McBride, Lock, and Associates, LLC of Kansas City have released the Grundy County Annual Financial Report for 2017 and 2018. The certified public accountants found no material weaknesses in internal control or significant internal control deficiencies. Under items of noncompliance regarding budgetary compliance, the CPAs found actual expenditures exceeded budgeted expenditures for juvenile programs, 911, […]
Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments Administrator Donita Youtsey’s final day in her current position was Tuesday. Youtsey says she has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and wants to focus more on the accounting side of management and hopes to go back to school and take the certified public accounting exam. She will continue to […]
A Marshfield, Missouri, woman has been sentenced in federal court for multiple fraud schemes totaling more than $1 million that involved Medicaid payments to her dental clinics, failing to pay over payroll taxes and collecting unemployment benefits she wasn’t entitled to receive. Pamela M. Van Drie, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas […]
The Trenton Park Board heard from the Green Hills Recreation Association at its meeting Wednesday evening regarding a potential agreement between the association and the Trenton Park Department. Cara McClellan with the Green Hills Recreation Association said the potential agreement would involve waiving field fees for the group and not having the group fulfill all […]
The Trump Administration has released a plan to boost an unspecified amount of ethanol that oil refineries must add to their fuel starting in 2020. The Environmental Protection Agency says the rules would ensure that more than 15 billion gallons of ethanol be blended into the fuel supply. Bradley Schad with the Missouri Corn Growers […]
An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing and sharing hundreds of videos and images of child pornography over the internet. James Andrew Clingenpeel, 31, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to one count of attempting to distribute child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. By pleading […]
Reports indicate the former Chief Executive Officer at Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, David Byrns has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Charges were filed with the US District Court for Western Missouri, however, it is expected further proceedings will be held in a federal […]
The waterfowl hunt application period for Swan Lake is now open for the 2019 waterfowl hunting season. To participate in the lottery each individual must have a RecAccess account in order to apply for a Waterfowl Hunt at Swan Lake NWR. The lottery draw website can be found HERE. All the information about the hunt […]
Parents of students at a Columbia private school in mid-Missouri are angry after they say the school took their kids’ fingerprints without permission. Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School says it is implementing a new system which allows students to easily access their lunch accounts. Parents got an email Monday afternoon saying the […]
A Columbia man and former member of the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to aiding a well-known terrorist organization. Twenty-eight-year old Robert Hester Jr. pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to provide material support to ISIS. On multiple social media accounts, he posted pictures of weapons and an ISIS flag. Hester also espoused his […]
Five Missouri residents and two Colorado residents have pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1.7 million of marijuana that was mailed from Colorado to Missouri. Christopher E. Buckingham, 42, of Versailles, Missouri, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to participating in the conspiracy from Aug. 28, […]
The Trenton Police Department has received several complaints about telephone calls involving their Social Security Number being suspended. The suspended Social Security number scam typically begins with a telephone phone call or a robocall. Scammers will often spoof the Social Security Administration number. This makes the caller ID show a call that looks like it […]
