EPA is taking the next step in its regulatory review of glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the United States, which is used to control a variety of grasses and broadleaf weeds. Glyphosate is used on about 298 million acres of agricultural cropland every year and is effective and affordable. Building on EPA’s January […]
The EPA is taking the next step in its regulatory review of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide used for a large variety of agricultural uses and non-agricultural uses. Today, EPA is proposing measures to reduce the risks identified in the agency’s September 2020 draft risk assessments to better protect human health and the environment. As outlined in the proposed […]
Eight agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Student Organization (PAS) State Conference November 9-11, 2020. The conference was hosted virtually by State Fair Community College in Sedalia, MO. Over 100 students from seven Missouri community colleges and universities participated in the conference. Calvin Basham, an NCMC student, concluded […]
The highway patrol reports the driver of a car was hurt when she attempted to avoid an oncoming vehicle in southeastern Putnam County. Seventeen-year-old Audrey Danielson of Kirksville was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The accident happened Saturday afternoon four miles south of Martinstown on Highway […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Kansas City resident was arrested Saturday night in Daviess County and accused of felony counts of possessing marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms, felony unlawful possession of a firearm, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding, and expired vehicle registration. Nineteen-year-old Blayne Pace was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. Galt […]
A Bethany resident received serious injuries in the head-on collision of two cars Saturday afternoon east of Bethany. Fifty-seven-year-old Christopher Appel was flown by medical helicopter to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Appel was a passenger in a car driven by his wife, 55-year old Lisa Appel who was not reported injured. The driver […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department on Saturday afternoon extinguished a small grass fire on Livingston County Road 529. A report from the fire department quoted the resident as saying he was burning a pond embankment and the flames spread to a ditch next to the road. Approximately one-quarter of an acre was on fire when firefighters […]
The Grundy County Health Department on Saturday evening reported an additional eleven cases of COVID-19 in the county compared to Friday’s update. Despite the additional cases, the number of active cases declined. There have been 714 cases of COVID-19 in Grundy County since testing began with 526 cases confirmed and 188 are probable. There were […]
Missouri’s state health department chief says the state should be able to begin vaccinating this month all hospital and long-term care staff and residents against COVID-19. Dr. Randall Williams says the state is expected to get enough doses this month to begin vaccinating all of Missouri’s roughly 340,000 healthcare workers and long-term care […]
Two people accused in a Wright County child abuse investigation in southern Missouri now face criminal charges. Twenty-eight-year-old LaTisha Cantrell, and 27-year-old Joey Moore, of Mountain Grove, are accused of the malnourishment of a six-year-old girl. The girl required hospitalization in St. Louis in August 2020 due to her health condition and weighed […]
A high-profile Missouri prisoner who was waiting for an execution date has died, from apparent natural causes. The Missouri Department of Corrections says 56-year-old Richard Davis died of natural causes this week, at a hospital. Davis was sentenced to death in 2007 for the separate gruesome killings of Marsha Spicer and Michelle Huff […]
A COVID-19-related death has been added in Daviess County since November 25th. The health department reports 10 deaths in total. Forty-nine cases were also added, bringing the total to 410. One hundred sixty-two cases are active. The Daviess County Health Department notes the county is now identified as a Top 5 Hot Spot in Missouri […]
Utility bills will not be sent out this month in Gilman City. Mayor Linda Robertson reports the city clerk sends out the payments, she is sick, and there is no backup system. Robertson says residents can pay the October amount at the Gilman City City Hall for the November utilities, and the amount will be […]
The Highway Patrol reports two area residents sustained moderate injuries when a car struck a fence five miles west of Ravanna Saturday at 1:05 in the morning. A private vehicle transported the driver, 18-year-old Luka Nichols of Princeton, to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. An ambulance transported the passenger, 17-year-old Maci Lisle of Bethany, to […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory until further notice due to water main repair. The advisory affects customers on Derby Road, Emblem Road, and Route FF.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Putnam County have increased by 35 since December 1st, which brings the total to 270. The health department notes 20 of the confirmed cases are in long-term care facilities. Thirty-nine cases are active. Two COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Putnam County. Confirmed COVID-19 cases have increased in Mercer County by […]
Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton and Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe recognized four nurses this week with the DAISY Award. Winners were Jordain Oshel and Hailey Smith of Wright Memorial, Brooke Ruoff of Hedrick, and Ashley Ewing of both hospitals. Others nominated were Susie Folkert, Nichole Stout, and Shelby Sutton with Hedrick, and Stephanie Muck […]
Trenton Middle School has announced the November and December students of the month. Students selected as November “Courtesy” students of the month included fifth-graders Dixie Sager and Ryan Gott, sixth-graders Lucy Price and Justin Dixon, seventh-graders Mylee Baker and Hunter Hall, and eighth-graders Barbara Eugenio and Korbin Vandevender. TMS students named December “Kindness” students of […]
Various activities will be held in Cainsville on December 6th to celebrate Christmas. Cainsville Community Betterment will have a remembrance tree and a craft at the former Nelson’s Heating and Cooling Building starting that evening at 5 o’clock. Sugar cookie decorating at city hall will also begin at 5 o’clock. The Christmas Tree Lighting will […]
The Trenton R-9 School District has had a large number of students quarantined in the last few weeks due to close contact with a positive COVID-19 student within a classroom. That is according to Superintendent Mike Stegman, who notes administration has worked to keep students safe by wearing masks and social distancing. He reports the […]
