Ben White has resigned as the Executive Director of Main Street Chillicothe and will be taking a position with the state Main Street program, Missouri Main Street Connection. His official last day is November 1st. In his new position, Ben will travel across Missouri and provide training and workshops to new Main Street communities looking […]
Law enforcement will collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Medications will be collected on October 26th from 10 to 2 o’clock. Area locations in Missouri will include the sheriff’s offices of Mercer County in Princeton, Harrison County in Bethany, and Adair Couty in Kirksville; Bethany […]
According to the U.S. Department of Education, Missouri’s three-year loan default rate decreased four-tenths of a percent, keeping Missouri’s rate below the national average and lower than most of its neighboring states. Missouri’s student loan default rate dropped from 10.3 percent to 9.9 percent. The national rate decreased from 10.8 percent to 10.1 percent. More […]
Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri is accepting applications for its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Residents who are disabled or at least 60 years old can now submit applications and the agency will begin accepting program applications for other households on November 1st. The service will start on November 1st for the disabled […]
The Missouri House Speaker and House Democrats view the issue of Medicaid expansion differently. GOP Speaker Elijah Haahr of Springfield says Medicaid expansion would hurt education, by taking dollars out of the classroom. Statistics provided by the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) show the number of Missourians on Medicaid has dropped from […]
A collection of works by area artists will begin the 2019-2020 exhibition schedule in the Dorris Rider Art Gallery at North Central Missouri College in Trenton. “Local Artists Showcase 12” will open on Monday, September 9 and run through October 4. Artists can submit up to two pieces of original art that have not previously […]
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded two more emergency flood repair contracts this week. Route 111 (Holt County) Contract for debris removal and roadbed and shoulder repair from Spur 111 in Craig to Route 118 was awarded to Phillips Hardy, Inc. in the amount of $2,401,987.90. Work could begin as soon as Tuesday, […]
Three men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a cyberstalking conspiracy that utilized GPS tracking devices to help carry out the murder of a Kansas City, Missouri, man. Lester E. Brown, 32, of Kansas City, Missouri, Michael Young, 29, of Independence, Missouri, and Ronell Pearson, 32, currently living in […]
The owner of a Kansas City, Missouri, daycare center was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently receive more than $556,000 in federal benefits. Sharif Karie, 41, of Olathe, Kan., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to four years and 10 months in federal prison without parole. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Clinton, Iowa man sustained moderate injuries when the towed trailer dropped off of the Peterbilt truck he drove and he lost control eight miles south of Bevier on Tuesday afternoon. An ambulance transported 54-year-old Lyman Dickens to the Samaritan Hospital in Macon. The truck traveled north on Route C before […]
The Caldwell County Foundation is accepting donations for assisting law enforcement with meals and provisions during the investigation in Braymer regarding the missing Diemel brothers from Wisconsin. Monetary donations can be dropped off at the Caldwell County Library in Kingston or the Hamilton Bank. Checks should be made payable to the Caldwell County Foundation. Questions […]
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade says 120,000 Missourians, including about 95,000 children, have reportedly been removed from Medicaid since January 2018. State Representative David Wood, who chairs a budget committee involving Social Services, says the number of Missourians on state healthcare has declined, but the state’s Medicaid costs continue to climb. Wood thinks […]
