Specifications have been approved regarding bids to be sought for residential sanitation collection and disposal in the city of Trenton. The city council last evening reviewed details of the bid documents. City Administrator Ron Urton said the request for bids will be published this week, with bids due at the city hall by 2 o’clock […]
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Gallatin Board of Aldermen meet with lengthy agenda
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen voted to transfer money from a certificate of deposit and from one account to another at a meeting Monday. A total of $65,199.06 will be moved from the CD at Farmers Bank to the City Clerk General Fund. The balance from the City Clerk Industrial Development Authority of the City […]
Missouri Highway Patrol to begin school bus inspections on February 4th
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Motor Vehicle Inspection Division will begin annual school bus inspections on February 4th. Troop B Public Information Officer Sergeant Eric Brown reports inspections for about 40 area school districts will begin February 6th and end April 11th. In most cases, several districts will be inspected at a single location on […]
Judge Thomas Alley has busy docket in Division One of Grundy County court
Several defendants were placed on probation when they appeared Thursday before Judge Thomas Alley in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Trenton resident Erick James Wattenbarger received two prison terms when he pleaded guilty. Execution of the sentences was stayed and he was placed on five years probation. The sentences issued were six […]
Missouri Department of Conservation test results reveal more deer with CWD
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports 28 more deer from 11 Missouri counties have been found to have chronic wasting disease (CWD). This brings the number of cases of the deadly deer disease in Missouri to 103 since 2012. CWD is a deadly illness in white-tailed deer and other members of the deer family, […]
Gallatin man, Salvador Hernandez, pleads not guilty
A Gallatin man facing felony charges of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, second-degree kidnapping, third-degree assault, and first-degree rape or attempted rape waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court this week. Salvador Hernandez also has been charged with misdemeanor patronizing prostitution, 18 years and […]
Missourians face large bills, aggressive collection tactics from air ambulance transports
Missourians are frequently subjected to aggressive collection efforts by air ambulance providers totaling tens of thousands of dollars in a practice called balance billing, according to a detailed report released today by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP). To assess the scope of the problem, the DIFP initiated a data call for […]
Suspect who escaped from Livingston County Sheriff’s car, while in restraints, involved in multiple stolen vehicle cases
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a fugitive from Bedford taken into custody Wednesday morning escaped from a patrol vehicle while in restraints and fled on foot before being caught again and placed in additional restraints. Three deputies and two state troopers originally found 29-year-old Linn Hoskins III in the back of a stolen pickup […]
Four wave preliminary hearings in Tuesday session of Grundy County court
Four defendants waived preliminary hearings during appearances Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each was bound over to the January 17th session of Division One of Circuit Court. Michael Wayne Strantruff of Trenton is charged with assault in the first degree causing a serious physical injury to another. Bond continues at […]
Gallatin man, accused of sexual crimes, appears in Daviess County Court
A Gallatin man charged with multiple felonies, including first degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, second degree kidnapping, third degree assault, and first degree rape or attempted rape, appeared for a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Daviess County Circuit Court today (Wednesday). Online court information indicates Salvador Hernandez’s two cases involving the felony charges […]
Missouri’s largest-ever poaching investigation ends in jail time
A Greene County man’s court sentencing in December in Barton and Lawrence Counties are the most recent events in what is one of Missouri’s largest conservation cases involving the illegal taking of deer. On December 13, David Berry Jr. of Brookline received a 120-day sentence in Barton County Circuit Court for a felony firearms probation […]
Judge Peace hands down several prison sentences during busy session of Division One of Grundy County court
Several prison terms were announced Thursday by Presiding Judge Jack Peace in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Following a hearing, probation was revoked for Ricky Eugene Shoemaker of Trenton stemming from several previous charges. For distribution, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance, Shoemaker was sentenced to ten years with the Department […]
Eleven waive preliminary hearings in the Associate Division of Grundy County court
Eleven defendants on Tuesday waived preliminary hearings on multiple counts in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each saw their cases bound over for arraignment Thursday in Division One and another defendant had his cases certified to the Division One circuit court docket. Jeffrey Chad Corbin is charged with driving while revoked and resisting […]
American Family Insurance to sponsor “Shoot Sixty Seconds for your School” at Holiday Hoops
Agents of American Family Insurance will once again sponsor the “Shoot Sixty Seconds for Your School” at each half-time of Holiday Hoops games. Individuals will be pre-selected by each team and allowed to shoot free throws for 60 seconds in pursuit of cash prizes for their high school athletic departments. The winner at the conclusion […]
Bipartisan groups push for federal prison sentencing reform
People languishing in federal prison for decades on nonviolent drug convictions may get a new chance at justice if the U.S. Senate finds the political will to pass sentencing reform in the final weeks of the lame-duck session. Groups on both left and right on the political spectrum support the First Step Act, a series of […]
KCP&L/GMO customers to see decrease in utility bills starting in February, 2019
Kansas City Power and Light Company and its Greater Missouri Operations Company have filed applications with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to adjust the Demand Side Investment Mechanism charge on customer bills. The charge appears as a separate line item on customer bills and allows KCP and L and GMO to recover demand-side management […]
First case of Chronic Wasting Disease discovered in southwest Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation reports that a young buck harvested in Stone County in early November has tested positive for the deadly deer disease — chronic wasting disease (CWD). According to MDC, this is the first detection of CWD in Stone County and the first detection in the far southwest region of the state. The […]
Three go before judge in Associate Division of Grundy County court
Among cases in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Rural Trenton resident Harold Lee Knight pleaded guilty to charges of driving while intoxicated and an amended charge of defective equipment. With a plea bargain agreement, the court imposed a fine of $500 for the DWI and $200 for defective equipment. He’s also […]
Eight Chillicothe police officers subpoenaed to testify in court
Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples reports eight police officers were subpoenaed to testify in Livingston County Associate Court in four separate preliminary hearings for state testimony for four defendants one day this week. The officers testified to arrests made over the last couple of months for multiple charges ranging from possession of a controlled substance […]