Five directors were elected to the 2018-2019 American Angus Association® board of directors, as well as a president and chairman and a vice president and vice chairman of the board, during the 135th Annual Convention of Delegates hosted at the 2018 Angus Convention in Columbus, Ohio. A total of 298 delegates from 41 states and […]
Central Missouri native Jacob Luetkemeyer is the Constitution Party candidate in the State Auditor’s race tomorrow. Luetkemeyer, of California, has a background in analytics and computer technology and works in IBM’s Security division. Luetkemeyer says he’s against Clean Missouri’s Amendment One on tomorrow’s election ballot. Jacob Luetkemeyer opposes having a state demographer draw […]
USDA Rural Development State Director Jeff Case announced today that the USDA is investing over $734,000 in eight (8) projects that will build community infrastructure and provide essential services for over 57,000 rural Missourians. “The commitment to improving infrastructure and essential services throughout rural America is a priority of this administration,” said Case. “USDA is […]
The USDA is partnering with rural communities to support opportunities for opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery. Among the 85 recipients nationwide receiving funding are four (4) Missouri organizations ready to make an impact in the state’s opioid epidemic. “In 2016, there were 908 opioid overdose deaths in Missouri and it is now estimated that 1 […]
Two Mexican nationals were charged in federal court for their roles in a Daviess County, Mo., marijuana-growing operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants. Sergio Medina-Perez, also known as “Chapo,” 44, and Miguel Pulido-Maldonado, also known as “Mona,” 27, were charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District […]
Cargill Meat Solutions, a Fort Morgan, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 25,288 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The ground beef items were produced on Aug. 16, 2018. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF […]
The Missouri State Fair celebrated Youth in Agriculture Day, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, on Saturday, Aug. 18. The annual Sale of Champions highlighted the day, raising $195,350 – the largest amount ever raised in the history of the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions! The Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Mackenzie […]
Bids were called and money was raised for youth today at the 66th Governor’s Ham Breakfast held in the Director’s Tent on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Missouri Governor Mike Parson addressed the guests, which numbered more than 1,000. Several other distinguished guests attended the Breakfast, including Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn, State Fair Director […]
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 41-year-old Brandon Wood of Brookfield was arrested Saturday night in Linn County and accused of felony counts of stealing a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. There was an existing felony warrant from the California Department of Corrections accusing Wood of a parole violation. In addition, wood was accused of failure […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Carmel, California woman sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident three miles east of Hamilton Thursday morning. Seventy-two-year-old Judith Wyckoff traveled east on U. S. Highway 36 when her car ran off the road and into the median at Route B. The vehicle returned to the road before running off […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Fresno, California resident was arrested late Saturday morning in Caldwell County Eighteen-year-old Hannah Herron was accused of speeding 93 miles an hour in a 65 zone, possessing under 35 grams of marijuana, and possessing drug paraphernalia. The teen was transported to the Caldwell County jail.
The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two suspects on several felony charges as the result of a vehicle check at a closed business. The sheriff’s office notes a Dekalb County deputy conducted the check early Monday morning, and the Cameron Police Department assisted with the arrests. The Dekalb County Prosecutor filed charges […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany man sustained minor injuries when his vehicle rear-ended another about one mile north of Cameron Thursday night. Thirty-two-year-old Jason Gray traveled north on Interstate 35 when his hatchback struck the rear-end of a northbound car, driven by 19-year-old Fausto Vargas of Salinas, California. Both vehicles came to a controlled […]
The remains of a former Laredo resident killed in action during World War Two arrived Friday at Kansas City International Airport for a Saturday service. Marine Corps Private First Class Donald Tolson’s remains were identified at the Department of Defense Laboratory in Hawaii recently. Tolson attended Laredo public school for several years before his family […]
A California resident was hurt Saturday morning north of Cameron when the car she was driving traveled off northbound Interstate 35, through the median, across both lanes of southbound I-35, off the west side of the road, and hit a tree extensively damaging the car. 24-year old Keondrea Richards of Lancaster, California was taken to […]
FORT IRWIN, Ca. – Soldiers assigned to the 548th Transportation Company, 311th Brigade Support Battalion, Missouri National Guard, headquartered in Trenton, recently spent two weeks at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California to prepare for an upcoming deployment. The is a tactical training center located in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California. Military […]
Among cases in the Associate Division of Grundy County circuit court held on Tuesday, June 28, several were bound over to Division One of circuit court. 33-year-old Cassie Leeper, 34-year old Jason Miller, and 27-year-old Kari Martin, all of Trenton, waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to Division One of circuit court. Cassie Leeper […]
Charges have been filed in Caldwell County in connection with highway patrol sobriety checkpoint stops late Friday night and early Saturday morning. 19-year-old Zachery Rogers, 23-year-old Daniel Nabus, and 24-year-old Matthew Keheley, all of Kansas City, are charged with one count of felony possession of a controlled substance, one count of misdemeanor possession of up […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting the deaths of two Bethany women in an accident near Stewartsville. Wanda Findley, 81 and Peggy Rhinehart, 86 were both pronounced dead at the scene by the DeKalb County Deputy Coroner after the 8:10 am accident on Saturday. The accident on Highway 36 and Sharp Road at Stewartsville, […]
OAKLAND, California (AP) — Mired in an early season slump, perhaps the last team the Oakland Athletics want to see is the Kansas City Royals. Hoping to halt their recent struggles against the reigning World Series champions, the A’s can avoid a fourth consecutive defeat by keeping the visiting Royals from winning their fourth in […]
