A Lathrop, man was sentenced in federal court for a $1.7 million fraud scheme related to the sale of his business. Todd Edwin Rood, 53, of Lathrop, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to four years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Rood to pay $1,347,608 in restitution and […]
Spring brings the births of wild animals such as birds, rabbits, and squirrels. With that come good intentions of kind-hearted people who want to adopt baby animals they find because they think they have been orphaned or abandoned. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people to leave these young wild animals where they find […]
House Speaker Todd Richardson wants to ban state and local governments in Missouri from doing business with companies who boycott Israel. The only bill the Republican from Poplar Bluff is offering this session would follow 24 other states who have taken this pro-Israel business stance. One opposing view is that a virtually identical […]
The Trenton City Council last night took votes on three ordinances, passing one of them on a split vote to enact a leash law. The council heard presentations from four citizens on topics like downtown Christmas lights; a property lien the city holds following demolition of a house; cable television reception in the lake Trenton area; […]
The highway patrol reports a farm accident this morning in northwestern Daviess County has claimed the life of a man from McFall. 64-year-old Victor Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene on private property one mile north of Pattonsburg. An investigating officer reported Morgan had loaded a hay bale and due to excessive weight on the […]
State Rep. Jered Taylor is proposing to expand the number of locations, particularly private businesses like day care centers, amusement parks, and bars, where guns can be carried without a permit. A Missouri House committee will consider today Taylor’s legislation that would also bar state, local governments and public colleges and universities from restricting the […]
The Missouri House has passed a proposal that would ban children under 15 years old from getting married. The 95-to-50 vote sends the measure to the state Senate. The bill from Republican Representative Jean Evans of Manchester received unanimous bipartisan support in committee hearings with no one speaking against it. Opposition on the […]
A single vehicle accident Tuesday, north of Jamesport, has claimed the lives of four young adults from Trenton, three of them are siblings. The highway patrol listed the accident location as one half mile west of the Daviess – Grundy County line on Highway 190. The report notes none of the occupants was using a […]
Nanetta Carter of Savannah will be recognized as the Lead Gift Contributor for 2016-2017 at the North Central Missouri College Foundation Celebration at the Ketcham Community Center the evening of April 27th at 6 o’clock. Distinguished Alumni Paul Costello, Linda Crooks, Don Gibson, and George “Jack” McCausland, as well as scholarship recipients, will also be […]
Jose Sanchez Barron IV, a 19-year-old former Trenton, MO resident passed away at 4:55 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the University of Columbia Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at the Trenton High School Gymnasium. A rosary will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday at […]
Edward Austin Cosgrove, Jr., age 53, a resident of Utica, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Utica, Missouri. Edward was born the son of Edward Austin and Delaine Marie (Curtis) Cosgrove, on February 2, 1963, in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was a graduate of Lockport High School, Lockport, Illinois. Edward worked as a […]
A Trenton resident, Barbara Mock, died this morning at Wright Memorial Hospital at the age of 71. She was employed for 30 years by KTTN, working in the accounting and office areas of the radio station. Survivors are her husband Tom Mock and daughter Pam Hattesohl of Trenton. Services for Mrs. Barbara Mock will be […]
Main Street Chillicothe and downtown merchants host a “Wine Walk” and “Tunes Under the Moon” concert on Friday evening in downtown Chillicothe. The wine walk runs from 4 to 8 o’clock. The public can sample local Missouri wines for $15.00 by visiting participating merchants. Participants will receive an engraved glass for the sampling, and to […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding landowners, deer hunters, and others that a regulation banning the feeding of deer becomes effective on May 30 for 29 counties in north-central, central, and east-central Missouri. Grain, salt products, minerals, and other consumable products used to attract deer are now prohibited year-round in the following 29 counties: […]
It happened Wednesday, April 27 as a Livingston County Sheriff deputy was on Highway K near Liv 261. The deputy checked a vehicle on radar at 107 mph in a 55 mph zone. The driver from Wheeling, Missouri was stopped, cited for the high speed and posted bond for the violation. The driver is scheduled […]
North Central Missouri College’s Ketcham Community Center will host the 25th Annual Lions District 26-M4 All-Star games on June 3rd and 4th. Specifics on the games will be announced at a later date, but, with the completion of Class 1, 2, and 3 seasons, rosters for the games (with four girls and four boys teams) […]
