Views: 0After hearing an explanation of additional costs, the Trenton City Council unanimously voted last night to proceed with the headworks project at the sewer plant, financing the nearly $4,000,000 fixed cost is yet to be determined. Burns and McDonnell Engineering from Kansas City had two representatives meet last night with the city council and […]
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FCS Financial awards $51,000 in scholarships
Views: 0FCS Financial recently selected 34 recipients for their Scholarship Program who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship to assist with the cost of higher education. Since 2004, more than $620,000 has been distributed through the FCS Financial Scholarship Program. The program is designed to encourage and support higher education for relatives of FCS Financial members. […]
Audio: This year’s national spelling bee to include more Missouri students than in 2018
Views: 0This year’s national spelling bee will include more Missouri students than in 2018. Seventeen Missouri students will spell all sorts of complicated words during next month’s 92nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Last year, Missouri had 15 spellers compete in the contest. This year’s kids are from all over the state, ages […]
Cameron man injured in crash near Osborn
Views: 0A Cameron man was hurt when the car he was driving overturned on Highway 36 west of Osborn. Thirty-four-year-old Nathan Hess was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened early Saturday about four miles west of Osborn on Highway 36as the westbound car went off the pavement, hit an […]
Trenton City Council informed wastewater project to cost almost $1M over estimate
Views: 0Trenton City Council tonight, with three newly-elected members, will again consider the headworks project at the Trenton wastewater plant. Burns and McDonnell engineering is expected to review and discuss the costs of the proposed improvements. Utility Director Ron Urton has provided information to the council and media that shows the fixed cost of the […]
Animal health startup chooses Missouri for headquarters
Views: 0Animal health tech company Scollar, Inc., has announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Kansas City, Missouri, to launch its suite of products and expand the company in the Animal Health Corridor. Scollar will scale its administrative, customer success, sales, and marketing teams in Kansas City. Designed for everything from cats […]
University of Missouri to stop housing development
Views: 0The opposition is growing to a proposed housing development on land owned by the University of Missouri that could disrupt popular outdoor destinations in the state. The proposed subdivision on the Missouri Bluffs would include approximately 275 units and be built next to the Weldon Spring and Busch Conservation areas and Katy Trail State […]
St. Joseph home health care aide sentenced to prison for $207,000 fraud scheme
Views: 0A St. Joseph, Missouri, in-home health care nursing assistant was sentenced in federal court for stealing bank account information from one of her clients in order to illegally transfer more than $207,000 out of her account. Ashley N. Garr, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to five years in federal prison […]
Former St. Joseph Boy Scout leader sentenced for distributing child pornography
Views: 0A former St. Joseph, Mo., Boy Scout leader was sentenced in federal court for distributing child pornography over the internet. Michael R. Goeller, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to six years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Goeller to 10 years of supervised release following incarceration. […]
Audio: Grain Belt-Related Legislation heads to the Missouri Senate
Views: 0Legislation that is aimed at preventing the Grain Belt Express project from using eminent domain across northern Missouri is heading to the state Senate. The House voted 115-35 on Thursday to give final approval to Frankford State Representative Jim Hansen’s bill, which says NO private entity has the power of eminent domain to build […]
Trenton City Council agenda includes 10 ordinances
Views: 0The Trenton City Council will consider 10 ordinances at its next meeting regarding agreements and city code. The meeting will be at Trenton City Hall on Monday night, Aprill 22, at 7 o’clock. Two ordinances would approve agreements, one with Rapid Removal Disposal, Incorporated for residential solid waste collection and the other with M […]
Governor Parson signs FY 2019 supplemental appropriations
Views: 0Governor Mike Parson signed HB 14 to ensure that the state has the necessary funds to operate through Fiscal Year 2019. The supplemental appropriations bill allows for the continued current operations of Missouri state government. The Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed Fiscal Year 2019 supplemental HB 14 totals $468 million, including $189 million […]
Missouri farmer inducted into Missouri Soybean Hall of Fame
Views: 0 Missouri Soybean Hall of Fame 2019 inductee Gary Riedel says demand for soybean increased greatly since farmers approved checkoff dollars to fund research and promotion. Riedel served as head of Missouri Soybean Association in the early 1980s and was president of the American Soybean Association when the national soybean checkoff went into effect. […]
Missouri Department of Conservation encourages public to be “Bear Aware” this spring
Views: 0An estimated 350 black bears call southern Missouri home, and as the spring season gets underway, these magnificent mammals leave their winter dens in search of food. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is reminding Missourians to be proactive and “Be Bear Aware.” MDC Resource Scientist and Furbearer Biologist Laura Conlee said it is […]
Chillicothe FFA Members to receive Area FFA Degree
Views: 0Ten members of the Chillicothe FFA will be receiving their Area FFA Degree, in Chillicothe. Before receiving this degree they had to meet a number of qualifications and fill out an application that followed their SAE and leadership skills. Those from our chapter who received the Area FFA Degree include Riley Brobst the daughter […]
Area students among those awarded Youth in Agriculture Scholarships
Views: 0Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe has announced that 42 youth, selected from Missouri 4-H and FFA State Fair exhibitors, will be awarded scholarships by the Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture (YIA) committee. These students are seeking higher education at a Missouri university/college and will be recognized Friday, April 26, during the annual […]
United Methodist Church of Chillicothe to host fundraiser for Community Resource Center
Views: 0Volunteers from the United Methodist Church of Chillicothe have brought dinner to the Community Resource Center each Wednesday night for several years. In the month of May, the church will host a meal at the church to benefit the Resource Center. Pork loin, green beans, cheesy potato casserole, green salad, cake, and drinks will […]
Chillicothe Fire Department called out twice on Tuesday
Views: 0Chillicothe firefighters late Tuesday afternoon responded to 210 Asher Street where they found a tree stump smoldering and a small camper shell on fire which was next to a metal building. According to Fire Captain Derrick Allen, the camper was pulled away from the stump and building. An estimated 50 gallons of water was […]
Missouri woman, Mexican national sentenced for meth trafficking
Views: 17A Monett, Mo., woman and a Mexican national have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Rebecca Castillo, 37, and Heradio Rios-Zarate, 27, a citizen of Mexico, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes on Monday, April 15. Castillo was sentenced to […]