The Trenton Police Department is seeking tips regarding what it calls a “suspicious fire” early Monday morning. The police report a fire damaged a vacant house at 1437 Main Street in Trenton. The Trenton Police and Fire departments, as well as the Missouri Division of Fire Safety, are investigating the fire. Anyone with information is […]
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Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant to make temporary changes to water disinfection
Beginning September 30, 2019, the Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant will begin utilizing free chlorine, or a free chlorine conversion, in its water system. This procedure entails feeding free chlorine, instead of chloramines (chlorine combined with ammonia), as the disinfectant into the water leaving the Water Treatment Plant. This will affect customers of Trenton […]
High-speed chase in Cass County results in crash; deputy hospitalized after vehicle catches fire
Around 11:45 pm Monday night Cass County Deputies stopped a grey 2003 Chevy Tahoe for a traffic violation on S. Prospect near E. 155th Street. When the deputies approached the vehicle, the driver fled at a high rate of speed. During the brief chase, the suspect vehicle and deputy’s vehicle went off the roadway at […]
Trenton City Council selects construction company to replace 17th Street Bridge
All votes were unanimous Monday night when the Trenton City Council approved three bills and adopted three ordinances. The 17th Street Bridge replacement will be done by Boone Construction Company of Columbia who submitted the lowest of bids from six companies. City Administrator Ron Urton said the selection of Boone has been accepted by the […]
Audio: Nine free bridges available in Missouri
Free bridges are available all over Missouri but with a catch – you have to pay the bill to move them. Karen Daniels with the state Transportation Department says city parks departments and trail groups are a couple of the most common bridge takers. Daniels says the law requires the state to give […]
Prisoner who escaped from Mercer County Jail escapes again using board to open wall
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department reports a Kansas City man who escaped from the Mercer County Jail in Princeton earlier in August has escaped again. Sheriff Stephen Stockman reports it is believed 27-year-old Drake Kately escaped around 8:30 Wednesday night by tearing a hole in the back wall of his jail cell with a board […]
Audio: Missouri issues health advisory associated with vaping
The Department of Health and Senior Services has issued a health advisory to providers and partners regarding severe lung disease associated with vaping. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have now been 193 potential cases of severe lung illness associated with vaping in 22 states from June 28-August 20. The CDC is […]
Students will be safer as required background checks on school volunteers becomes state law
A new state law will help protect children at their schools as beginning August 28, school volunteers will be required to undergo criminal background checks before being left alone with children. Auditor Galloway pushed for the new law after her audit of the state’s sexual offender registration program found background checks were mandatory for school employees, […]
Jefferson City police officer honored for community service
Tim Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that Lt. David Williams of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Police Department has received the 2019 Enoch B. Morelock Award. The Enoch B. Morelock Award is an annual recognition of outstanding moral character, service to law enforcement and service to the community. Williams […]
Camden County audit recommends increased oversight, better operations throughout Camden County government
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released an audit of Camden County that detailed lack of oversight and failure to follow policies to ensure efficient use of taxpayer dollars throughout county government. Auditor Galloway also released a separate audit of the Camden County Collector’s Office, which is required by law when a vacancy occurs in […]
Hundreds of fugitives arrested, firearms and illegal drugs seized during “Operation Triple Beam”
Operation Triple Beam, an initiative led by the U.S. Marshals Service to track down some of the metropolitan area’s most violent and persistent offenders, resulted in hundreds of arrests and the seizure of dozens of firearms and illegal drugs. Results of the 10-week initiative were announced today by U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison, U.S. Marshal Mark […]
Grundy County sales tax collections decline for the month of August
Grundy County sales tax collections for fiscal 2019 are down approximately $1,200 from this time a year ago in the departments of General Revenue, Ambulance, and Law Enforcement. Collections for each department totals approximately $36,200 for the month of August 2019. Total collections for the fiscal year 2019 in each department are approximately $309,300.
9-year-old child and woman killed, 3-year-old sent to hospital in crash on Highway 36
A woman and child from Kansas City died, and another child from Kansas City was injured as the result of a sport utility vehicle striking the towed unit of a heavy-duty semi-trailer truck at Cameron early Tuesday morning. The DeKalb County coroner pronounced Lathrop and Spearman-Lathrop dead at the scene about an hour after the […]
Chillicothe Fire Department improves rating, placing in top 15% in the country
In a report of the Insurance Services Office, dated July 29, 2019, the Chillicothe Fire Department (CFD) has been recognized as achieving a reduced ISO rating of “3,” dropping from the “4” rating of just four years ago, placing Chillicothe in the top 15th percentile of Communities surveyed in 2019. This new rating is the […]
Governor Parson announces Kelli Jones as new Communications Director
Governor Mike Parson announced that Kelli Jones will assume the role of Communications Director for the Office of the Governor effective August 2, 2019. Mrs. Jones has served as Deputy Communications Director/Press Secretary since Governor Parson took office in June of last year. Mrs. Jones previously served as Governor Parson’s Communications Director during his term […]
Trenton Fire Department rating places department in top 15% in the country
The Trenton Fire Department has announced Trenton’s Insurance Services Office rating has improved from a 5 to a 3/3Y. The rating places Trenton in the top 15% of departments in the country and will go into effect August 1st. The split certification of 3/3Y means property within the Trenton city limits and within 1,000 feet […]
Trenton City Council approves development of plans for new hangars at airport
On a split vote, the Trenton City Council approved a motion last night to develop plans that could ultimately lead to the possible construction of new hangars to replace aging facilities at the airport. City Administrator Ron Urton told the council Trenton has $118,000 in Federal Aviation Administration credits that need to be committed or […]
Motorcyclist injured in Caldwell County crash near Braymer
A California motorcyclist was injured early Sunday evening in a Caldwell County accident four miles to the northwest of Braymer. Seventy-one-year-old Ronald Parsons of El Segundo was taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. Parsons was southbound on Turkey Road when the motorcycle traveled off the west side; the driver […]
Tire blows out on concrete truck southeast of Harris; driver from Milan life-flighted to Des Moines
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man sustained serious injuries when a tire blew out on a concrete truck, and it overturned five miles southeast of Harris on Friday morning. An air ambulance transported Luis Gama-Tovar to the Methodist Medical Center of Des Moines, Iowa. The concrete truck traveled west on Route E before the […]
Former Arkansas State Senator pleads guilty to bribery
A former Arkansas state senator pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting multiple bribes in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Western District of Missouri and Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Jeremy Hutchinson, 45, of Little Rock, Arkansas, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count of conspiracy to […]