Northwest Missouri’s grassland heritage will be celebrated at Prairie Days June 24-25 at Dunn Ranch in Harrison County. Bison, butterflies, birds and native plants that support them will be on display. Experts will interpret prairie ecology at a free event sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), The Nature Conservancy, and the Missouri Prairie […]
Mercer County Fire Protection District sent an engine and rescue unit to a report of a train locomotive on fire near Princeton Monday afternoon. The district reported it had some difficulty gaining access to the locomotive. The report, via the districts’ Facebook page, states the main portion of the fire was extinguished when the engineer […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – An Albany manufacturer is starting to pick up the pieces after a fire May 8. Albany Rural Fire Protection was able to save a back portion of the building that housed machinery for GHS Paper Tube & Core Manufacturing in Albany, Missouri. The fire destroyed the rest of the facility, including […]
Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at GHS Paper Tube and Core Manufacturing in Albany this Sunday afternoon. At this time, it is reported much of the building has been destroyed. Multiple fire departments were called to the scene at around 1 o’clock this afternoon, and remained on the scene as of 5:45 […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – Savannah, Missouri, firefighters responded to a garage blaze Saturday evening that resulted in injuries to a young child. Interim Savannah Fire Department Chief Dave Vincent said the call went out at 6:20 p.m. to the residence at 505 E. Price St. En route, the responding crews learned from a city […]
Fire early Wednesday, May 4th destroyed the cab portion of a tractor-trailer unit three miles west of Trenton on Highway 6. Trenton Fire Chief Rick Morris said the cause of the blaze was unknown. Morris said he suspects it possibly could have been some type of electrical overload. Morris explained the empty tractor trailer unit […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – A yellow toy dump truck speckled with dirt rests atop a bookshelf in the Trenton fire chief’s office. The photo of four children who died in a house fire last May is attached to the truck, which came from the backyard of the house that burned down. It is a […]
Trenton Firemen responded to motor vehicle fires Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26. Firefighters were dispatched at 12:37 pm Monday to a car on fire in the parking lot near Hy-Vee. Fire was contained to the engine compartment, and quickly knocked out. The car, a 2014 Pontiac Grand Prix, is owned by Kim Miller […]
Fire last night damaged a portion of the roof on the large Smithfield Farmland Foods plant just north of Milan. Responding to the call were fire departments from Milan Rural, the city of Milan, and Green City. Gardner estimated the manpower total at about 25 persons. That’s Rick Gardner of Milan who said he’s […]
Fire attributed to a lightning strike destroyed the Terry Feeney residence at 12033 Livingston County road 216 near Chula Sunday morning. Members of the Feeney family were home at the time but got out safely and, there were no injuries. Assistant Chief Randy Horton of the Chula Rural Fire District reported lightning hit a tree […]
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department, on Wednesday morning, announced that the east side of the Princeton Square will remain closed until further notice, due to the high probability that one of the structures involved in Tuesday’s fire was going to collapse. There is no parking on Broadway between Main and Hicklan, on Hickland between Broadway […]
Area firefighters, this (Tuesday) afternoon, have been battling a blaze on the east side of the Princeton Square. Smoke from that fire is blowing towards the Hal England Center, causing the polling place at that location to be moved to the Mercer County Courthouse. The polling location will be in the hallway on the first […]
A Trenton committee promoting the city sales tax issue for the fire department points out home and business owners could see lower insurance premiums once a proposed fire training facility is established at Trenton. Part of the revenue generated by a one-quarter of a cent sales tax is earmarked for firefighter training locally and from […]
Trenton and Grundy County Rural Firefighters this morning responded to a call about smoke at the Rapid Removal transfer station in the north part of Trenton. Spokesman for the department, Doug Franklin, said smoke was observed coming from the large overhead doors. Once entry was made, a thermal imaging camera was used to find the source […]
A suspicious fire early Friday at Spickard caused about two thousand dollars worth of damage to a house at 206 south sixth street. That’s according to fire training officer Jesse Richmond of the Spickard Fire Protection District who said no one was injured. Richmond said the house, owned by Terry Duncan, was in the process […]
(Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune) – A Chillicothe firefighter and paramedic is to receive a statewide honor this July. Larry Warren, Commander of the Vern R. Glick Post No. 25, of the American Legion, announced that Firefighter Lieutenant Tracy Bradley was named The American Legion’s Firefighter of the Year for Missouri. The announcement came during the regular meeting […]
Chillicothe, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation is offering prescribed fire workshops at locations in Mercer County March 26th and in Livingston County one week later, on April 2nd. Prescribed fire is described as a useful tool for managing vegetation in grasslands and woodlands. Careful use of fire can also benefit wildlife habitat. There […]
The Trenton City Council’s finance committee meets several times during preparations for the city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. That’s also the case this year, with two more meetings announced for Wednesday, February 23, and Friday, February 26, both at noon. Trenton mayor nick McHargue, during last night’s city council meeting, said […]
Fire Friday afternoon at Trenton destroyed a mobile home at 1908 Colt. Nobody was home at the time. The owner of the property was listed as Robert Allen. Trenton Fire Marshall Robert Romesburg said the blaze was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Lieutenant Romesburg reported a faulty meter box caused a short resulting in an […]
