Missouri’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education voted to expand the number of eligible programs for the Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant during its March 4 meeting. Fifteen new eligible program areas will be added to the Fast Track list for students enrolled beginning fall 2020. Fast Track addresses workforce needs by providing grants to adult […]
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Missouri has its first case of coronavirus; testing to confirm this week
Missouri has its first likely case of COVID 19, known as the coronavirus. During a press conference on Saturday evening at St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s office, Gov. Mike Parson says the case involves a female in her 20s from St. Louis County, who had recently traveled to Italy. “She is isolated at home […]
UTV strikes tractor head-on, driver life-flighted to Columbia
A New Cambria man received serious injuries when the UTV he was operating collided with a small tractor on a country road northwest of New Cambria. The patrol reports vision was obstructed by a fire near the road. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Duncan was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The operator of the […]
Next “Coffee with a Cop” slated for March 25, at Trenton Main Stop
Trenton Residents can meet and visit with members of the Trenton Police Department at the next Coffee with a Cop program. Officers and Chief Rex Ross encourage members of the public to stop by, have a cup of coffee and ask questions about the department, special programs, or law enforcement in general at Main Stop […]
Missouri Health and Senior Services Director testifies that the state is well-prepared for Coronavirus
Missouri’s health director testified Monday afternoon in Jefferson City that he’s hoping for the best and preparing for the worst regarding the coronavirus. State Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Director Dr. Randall Williams appeared before the newly-created Missouri House Special Committee on Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Williams testifies there have been no confirmed […]
Missouri House passes bill that could allow private and religious schools to cut wages of hourly workers
In 2018, Missouri voters gave their blessing to incrementally raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023. The state House has passed a bill that would exempt private and religious school workers from the state’s minimum wage law. The proposal would open the door for these schools to reduce the pay of hourly […]
Braymer man ejected from UTV, life-flighted to Liberty Hospital
The Highway Patrol reports a Braymer man sustained serious injuries after being ejected from a utility terrain vehicle two miles east of Braymer on Friday night. Sixty-two-year-old Jerry Watson was later arrested and accused of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. He was released and taken by medical helicopter to Liberty Hospital. The UTV traveled east on […]
Saint Joseph News-Press goes to 4-day distribution of physical copies, online edition to continue daily
The Saint Joseph News-Press reports it will decrease the number of days it prints and distributes a physical copy of the newspaper to four days a week. Newspaper executives told employees Friday the publication will still publish a newspaper online and its e-Edition every day. NPG Newspapers Chief Operating Officer Stacey Hill says the News-Press […]
Polo woman injured when SUV overturns on Highway 116
A woman from Polo was injured Thursday night when the sports utility vehicle she was a passenger in ran off Highway 116 in Caldwell County and overturned. Thirty-two-year-old Cristal Flurrey of Polo was taken by EMS to Liberty Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The driver, 35-year-old Dustin Cope of Excelsior Springs, wasn’t hurt. The […]
Missouri man sentenced for receiving and distributing child pornography
An Aurora, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for receiving and distributing child pornography. Michael Steven Copfer, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes on Monday, Feb. 24, to 12 years and seven months in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Copfer to 15 years of supervised release […]
Deaths from flu-related illness in Missouri top 700
More than 700 people have died so far this season in Missouri from getting the flu and then pneumonia. Meanwhile, state health data shows influenza has directly killed 29 people in the Show-Me State. Some 56,000 flu cases have been confirmed so far and the season is still going strong. To put it in perspective, […]
Audio: Proposed statewide prescription drug monitoring program heads to Missouri Senate floor
A Missouri Senate committee has given approval to the creation of a database designed to crack down on potential abuse of addictive painkillers. GOP Representative Holly Rehder of southeast Missouri’s Scott City, who’s sponsoring the bill, says St. Louis County’s prescription drug monitoring program covers at least 87% of Missouri. “Missouri has a PDMP,” says […]
Medicaid expansion emerging as key issue in Missouri gubernatorial race
Missouri’s GOP governor and his likely November Democratic opponent clashed over the issue of Medicaid expansion, during separate press conferences Tuesday in Jefferson City. Medicaid is a federal and state program that assists with medical costs for residents who have limited incomes. Missouri’s current Medicaid budget is about $10 billion, accounting for about one-third of […]
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge opening Saturday, March 7th
The gates at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge will once again open to the public on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at 6 AM. The Refuge is closed annually from late October to the first Saturday of March to allow for undisturbed habitat for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Once spring arrives the place becomes a Refuge […]
Task force gets some positive news on Missouri spring flooding potential
The National Weather Service says Missouri faces above-average flood risk this spring because the soil is still saturated from last spring’s flooding. About 1.2 million acres of Missouri farmland was damaged by flooding in 2019. But, Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn says the Governor’s Flood Advisory Task Force has received a glimmer of good news […]
Audio: Missouri racks up $32 million in county jail bills
The state owes Missouri counties more than $32 million for housing and transporting inmates who end up going to state prison. Missouri’s tab has been a problem for years, but the amount has grown in recent years by a significant amount. In October 2017, Missourinet reported the state was about six months behind in paying its […]
State urges Missouri parents who lost Medicaid to re-apply kids for coverage
The state wants Missouri parents who have had their Medicaid coverage canceled to fill out an application and see if their kids still qualify. The request applies to those who have lost coverage since August 2018. State Representative David Wood, R-Versailles, says about 120,000 Missourians are no longer getting Medicaid due to a federal healthcare […]
Trenton Kiwanis Club to host Trivia Night
Saturday, March 7th is the date selected for the Trenton Kiwanis Club to host it’s Second Annual Trivia Night. The event will be held at the Black Silo Winery and is a fundraiser for the local club. The contest will get underway at 6:30 pm with doors opening at 5:30 pm. Concessions will be available. […]
Grundy County candidates can file for August Primary Election beginning Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard reminds residents that filing for the August Primary Election will begin next Tuesday, February 25th and run through March 31st. Grundy County offices required to file this year for new terms in 2021 are First and Second District commissioners as well as the assessor, collector-treasurer, coroner, public administrator, and sheriff. […]