Grundy County’s Public Administrator officially began duties today (Monday) following a swearing-in ceremony at the courthouse. Adria Moore of Trenton was appointed to the position following the resignation of the previous public administrator Jill Eaton. Associate Circuit Court Judge Steve Hudson handled the swearing-in event. Mrs. Moore will serve Grundy County as the Public Administrator […]
The pandemic-delayed Trenton Chamber of Commerce banquet is scheduled for Friday night, June 4 with plans calling for the event to be held outdoors, under two big event tents, on the grounds of Black Silo Winery. “Wild Safari” will be the theme of the Chamber banquet and program. Social hour will be held at 5:30; […]
The Missouri House of Representatives advanced a bill aimed to ban transgender kids from participating in girl’s sports, which advocates said is the latest in a growing list of legislative attacks on trans youth across the country. More than 250 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in 2021 alone, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Shira Berkowitz, communications […]
A La Plata resident received serious injuries when the pickup truck he was driving traveled off Highway 63 in Macon County, striking a field entrance and an embankment. Thirty-year-old Tyler McHenry was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Macon, then flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia The accident crash happened early Sunday, one […]
Three Cameron residents received serious injuries when a car traveled off Highway 69 and overturned several times south of Pattonsburg. The driver, 31-year old Evan Hummel, was flown by medical helicopter to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City after being ejected from the car through a sunroof. Two juvenile boys, both 12 years old and […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron woman sustained serious injuries in an accident eight miles west of Old Pattonsburg on Friday night, April 23rd, involving a sports utility vehicle. A private vehicle transported the driver, 69-year-old Mary Probert, to the Liberty Hospital. The SUV traveled north on Route D before allegedly failing to stop for […]
Two Chillicothe residents sustained injuries when a Peterbilt truck struck a sports utility vehicle in Carroll County on Friday night, April 23rd. Emergency medical services transported the driver of the SUV, James Nauman, and passenger 59-year-old April Nauman, to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton with minor injuries. No injuries were reported for the other […]
Governor Mike Parson announced that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Assistance (EA) Program is extending one-time primary heating bill payments through May 31, 2021. In addition, eligibility for both the heating and cooling programs are expanding from Missouri households with incomes up to 135 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to include Missouri households […]
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education offered a contract for the superintendent/principal position after a closed session this week. Board Secretary Kelli Girdner reports the person’s name has not yet been released. The board accepted the resignation in February of current superintendent/principal Kristi Weldon. The board also hired teachers for the next school year. They […]
(Missouri Independent) – After hours of fierce debate that spanned the course of two days, the Missouri House on Wednesday signed off on a prohibition on transgender students participating on the sports teams that match their gender identity. The provision, offered as an amendment by Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, to House Bill 1141 was adopted by a vote […]
Governor Mike Parson signed HB 429 and HB 430 into law, which both supports Missouri adoptive families and children in foster care. “Every child deserves a family to provide love, support, and a strong foundation,” Governor Parson said. “Missourians who take on this role as foster and adoptive parents are invaluable to the children of our state, […]
Nineteen businesses are set to participate in Main Street Trenton’s Sip and Stroll on April 24th to support revitalization efforts in Downtown Trenton. Check-in will begin at The Space at 1013 Main Street at 4 o’clock that afternoon. Main Street Trenton and Trenton Downtown Improvement Association Executive Director Megan Taul says participants will receive everything […]
A Carrollton man and child were taken to hospitals following a rollover crash on Wednesday afternoon in Benton County. Fifty-Seven-year-old Robert McDowell of Carrollton was taken by ambulance to the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. A six-year-old boy, who was a passenger, was taken by ambulance to Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia […]
The Grain Belt Express project plans to run wind power transmission lines across eight rural counties in northern Missouri—from Buchanan through Ralls. Though the Public Service Commission has approved it and the commission’s approval won a court challenge, agricultural opponents have once again found support in the Legislature. The Missouri House passed HB 527 to stop utility […]
A Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for his leadership role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy that distributed more than 2,000 kilograms of cocaine in the metropolitan area. “This heavily-armed drug dealer was still on court-supervised release for a prior federal drug-trafficking conviction while he was engaged in this drug trafficking conspiracy,” said […]
Grundy County received a grant earlier this year to pay for an upgrade of its 911 system. Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs reports the state provided 60% of the funding, and 40% was local money. Trenton Police Chief Rex Ross says the system belongs to Grundy County, but the police department provides manpower […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Music Department will present its spring program twice next week. The program will be on April 29th at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and April 30th at 7 o’clock at night. Janet Lake’s preschool will perform in the Thursday program. Both performances will include performances by the school bands. The performances […]
A jury trial on a felony stealing charge for Garland Joseph Nelson of Braymer has been postponed. The Johnson County Circuit Court Office would not say why the trial was postponed. The office reports the jury was to be picked on April 20th, but no jury was chosen due to the postponement. Potential jurors came […]
Two Northwest Missouri drivers were injured when their vehicles met head-on Tuesday morning on a rural route in Nodaway County. Taken by EMS to Mosiac Life Care in Maryville were 37-year-old Elizabeth Shelley of Albany and 63-year-old Derri Wandfluh of St. Joseph. Both vehicles were demolished in the accident at 10:20 am on Route VV […]
Devlin Rich of Williamsville set a new state record when he caught his spotted gar. Rich was fishing with a pole-and-line at Wappapello Lake on February 25 when he reeled in the 10-pound, 9-ounce fish. His catch is not only the latest Missouri state record, but it beats the current spotted gar world record of […]
