Great Northwest Day

Great Northwest Day steering committee announces priorities for event in Jefferson City

The Great Northwest Day steering committee has announced its priorities for the upcoming visit next month with lawmakers at the state capital. According to Micah Landes, the steering committee chairman, five priorities to be presented include: Caring for our youngest citizens Aligning to educate and advance our workforce Having rural high-speed broadband access and affordability […]

Spelling Bee

Grundy County Spelling Bee moved to February 6th

A change in date has been announced for the Grundy County Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee is now scheduled for Wednesday, February 6th at 1 o’clock in the Trenton middle school media center. Previously it was announced for Wednesday, January 30th but the county spelling bee has been postponed by one week. Top spellers will […]

industrial hemp

Proposed rules for Industrial Hemp Pilot Program available for comment through February 1st

The Missouri Department of Agriculture is reminding those interested in Missouri’s Industrial Hemp Pilot Program there are five days remaining to review and comment on the proposed rules put forth by the Department. Passed by the General Assembly in 2018, HB 2034 exempted industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana and the list of controlled substances […]

Missouri Department of Insurance

Over $16 million returned to Missouri consumers with the assistance of the Missouri Department of Insurance

Missouri consumers received an additional $16.2 million from their insurance companies in 2018, thanks to the work of the department’s Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section.  “One of our primary responsibilities is to protect Missouri consumers and ensure they are treated fairly by insurance companies,” said Chlora Lindley-Myers, Director of the Missouri Department of […]

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Two injured in Carroll County rollover crash

Residents of Carrollton and Warrensburg were hurt early Friday afternoon when a car overturned in northeastern Carroll County. The highway patrol reports 34-year-old Sandra Taylor of Carrollton sustained moderate injuries and 17-year-old Treasur Overturf of Warrensburg received minor injuries with both taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. They were passengers in a car driven […]

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One dead, one injured in crash east of Milan

One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash last night five miles east of Milan. Seventy-one-year-old Kenneth Morris of Milan was pronounced dead at the scene by the Deputy Coroner, Robert Wyant.  The accident also left a Kirksville man, 35-year-old Fiston Muenyi, with minor injuries. He was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center […]

Traffic Accident

Trenton man slides off road west of Galt

Twenty-seven year Marty Fisher of Trenton was westbound when the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 6, began sliding on the icy road, went off the north side where it overturned and came to rest upright demolishing the pickup. Fisher, who was using a seat belt, was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital […]

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La Plata teen hurt in crash on Highway 63

The Highway Patrol reports a teen from La Plata sustained moderate injuries when the pickup truck she drove slid off the road five miles north of Macon Thursday afternoon. An ambulance transported 16-year-old Karisa Thompson to Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The pickup traveled south on Highway 63 when it slid off the left side of […]

Dr. Molly Harp

Dr. Molly Harp joins Wright Memorial Hospital

A family practice physician will join Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group in Trenton. Doctor Molly Harp will begin treating patients at the Physicians’ Group in early February. Harp most recently worked as the medical director at Hamilton Family Health. She says she is “excited” to join Saint Luke’s and Wright Memorial Hospital and looks forward to […]