begun manipulating Caller ID so phone calls appeared to be coming from Missouri Capitol Police. This is a scam known as “spoofing” and can be used to try to obtain personal information from you. Do not fall for this scam. More than two dozen people […]
Grundy Electric Cooperative and the City of Galt, Missouri have filed a joint application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking Commission approval of a territorial agreement between the two electric service providers. According to the application, the purpose of the agreement is to allow Grundy to purchase Galt’s electric facilities and provide electric service […]
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted 988 as a new three-digit number to be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline. The use of this new three-digit number will begin on July 16, 2022. The FCC is implementing this new three-digit number in an effort to simplify the hotline’s […]
The Livingston County Commission will attend a Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting next week. The meeting will be at the Livingston County Health Center of Chillicothe October 12th at 11 o’clock in the morning.
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will consider adjustments to after-school tutoring pay next week. The board will meet at the school district office October 12th at 5:30 in the evening. Other items on the agenda include English Language Learner/Special Education and testing program evaluations, summer school and safety reports, and instructional coach updates. A […]
Parent-teacher conferences will be held next week for Trenton R-9 students. Schools will dismiss early October 14th, and conferences will be from 2 to 7 o’clock. Conferences can be virtual or in person for Rissler Elementary School, Trenton Middle School, and Trenton High School. Parents of children at Rissler are to be contacted by teachers. […]
The Princeton High School Homecoming King and Queen were crowned on October 6, 2021at Eddie Allen Field. The King was Logan Smith, and the Queen was Lauren Krohn. Both are seniors at Princeton High School. Princeton will take on Polo in the upcoming Homecoming game Friday at 7 p.m. The Homecoming dance is to be […]
The Drought Monitor Map for this week shows abnormally dry conditions have expanded in Northern Missouri since last week. The map is based on conditions as of October 5th and was released October 7th. All of the Green Hills area is experiencing abnormally dry conditions, except for northeast Putnam County. Other Northern Missouri counties with […]
Two people, including a teenager, were taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph following a northwest Missouri crash on Wednesday afternoon. The accident on a country road occurred when the two vehicles met at the crest of a hill approximately five miles west of Bolckow. A 15-year-old boy was driving a sports utility vehicle […]
A Chillicothe police officer, early Wednesday morning, attempted to stop a vehicle that allegedly failed to yield to a police car’s lights and siren, then drove onto the property at 1000 Graves Street traveling to the rear of the business. Assistant Chief Rick Sampsel reported the driver got out as the vehicle crashed into the […]
Two more Missourians have been charged in connection with the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Cara Hentschel and Mahailya Pryer of southwest Missouri’s Springfield have been charged based on an online tip to the FBI about Hentschel’s Facebook page showing them at the Capitol that day. The Springfield News-Leader reports court […]
Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced that should proposals pass requiring financial institutions to turn over private citizens’ personal bank account information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if they exceed $600 of inflows or outflows from the account, he will not comply. “As Treasurer, I have an obligation to the nearly 200,000 MOST 529 and MO ABLE […]
