The Grundy County Commission next week will hold a tax rate hearing and attend a meeting about the county’s 911 radio system. The hearing will be at the courthouse in Trenton on August 17, 2021, at 9 o’clock in the morning. The proposed tax rate for Grundy County is $.1967 per $100 valuation. That is a […]
A Chillicothe man who allegedly fled from the Livingston County Courthouse on the morning of August 11, 2021, was apprehended later in the day. Sheriff Steve Cox reports 29-year-old Nicholas Allen Duckworth spoke with a bond supervision employee in the Associate Circuit Court about a court appearance about a drug screen. Duckworth was directed to […]
Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled, Grundy Co Senate Bill 40, currently has Grant Request forms available for the FY2022. Grant applications will be accepted until Friday, October 1, 2021, at 4:00 PM at the FFDD office located on the 1st floor of the Grundy County Courthouse or by mail at P.O. Box 402, […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports 600 Livingston County residents will receive prospective juror notices. The sheriff’s office is required to notify the group of potential juror service from October to February. The notices were to be mailed on August 10. Cox says the notices must be completed and returned in a timely manner to […]
Today is Missouri’s 200th birthday, it officially became a state on this date in 1821. To honor the Bicentennial, many locations are offering ice cream during community events today. We have learned of one change of location and one additional site compared to our local news report of last week. For Crowder State Park west […]
The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled in Grundy County will hold a tax levy hearing at its meeting next week. The group will meet in the conference room on the first floor of the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton on August 9, 2021, at 6:30 in the evening. The proposed tax rate for FFDD […]
A mandatory meeting for bidders involving concrete work at the courthouse in Trenton is on the Grundy County Commission’s agenda for August 10. The meeting will be in the commissioner’s room at 9 am, August 10, 2021. Concrete work is planned at the north entrance and east side driveway entrance of the courthouse.
Many locations in the area plan on having community events on the same day next week to recognize the Bicentennial for Missouri by offering ice cream. All events posted to the Missouri 2021website are on Tuesday, August 10th. Among those holding ice cream socials are Crowder State Park west of Trenton offers ice cream at […]
A Missouri legislator is scheduled to go on trial soon in two alleged fraud schemes. Nixa State Representative Tricia Derges is scheduled to go on trial beginning August 16 for 23 felony counts. Last March, a federal grand jury indictment alleges Derges fraudulently received about $300,000 in federal coronavirus aid for nonprofit medical […]
The Livingston County Commission will hold a tax rate hearing next week. The hearing will be at the courthouse in Chillicothe on August 3 at 11 o’clock in the morning. The Livingston County Clerk’s Office reports the proposed tax rates are 1.41 cents for general revenue and 4.98 cents for senior services. The August 3 agenda also […]
Streambank Stabilization bids will be opened at the Grundy County Commission meeting next week. Shannon Howe with the Howe Company will be at the courthouse in Trenton for the bid opening on August 3 at 11 a.m. The Streambank Stabilization project is near the Thompson River Bridge on Highway 6. The Grundy County Commission’s agenda […]
The Grundy County Commission will hold a mandatory meeting for bidders for concrete work at the courthouse in Trenton. The meeting will be in the commissioner’s room at the courthouse on August 10 at 9 a.m. Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray reports the work will include replacing part of the sidewalk by the north entrance of […]
A woman from Texas faces charges in Caldwell County after she allegedly took a vehicle without permission and left her five year old son on the side of a highway July 19th. Online court information shows 24 year old Josephine Louise Barrera of San Antonio, Texas has been charged with the felonies of first degree […]
The Jamesport City Council July 12th approved offering a contract and matters involving pay. City Clerk Shelley Page reports a contract was offered to Jerry Urton as an emergency backup water and wastewater operator. Bob Walker was offered $12 an hour to help with mowing and snow removal for up to 20 hours per week. […]
The Chillicothe Lions Club will host a cruise night and car show this weekend. Line up for Cruise Night will start at the courthouse in Chillicothe July 16th at 5 o’clock in the evening. Car Show Committee Member Bette Atwell says the cruise will begin around 7:15, go past nursing homes, and come back to […]
Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson will visit Chillicothe to participate in Sliced Bread Day activities on Saturday, July 10. Mrs. Parson will serve as Grand Marshal of the Sliced Bread Day Parade in Downtown Chillicothe at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The parade route travels Washington Street from Polk to Third Street and then Locust Street […]
Grundy County is requesting formal qualifications-based competitive sealed proposals from qualified, licensed, and experienced providers for a turnkey project to provide the county a new Conventional Project-25 700/800 Megahertz digital simulcast radio network. Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs reports the radio system is a proposed replacement system for the current fire and ambulance system. The […]
The Trenton Rotary Club finished up its 2020-21 program year during the June 24 meeting held at the BTC Bank community room. Kim Washburn presided at the meeting, Dan Wilford gave the prayer, and Chris Hoffman was the sergeant at arms. Mrs. Washburn gave a recap of the year, which saw the club unable to […]
The Grundy County Commission will speak with the North Central Missouri Development Alliance’s executive director next week. The agenda for the commission’s meeting at the courthouse in Trenton on June 29 includes Scott Sharp at 8:30 in the morning.
Ahead of President Biden’s Wednesday address on the spiking crime throughout America, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) rolled out his own legislative agenda to hire 100,000 new police officers, boost police morale, and keep American families safe. As violent crime continues to plague the country, communities and law enforcement officers are under siege. Homicides are dramatically increasing across American cities, and violent […]
