A Missouri Department of Corrections employee has won a $600,000 settlement from the state after she alleged male co-workers at two state prisons regularly harassed her. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports the taxpayer-funded payout, approved in January, included just over $297,000 to prison caseworker Jennifer LaFleur and more than $303,000 to attorneys […]
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North Central Missouri College Scholarship Reception set for March 13th
The North Central Missouri College Scholarship Reception to honor 2018-2019 scholarship recipients will be held on March 13, 2019, in the Jeanette Hoffman Robison Auditorium in the Ketcham Community Center. This annual event is hosted by the North Central Missouri College Foundation to highlight NCMC Foundation scholarship recipients and all NCMC institutional scholarship recipients for […]
High nitrate in hay can, and is, killing beef cows in complex ways
Two years of abnormal weather changed plant growth, which changes livestock digestion and in the end, cows die. The words “it’s very complex” kept popping up in a University of Missouri emergency teleconference of state and regional MU Extension specialists. This winter farmers find groups of cows dead, often falling on newly unrolled baled hay. […]
Trenton Kiwanis Club to host Trivia Night in April
The Trenton Kiwanis Club will host its first Trivia Night in April to fund community service activities in the area. Teams of six to eight members at least 18 years old can participate in the event billed as a “Stroll Through the Decades” at the Black Silo Winery of Trenton April 6th. Doors will open […]
Tina-Avalon School to host annual Country Music Show
The 36th Annual Tina-Avalon Country Music Show will be held later this month to fund Tina-Avalon Alumni Scholarships, student support, and school improvements. The event will be held in the school gym on the nights of March 22nd and 23rd at 7 o’clock. Free will donations will be accepted at the door.
5K walk/run to be held in Mercer County
Mercer County residents can participate for free in the Mercer County 5K next month. The Mercer County Health Department will hold the 5K run/walk at the Mercer City Park the morning of April 13th starting at 7:30. Participants will compete in children, adult men, and adult women categories. Prize money will be awarded in each […]
Highway patrol arrests driver in Caldwell County
An Arkansas man arrested by the Highway Patrol in Caldwell County Tuesday afternoon has been charged with three misdemeanors. Online court information shows 23-year-old Travis Scoggin of Rosebud, Arkansas has been charged with driving while revoked or suspended—first offense, possession of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid of 10 grams or less, and unlawful possession of drug […]
Jamesport Tri-County School to close Wednesday, March 6th due to water leak
Jamesport Tri-County School will not be in session Wednesday, March 6th due to repairs to a water leak. A representative from the school says Auberry Grove will be closed Wednesday to repair the leak. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports Route F/Auberry Grove will be closed from Highway 6 to Highway 190 from 8 o’clock […]
Trenton City Council tables request from Green Hills Animal Shelter
After 45 minutes of discussion between the Trenton City Council and the Green Hills Animal Shelter last night, the council voted to table a request from the animal shelter which was seeking an increase on their next contract. The decision to table was approved six to one after City Administrator Ron Urton reported two other […]
Trenton Finance Committee to reccommend borrowing of money from TMU to cover wastewater plant costs
The finance committee at a meeting Tuesday night decided to recommend to the full city council that money be borrowed from one department of Trenton Municipal Utilities to assist another department in paying costs of a major project. Such action is being recommended after the committee and council members were discouraged from doing so by […]
Turkey and owl calling competition to be featured at “Outdoor Expo” in Princeton
Turkey and owl calling contests, an archery competition, deer mount displays and scoring, a gun raffle, with the winner able to choose from three guns, vendor tables, and a silent auction will be at the Princeton Rotary Club’s Youth Turkey Calling Contest and Outdoor Expo next week. The event will be held at the Princeton […]
Gallatin Theater to present “Director’s Choice: A Night of One-Act Plays”
Three plays will be performed during the Gallatin Theatre League’s Director’s Choice: A Night of One-Act Plays. “All the Bases”, “Sure Thing”, and “The Great American Talent Show” will be performed at the Courter Theater in Gallatin the nights of March 28th through 30th at 7 o’clock. Tickets cost $10.00 and are on sale now […]
Annual Chief’s Tea scheduled for April 12th
The Trenton Police Department announces the annual Chief’s Tea to support the Green Hills Women’s Shelter will be held next month. The domestic and sexual violence awareness lunch will feature a survivors panel and a keynote speaker served by the program. The event will be at the First Assembly of God Activity Center, 1107 East […]
Princeton City Council approves area to be used as shooting range
The Princeton City Council approved the use of the small shooting range at the former city dump area for the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office at its meeting Monday evening. City Clerk Danette Snapp reports the sheriff wants to use the area to qualify deputies two times each year. The council also approved a One Drive […]
Power outage planned in Galt
Power will be turned off at Galt Thursday, March 7th due to the changing out of a substation. Galt City Clerk Ashley Campbell reports KCP&L plans to turn off the power for the city at 4 o’clock that afternoon. Residents will be without power for up to four hours.
Two from Trenton face multiple counts of receiving stolen property
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton residents on Monday who worked in concert with each other and face multiple counts of felony receiving stolen property. Forty-four year old Lois Crouse has been charged with four counts of receiving stolen property. Bond was set at $30,000 cash only. Forty-two-year-old Michael Lynn […]
Trenton Board of Adjustments approves variance request
The Trenton Board of Adjustments approved a variance request at a hearing Monday night three to zero. Deputy City Clerk Tracy Maberry reports board members Roger Hawkins, Chris Smith, and Tom Stickler attended and approved David and Sherry Mihalovich’s request to allow for the construction of a 30 by 40-foot garage at 1908 Oak Street. […]
Route F in Jamesport to close on Wednesday for repair work
Route F in Jamesport will close Wednesday, March 6th for work by the town of Jamesport. Missouri Department of Transportation reports the road will close between Highways 6 and 190 from approximately 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, weather permitting. During the closure, motorists will need to seek an alternate route. The […]
Annual statewide tornado drill set for 10 am Tuesday, March 5
One of the features of severe weather preparedness week is the annual statewide tornado drill. The test for tornado-readiness is scheduled at 10 o’clock this morning. The sounding of three storm sirens, an emergency alert announcement on KTTN and NOAA weather radio, plus storm alerts will be sent to schools and other facilities. The purpose […]
Crash near Brunswick injures three children
A single vehicle rollover accident in Chariton County Monday morning resulted in minor injuries for three children from Brunswick. A car driven by 37-year-old Socorro Gonzales of Brunswick was southbound when she apparently lost control on the snow-covered Route Y and drove off the left side of the road where the car overturned, coming to […]