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 […]
A drug possession charge has been filed in Grundy County Circuit Court against a 25-year-old Trenton resident. Kyanna Maleia Merritt has been accused of felony possession of methamphetamine Saturday in Trenton. Bond has been set at $15,000 pending her appearance March 13th in Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court.
Additional charges have been filed in Grundy County against 37-year-old Bobby Morgans the second of Trenton who was arrested following the theft of a Grundy County ambulance on Tuesday, February 20th. Authorities have accused Morgans of two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of tampering with a motor vehicle last Tuesday. Documents were filed […]
On October 19, the Great Central U. S. “ShakeOut” earthquake drill will be held. More than 440,000 Missourians have registered to participate. Almost 2.5 million people are registered in the 14 central U.S. states that could be impacted by a New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake. At exactly 10:19 am Thursday, participants will be expected to: […]
A funeral service for Lineville, Iowa resident Saige Boswell will be held at the Roberson Funeral Home in Lineville Friday morning at 10:30 with burial to follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Lineville. Visitation for Saige Boswell will be held at the funeral home Thursday night from 6 to 8 o’clock. Saige Boswell, who died Sunday […]
A Lathrop man has been injured in an I-35 traffic accident at Cameron. The highway patrol reports 34-year-old Matthew Carrel was taken by ambulance Monday morning to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious Injuries. Carrel’s northbound pickup went off the east side of Interstate 35 and struck a guardrail. The vehicle came to […]
A visitation has been announced for the woman who died after being hit by a pickup truck Wednesday night in downtown Trenton. Forty-eight-year-old Linda Kay Sanderson of Trenton died at Wright Memorial Hospital after the accident. Visitation is at the Roberson Funeral Home in Bethany Tuesday night from 6 to 8 o’clock with inurnment at […]
The funeral service for 20-year-old Trey Shaw will be at the Union Coon Creek Baptist Church west of Trenton Monday morning at 11 o’clock with burial in Coon Creek Cemetery. Visitation is at the First Baptist Church in Trenton Saturday evening from 5 to 7 o’clock. Survivors for Trey Shaw include his father and step-mother […]
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 […]
The Mercer County Fire Protection District, Medicine Creek Fire Protection District, and Mercer Fire Protection District responded to Smithfield Badger Farm 5 for a hog confinement fire on Tuesday, March 28. Mercer County Fire reports the fire went through the roof in the office portion of the facility when crews arrived at the scene of […]
The Maysville school district reports Instructor Rodney Thomas has been placed on administrative leave from his job as a junior high math teacher and a coach with the wrestling program. The 39-year-old Thomas was arrested on multiple alleged sexual contact accusations and related charges in DeKalb County. A statement from the Maysville school indicates Thomas has […]
A rollover accident yesterday at Leisure Lake injured a rural Trenton woman. 70-year-old Diana Hoppe received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol reports Mrs. Hoppe was eastbound when her sports utility vehicle went off the right side of Leisure Lake Drive and struck a wooden […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in December in a case filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (Grain Belt Express). Grain Belt Express seeks a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, […]
An accident in eastern Putnam County at 6:30 Monday evening injured a woman from Worthington, Missouri when there was a collision involving a car and farm tractor at a bridge five miles to the southwest of Livonia. The highway patrol reports 52-year-old Thersa Steiser of Worthington was flown by medical helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des […]
The Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC otherwise known as the Grain Belt Express has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate, and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line, and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe […]
Media reports indicate a Carrollton police officer Saturday night shot a man whom police say approached them with a handgun while they were investigating a complaint about a loose dog. The Missouri Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident, said police were called to a residence in the 300 block of East Third Street at Carrollton about 10:15 […]
Sentencing was yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse in Bethany for a man accused of poisoning his wife nearly ten years ago when they lived in Harrison County. Samuel Borntreger was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty June 21st in Division One of the Harrison County Circuit […]
The highway patrol described injuries as minor for a Laredo woman involved in a traffic accident last night at the Thompson River bridge half a mile west of Trenton. The patrol reports 70-year-old Jackie Owens was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The report noted that just past 8:30 Wednesday evening, the eastbound car […]
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 […]
