Even though MODOT road crews have already been out this year battling winter weather in certain parts of the state, the department will still hold its annual winter operations drill on November 7, 2019. Motorists may notice increased numbers of MoDOT vehicles on state routes during the drill. In rural areas, crews will deploy after […]
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Woman from Harris arrested for passing bad checks
A woman from Harris was arrested in Caldwell County on Thursday on five counts of misdemeanor passing a bad check has been returned to Grundy County. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 61-year-old Dorothy Gail Vasey’s bond is $1,887.02, and she is scheduled for the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court November 12th. Vasey […]
Planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of November 4, 2019
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of November 4 – 10. Inclement weather and continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such […]
Chillicothe Township official accused of assaulting employee charged with sodomy
A Chillicothe Township official accused of assaulting a private employee has been charged with second-degree sodomy. An appearance bond for James Edward Gates was posted Thursday, and arraignment is scheduled in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court on November 8, 2019, at 9 am. Bond was originally set at $100,000 cash only, with […]
Two charged in Putnam County in connection with pursuit and vehicle crash involving a deputy
Two Oskaloosa, Iowa residents involved in a pursuit and vehicle accident involving a deputy in Unionville Tuesday afternoon now face charges in Putnam County. Nineteen year old Tori Craver and 20 year old Jacob Hopman have been charged with the felonies of two counts of stealing as well as one count each of forgery and […]
Beef Producers Seminar to held be held mid-November
The 2019 Beef Producers Seminar will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the St. Peter Catholic Church, Parish Hall in Stanberry, Missouri. Registration begins at 5:00 p.m. with the seminar to start at 6:00. Mark Russell, Executive Director of the Missouri Beef Industry Council, will be discussing and demonstrating some of the challenges, […]
Snow falls in Trenton on Halloween for the first time
The snow that fell overnight in Trenton is the first measurable amount for Halloween according to a hundred years of KTTN weather records. There have been other October dates in which accumulating show was measured in Trenton. In 2018, Trenton received a quarter of an inch of snow on October 15th. The greatest amount of […]
Area students earn awards to be presented at National FFA Convention
While Trenton FFA member Teresa Yoder is a finalist for a National Proficiency Award, she’s not the only candidate from our area in competition for a national award. Yoder is among four from across the country competing for an ag processing award. Addison Burns of Gallatin is a national finalist for proficiency in agriscience research. […]
Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri offers weatherization to low-income households
Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri offers weatherization all year to provide cost-effective energy-efficient home improvements to low-income households, especially for the elderly, children, disabled, and others hit hard by high utility costs. The program aims to lower utility bills and improve comfort to ensure health and safety for homeowners and renters. It is […]
Teenager arrested in Daviess County facing five allegations
A Kansas City, Kansas resident arrested by the Highway Patrol in Daviess County on Tuesday night has been charged with five misdemeanors. Nineteen-year-old James Foote faces charges of driving while intoxicated, exceeding the posted speed limit, failure to place vehicle not in motion as near right side of the highway as practicable, unlawful possession of […]
Report finds Missouri declining in children’s health coverage
Missouri is among states experiencing a serious erosion in children’s health coverage, according to a new report. The findings, released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, indicated there were 12,000 more uninsured Missouri kids in 2018 than in 2016, a 17% increase. Traci Gleason, vice president for internal affairs at the Missouri Budget Project, […]
Chicago man pleads guilty in Missouri to meth trafficking; faces 15 years in prison
A Chicago, Illinois, man who was arrested while driving through northern Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to distribute. Kevin M. Phyfiher, 29, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. A Missouri State Highway Patrol […]
Head-on crash in Unionville injures three
Three people were injured late Tuesday afternoon when a car and a pickup met head-on in Unionville. The crash took place at 18th and Main Street. Taken to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville were the driver of the pickup, 25-year-old Klayton Munden of Pollock and 20-year-old Jacob Hopman of Oskaloosa, Iowa. Munden sustained minor […]
Jury convicts Missouri man of receiving and distributing child pornography
A Springfield, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal trial jury of receiving and distributing child pornography. Marco Barraza, 27, was found guilty of one count of receiving and distributing child pornography. Law enforcement investigators received two reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Barraza had transmitted images of child pornography […]
Audio: Former CEO at Putnam County Memorial Hospital Pleads Guilty to $114 million billing scheme
A former executive of a northern Missouri hospital pleaded guilty in federal court in Florida to a $114 million pass-through billing scheme. The Justice Department in Washington says former Putnam County Memorial Hospital chief executive officer David Lane Byrns pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Byrns pleaded […]
Trenton Police Department reports 287 nuisance incidents filed in 2019
The Trenton Police Department reports 287 nuisance incidents have been filed this year as of October 22, 2019, with 40 have been filed in the last month. A Nuisance Summary shows the category with the greatest number of incidents is grass and weeds with 139. Ninety-five incidents involve trash and debris, 30 regard open storage […]
Trenton Building and Nuisance Board acts on 12 properties
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board Monday evening granted seven extensions, three locations advance to public hearings; and two others were released. Two fire-damaged houses also were topics of discussion during the nearly one-hour meeting. Public hearings are to be held November 25th for 213 West 6th Street, 1004 Laclede, and 18-14 Hillcrest. Ninety-day extensions allow […]
Trenton City Council votes to select “On-Call” engineering company for city projects
The Trenton City Council Monday night voted to select an engineering company to be “on-call” for city projects, then voted for the company to work on a project that includes a bank that’s eroding at Muddy Creek. On a vote of seven in favor and one against Howe Engineering of Macon was selected as needed […]
Audio: Northwest Missouri farmer sentenced to prison in “Field of Schemes” grain fraud case
A northwest Missouri farmer is heading to federal prison after being sentenced for his role in the largest organic fraud scheme in American history. Federal prosecutors in Iowa have announced that 52-year-old John Burton of Clarksdale has been sentenced to 22 months in federal prison, for his role in the 142-million dollar scheme, […]