A Minnesota woman was taken to a Kansas City hospital following a single vehicle accident early Monday evening three miles south of Bethany. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 38 year old Tiffany Wadley of Owatonna, Minnesota. She was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany and later flown by […]
A 15-year old Kansas City boy was hurt Saturday evening when he was thrown over the handlebars of a small motorcycle he was riding east of Plattsburg. The youth was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The motorcycle was traveling down a hill on private property when the boy used the front brakes and […]
A Grant City resident was injured Saturday evening in Harrison County when the car he was driving overturned on Route N east of Blythedale. Seventy-eight-year-old Clifford Pierce was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. The accident happened two miles east of Blythedale as the car was westbound on Route N […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan woman sustained moderate injuries as the result of the sport utility vehicle she drove overturning eight miles south of Madison the evening of Friday, September 4th. The woman was later arrested on several allegations. An ambulance transported 34-year-old Holly McCabe to the University Hospital of Columbia. The SUV traveled […]
Grundy County Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson provided an update on COVID-19 at the Trenton Rotary Club meeting Thursday, September 3rd. She spoke to the club via teleconference. She reported there has been a spike in case numbers in the last week, but there is not any single event that can be attributed to the […]
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce is moving forward with its annual Trick or Treat Night. Chamber President Debbie Carman reports the event will not be held in the Rock Barn this year. A committee plans to hold the event in the livestock pavilion in the Rock Barn area on the evening of October 26, […]
The Ragan-Hickman American Legion Auxiliary will serve food during Mercer Community Homecoming this weekend. Snacks and drinks will be served at the American Legion/Mercer Community Building on the evening of Friday, September 4th. Chicken and hot dog meals will be served Saturday, September 5th. The Ragan-Hickman American Legion Auxiliary will hold a pie auction in […]
Eleven young women have been announced for the Calamity Jane Queen Contest scheduled in Princeton on September 12th. The event begins at 7 o’clock Saturday evening, September 12, 2020, at the Princeton United Methodist Church. The winner reigns over Calamity Jane Day activities on September 18th through the 20th. Each contestant has a sponsor which […]
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce is planning a shortened version of the Missouri Day Festival this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will be in the Rock Barn area on the evening of October 16th from 4 to 8 o’clock and October 17th from 9 to 7 o’clock. Chamber President Debbie Carman […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton man sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Carroll County on the evening of Friday, August 28th. Emergency medical services transported 37-year-old Bobby Derickson to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The other driver, a 16-year-old girl from Norborne, was reported as not injured. A crash report indicates Derickson’s […]
Various activities are planned for Mercer Community Homecoming next weekend. The “Don’t Stop Believin” themed event will begin in Mercer the evening of September 3rd with a cake stand at 6 o’clock. Activities will include Boston Boswell and a cornhole tournament at 7 o’clock as well as the DDR Band at 7:30 and 9 o’clock. […]
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 10th Annual Jailbreak Poker Run to support the chamber’s general fund. Two-wheeled, three-wheeled, and four-wheeled vehicles can participate in the event on September 12th. Registration will begin on Eighth Street between the north side of the courthouse and former jail that morning at 10 o’clock. Kickstands […]
The Trenton Rotary Club discussed at its meeting Thursday, August 27th the annual fish fry next month. The drive-through meal will be at the Rock Barn area on the evening of September 12th from 5 o’clock to 6:30. Vehicles can enter from Oklahoma Avenue and pick up and pay for food at the FFA cook […]
The Grand River Multipurpose Center of Chillicothe will hold a fish fry and hog raffle. Mark Sykes and others will cook fish for the drive-thru only event on the evening of September 11th. Pickup times will be 5, 6, and 7 o’clock with tickets in advance costing $10 and tickets at the door will be […]
Seventh Day Slumber will headline the Freedom Fest—Freedom to Rock Tour near Unionville. Opening acts for the free event at 31768 East Highway 136 on the evening of September 2nd will be The Protest and Relent. Doors will open at 5 o’clock, and the music will start at 6:30. Attendees are asked to bring lawn […]
Trenton Municipal Utilities has extended a boil advisory for a section of Trenton due to samples not meeting standards. The advisory affects Pleasant Plain from East 17th to East 20th streets and will continue to be in place until Thursday evening, August 27, 2020, at 8 o’clock.
Various reports were given at the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees meeting the evening of Tuesday, August 25th. Several included information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Vice President of Student Affairs Doctor Kristen Alley reported student move-in went well, and precautions were taken. Seventeen students were tested for COVID-19, and all results were negative. […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance Monday, August 24th regarding an update to an interfund transfer ordinance. City Administrator Lance Rains reported the update was needed because the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development wanted some of the wording changed. The update involved a few minor changes, including adding that the city […]
Trenton Municipal Utilities has set a precautionary boil advisory for an area of Pleasant Plain that was under a prior boil advisory. Affected by the advisory are water customers on Pleasant Plain from East 17th to East 20th street. TMU reports the advisory is due to a water sample that did not meet standards. The […]
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board met last evening with six members present voting to remove four properties of concern and granting extensions of time to four other Recognizing work has been completed as requested by the city, the board released 1113 Main to 1115 Main, 900 Main, 1814 Hillcrest Drive, and 813 Olive Street. Receiving […]
