A new state law will help protect children at their schools as beginning August 28, school volunteers will be required to undergo criminal background checks before being left alone with children. Auditor Galloway pushed for the new law after her audit of the state’s sexual offender registration program found background checks were mandatory for school employees, […]
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Major Traffic Alert: Portion of I-70 in Kansas City will close September 6-9 to enable bridge demolition
The Missouri Department of Transportation will have a COMPLETE CLOSURE of Interstate 70 in both directions between I-435 and I-470/Route 291 beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, September 6, until approximately 5 a.m. on Monday, September 9. This closure is for the demolition of the directional ramps from southbound I-435 to eastbound I-70 and northbound […]
Former KC Chiefs player charged with illegal firearms after being tasered while resisting arrest
A former Kansas City Chiefs football player, who was tasered twice while struggling with officers and resisting arrest, was charged in federal court with illegally possessing firearms. Saousoalii P. Siavii, Jr., also known as “Junior,” 40, of Independence, Missouri, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., […]
Trenton City Council gives “go-ahead” to have design plans developed for possible future airport projects
The Trenton City Council has given the go-ahead to have design plans developed for possible future projects at the Trenton Airport. The primary need is described as replacing the T-hangers but it would require working the land there so it can be raised above the flood plain. The council voted last night to accept a […]
1 dead, 2 injured in UTV crash north of Stanberry
A St. Joseph resident has died at the scene of a rollover UTV accident in Gentry County while residents of Savannah and Stanberry were injured. The Highway Patrol reports 41-year-old Adrian Warner of St. Joseph was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident Sunday night four miles north of Stanberry. He was a passenger […]
Stolen pickup reported out of Daviess County
Daviess County Central 911 reports a pickup truck was stolen from Jamesport Sunday. The vehicle is described as a white 2000 Ford F250 extended cab long bed truck with a two-inch lift, black and silver wheels, and a decal of white wings in the back window. A trailer was also stolen, but it was recovered. […]
August 30th is sign-up deadline for emergency assistance to flooded farms
Farmers affected by flooding have until Aug. 30 to apply for help from USDA emergency assistance programs, says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Heather Conrow. The USDA Farm Service Agency provides up to 75% of approved renovation costs, to a maximum of $500,000, through its Emergency Conservation Program, says Conrow, who was part of […]
Missouri agriculture donates $175,000 to combat childhood hunger
For the third year in a row, agriculture groups in Missouri partnered to raise awareness of childhood food insecurity and raise support for food banks across the state through the Missouri Farmers Care (MFC) Drive to Feed Kids. The Drive culminated at the Missouri State Fair with a variety of service events. This summer-long effort […]
911 Spoofing calls hit residents of Chillicothe
The Chillicothe Police Department reports call spoofing involving Verizon Wireless cell phone customers who receive calls showing on their caller ID as from 911. Some Verizon users called back to 911 to ask if someone there had called them, which the police department calls “understandable” considering what showed up on their caller IDs, however, the […]
Authorities arrest Trenton man, extradite two back to Grundy County
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton resident on drug-related charges and the extradition of two other individuals on probation violations in the last few days. Sean Philip Biller was arrested Tuesday and has been charged with the felonies of delivery of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of […]
Area organizations make donation to Backpack Buddies
The Saint Luke’s Regional Nurse Practice Council, Trenton Police Department, and Grundy County EMS presented checks totaling $4,717 to the Grundy and Livingston County Backpack Buddies Programs today, August 21. The amount will be split evenly between the two county programs. The funds were raised during a miniature golf tournament fundraiser held on Saturday, August […]
Protect children and communities with back-to-school immunizations
Currently making headlines all over the United States, measles is a highly contagious vaccine-preventable illness that has made a frightening comeback. Fortunately, Missouri is not home to one of the current outbreaks as just one case has been confirmed so far this year in the state. This is occurring not long after the Centers for […]
Princeton Board of Education approves tax rate, rolls back debt service levy
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the proposed tax rate as presented at a hearing Monday evening. The tax levy for 2019-2020 was set at $5.0974 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, which is an increase of two point two seven cents from last year. The 2019-2020 tax levy includes $3.96.42 cents for the […]
Missouri’s medical marijuana facility application window closes, over 2,100 applications submitted
The medical marijuana facility application period closed at 4:30 p.m. on Monday and Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services received approximately 2,100 applications by the extended deadline. The application system received over 1,200 applications in the last three days, including over 800 applications in the last 24 hours. Applications are from those hoping to […]
Missouri’s largest music festival kicks off September 27, 2019 in Columbia
The warm hum of guitar amplifiers and the sweet, smoky smell of barbecue will be wafting through the wavering late summer air the last weekend of September. The 13th installment of Columbia’s Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival kicks off for a long weekend of live music, fun, and entertainment, September 27-29. Roots N Blues, […]
Macon, Missouri man presented with Highway Patrol Honorary Trooper Certificate
Lieutenant Steven V. Wilhoit, Assistant Director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control, presented Macon, Missouri, resident Ryan Johnson with a Missouri State Highway Patrol Honorary Trooper Certificate. The certificate was presented to Johnson at the Chariton Valley Communications Corporate Headquarters in Macon, with his co-worker’s present. The Honorary Trooper […]
Delinquent tax sale set for Monday, August 26 at the Grundy County Courthouse
As of the time of the publication of this article, there are 98 properties listed for the annual delinquent tax sale scheduled for Monday, August 26, 2019, at the Grundy County Courthouse. The sale begins at 10 o’clock. Collector Treasurer Barbara Harris is requesting those interested in being a possible bidder at the tax sale […]
Well-being check in Chillicothe turns into leisurely drive to Wheeling and back for officers
Chillicothe police officers responded late Thursday morning to a residence in the 1200 block of Alexander Street for what was requested as a well-being check. Officers were advised that a resident had taken their mother’s purse and the vehicle then left the house. Police said the person in question was reportedly suffering from a mental […]
Cannabis cultivation and production facility looking at Trenton
The North Central Missouri Development Alliance and the City of Trenton have announced work with a prospective manufacturing business to locate in the community. A news release says the business “would be a safe and secure cultivation and production facility that would produce pharmaceutical-grade cannabis.” The business is projected to start by creating 30 full-time […]
University of Missouri Extension to offer “Your Farm, Your Business, Your Future” seminar
The University of Missouri Extension will hold a program to help farm families, individuals, and businesses with succession, estate, and retirement planning. Extension specialists with educational experience and technical backgrounds, a Missouri probate judge, and a certified financial planner will teach “Your Farm, Your Business, Your Future” at multiple locations. Those include the Harrison County […]