A benefit ride will be held for an area pastor diagnosed with leukemia. The ride for Pastor Doug Crawford will start at the Black Silo Winery of Trenton on June 5th. Registration will begin on the morning of June 5, at 10 o’clock. Kickstands will go up at 11 o’clock. The cost is $20 per […]
The North Central Missouri Mental Health Center in Chillicothe will hold free parenting classes via Zoom. Classes will be Tuesday mornings from 8 o’clock to 9:30 through April 20th. Topics will include boundaries, children’s diagnoses, and transitional living skills. Participants can pick and choose classes. Call the North Central Missouri Mental Health Center to get […]
North Central Missouri College Foundation announces the Distinguished Alumni Class for 2020 honorees: Dr. Jamie Hooyman, Mr. John Sturdevant, and Mr. Donovan Thompson. Distinguished Alumni honorees will be recognized during the Pirates Ball on March 13, 2021, at the Ketcham Community Center on the campus of North Central Missouri College along with Voyage Fund donors, […]
Sometimes it pays to be late. Nitrogen application is one of those times, says University of Missouri Extension nutrient management specialist Peter Scharf. Scharf, who has researched nitrogen application in corn, wheat, and other crops for 35 years, continues to favor spring nitrogen application over fall-applied application, especially during wet years, which are becoming more […]
The North Grand River Baptist Association is accepting donations for an area pastor who has been diagnosed with leukemia. A news release says Union Coon Creek Baptist Church Pastor Doug Crawford has been hospitalized for more than six weeks, originally for COVID-19 and then receiving the cancer diagnosis. His medical team has advised him to […]
A corporate executive has been ordered to serve 20 years in prison after his conviction related to falsely telling thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, they had less than six months to live and subsequently enrolling them in hospice programs. A federal jury in McAllen, Texas, convicted Rodney […]
(Missouri Independent) – Amid a battle with breast cancer, Kari Rawley found herself combating a second potentially fatal condition — COVID-19. The Kansas City resident thought she had done everything right to help herself in her immunocompromised state. Her family wore masks and practiced social distancing, but after a small going away party for her […]
A benefit dinner will be held in Jamesport for a Gilman City resident diagnosed with Stage Three Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A fish fry for Lita Terry will be at the Spillman Event Center on November 21st starting at 2 o’clock. Free will donations will be accepted. There will also be a chili cook-off with a $20 […]
Governor Mike Parson and state education director Margie Vandeven have loosened the guidelines for making students and staff quarantine after exposure to someone with COVID-19 if both people were properly wearing masks. Vandeven explained at a press conference Thursday: “Under the updated guidance, proper mask-wearing may now prevent individuals from being identified as close contacts in […]
Trenton City Council on Monday night authorized more repairs to a 19-year-old fire department truck. The council also accepted the employee health insurance rates for next year. Fire Chief Brandon Gibler told the council the American LaFrance white fire truck was taken to an Oak Grove business to diagnose repairs that are needed to the […]
The Missouri Association of School Nurses says school nurses are playing an even more critical role during the COVID-19 crisis. The state had about 1600 school nurses among Missouri’s more than 500 K-12 public school districts. Linda Neumann (pronounced newman), executive director of the association, says school nurses have been going above and beyond the […]
Main Street Chillicothe has made several changes to its Fall Wine Walk due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifteen Downtown Chillicothe merchants will host the event October 2nd. Main Street will also have a Mystery Pour or two. Wine will be pre-poured using disposable plastic cups at participating merchants. No wine glasses will be at the […]
