State Auditor Nicole Galloway has demanded answers from the Department of Revenue on the remaining delayed 2018 tax refunds. The Missouri State Auditor’s Office continues to receive complaints from taxpayers who are waiting on last year’s refunds, even as many Missourians prepare to file their 2019 returns. “To date, thousands of taxpayers have reached out […]
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Missouri math teacher presented national Milken Educator Award
Oakland Middle School eighth grade math teacher Melissa Fike was presented the national Milken Educator Award today by Milken Educator Awards Senior Program Director Greg Gallagher and Missouri Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Dr. Margie Vandeven. The recognition comes with an unrestricted $25,000 cash prize for winners. Only one teacher from each participating state […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to multiple fires on Thursday
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a vehicle and field fire on Thursday afternoon. Captain/Emergency Medical Technician Tracy Bradley reports firefighters arrived in an engine truck to find a sport utility vehicle fully engulfed in flames in a cornfield on LIV 228 and about three-quarters of an acre of the field also on fire. The […]
Audio: Kansas City is suing some gun distributors for being a “public nuisance.”
Kansas City is suing some gun distributors for being a “public nuisance.” The civil suit contends that by selling dozens of guns to one person without a federal background check puts the city and state in danger. The guns were sold to former Kansas City Fire Department Capt. James Samuels who is charged with federal […]
Trenton Board of Adjustments approves citizen requests
The Trenton Board of Adjustments and Planning and Zoning Commission approved requests at public hearings Monday night. The Board of Adjustments hearing involved a request from Jose Barron Junior on a 10-foot variance on the required 15-foot side yard setback next to a street to allow for a storage building at 200 Harris Avenue. The […]
Princeton City Council signs new Mercer County Fair Board lease
A new Mercer County Fair Board lease was signed at the Princeton City Council meeting Monday evening. City Clerk Danette Snapp reports the main difference from the previous lease is the fair board will pay the City of Princeton $900 per year to pay back the city for helping with the new edition onto the […]
Presentation on ways computers can assist farm operations to be held at conference in Osage Beach
The list of topics at the Computers on the Farm conference continues to grow as more farm users enroll. The annual get-together at the Lake of the Ozarks aims to help all users interested in on-farm applications, says University of Missouri Extension specialist Kent Shannon. Registration is still open for the January 17 and 18th […]
St. Joseph man sentenced to prison for $6 million synthetic cannabinoid conspiracy
A St. Joseph, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute nearly $6 million of synthetic cannabinoid products, also known as K2. Shakeel Khan, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to three years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Khan to forfeit […]
NCMC Homecoming/Alumni Appreciation set for January 22, 2020
The North Central Missouri College Alumni Association and the NCMC Student Senate are hosting Homecoming / Alumni Appreciation Day on Wednesday, January 22 at the Ketcham Community Center. There will be a pre-game tailgate in the Sugg room sponsored by BTC Bank of Trenton and The Pirates will host a double-header against Metropolitan Community College […]
Jury convicts Missouri man of providing false information in two attempts to purchase firearms
A Jefferson City, Missouri, man has been convicted by a federal jury of providing false information in two unsuccessful attempts to purchase firearms. Joshua Michael Lehman, 35, was found guilty on Monday, December 9, of two counts of making false statements in a federal record provided to a licensed firearms dealer. Lehman attempted to purchase […]
Newtown-Harris Board of Education reviews survey on 4-day week
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved the 2018-2019 school audit this week. Superintendent Lucas McKinnis notes the main thing the audit found was that ideally, more people should keep track of the money, but Newtown-Harris and other small schools in the area do not have enough people to do that. Missouri Consultants for Education […]
Trenton man released from jail after judge amends bond to $10,000
A Trenton man facing drug-related charges following a traffic stop in early November waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Forty-eight-year-old Jamie Wilson has been charged with the felonies of possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or […]
Gallatin Board of Aldermen approve ordinances
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved several ordinances at a meeting this week. The ordinances regarded a salt storage lease agreement with Larry Johnson, an engineering agreement for professional services with Allstate Consultants for the Gallatin Wastewater Treatment Plant and collection system, and an operation and maintenance agreement with People Service, Incorporated for operation, maintenance, […]
Trenton man waves preliminary hearing on manslaughter charge
A Trenton man, facing a charge of manslaughter, has waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Russel Lee Louderback is charged with manslaughter in the second degree stemming from a traffic accident west of Trenton on June 13th that took the life of Eric Virtue. The case was bound […]
Amendments to Summer School Handbook tops discussion at Trenton Board of Education meeting
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved the final draft of the 2018-2019 school audit on Tuesday evening. Bob Conrad with Conrad and Higgins said the district was “in good shape.” Information presented included that the district’s retirement is 84% funded, which Conrad called “excellent” and “healthy.” The district has more than 11 hundred students, […]
Grundy County Commission seeking bids for construction steel
The Grundy County Commission is accepting sealed bids for construction steel for the Road and Bridge Department. The bids are to be for one-ton five-eighths inch rebar, grade 60, 60 by 20-foot sticks and 12 sheets of back wall, eight by 25 feet and three-sixteenths of an inch thick. The Commission also asked that there […]
Free workshops on industrial hemp production to be held in December and January
The University of Missouri Extension offers free industrial hemp production workshops in December and January. MU Extension agronomist Greg Luce and agricultural economist Joe Horner will talk on growing industrial hemp and crop enterprise budgets. During the presentations at Marshall and Carrollton, Missouri Department of Agriculture representatives will give an overview of regulations and the […]
Jury convicts Cuban national of Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
A Raytown, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal jury of drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms. Victor Rodriguez Kessel, 63, a Cuban national, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, attempting to manufacture crack cocaine, possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute, […]
Phi Mu Epsilon Sorority donates to Green Hills Women’s Shelter
North Central Missouri College’s Phi Mu Epsilon sorority, for the 2nd year, has partnered with MN of the Philanthropic Educational Organization and held a feminine product drive for the Green Hills Women’s Shelter. “NCMC’s Phi Mu Epsilon is proud to have the opportunity to collaborate for a second year with the MN of EOP. It’s […]
Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt to be held in Trenton
A Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt will be held in conjunction with the Trenton Downtown Christmas celebration. Spokesperson Crystal Whitaker says teams of three to six members will look for Christmas lights around Trenton the evening of December 13th. Registration for the event will begin at the Trenton Elks Lodge at 6:30, with the hunt beginning […]