A former school administrator at Princeton has been appointed as Interim Commissioner of Education. The Missouri Board of Education voted to appoint Deputy Commissioner Doctor Roger Dorson as interim commissioner of education effective immediately after it voted five to three in a closed meeting Friday to replace Doctor Margie Vandeven as commissioner of education effective […]
Services for former State Representative Mike Lair, of Jefferson City and formerly of Chillicothe, have been announced. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Jefferson City Tuesday, September 12 at Noon. A rosary will be held at the church Monday afternoon at 3:15 with visitation scheduled at the […]
Former Seventh District State Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe died Tuesday at the age of 71. Lair was first elected State Representative in November 2008, representing Missouri’s 7th District which included all or portions of Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, and Livingston counties. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and served until he reached term […]
A record store in North Kansas City, Missouri owned by a former Trenton resident and his wife will hold a grand opening next month. Faron Meek and his wife Holly will hold the grand opening for FM Music August 5th from 11 o’clock in the morning until 7 o’clock at night. Jon Stubblefield will perform […]
A Lexington, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to pay over to the IRS more than $1.4 million in payroll taxes. Randy K. Small, 50, of Lexington, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to a federal information that charges him […]
A former Trenton area resident, 68-year-old Jerry Lynn Roberts of Springfield, died Saturday in a motorcycle accident in Dade County of southwest Missouri. The coroner pronounced Roberts dead at the scene moments after the accident. The highway patrol reported Roberts motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve, ran off Highway 39 and overturned throwing him off the […]
Authorities in Iowa report the body of a former northeast Missouri resident, Jason Lee Seavey, was discovered in a creek at Ottumwa, Iowa. Seavey, who was 41 years old, was found dead Friday, March 17th. A memorial service of celebration for Jason Seavey of Ottumwa will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Broadlawn […]
Jose Sanchez Barron IV, a 19-year-old former Trenton, MO resident passed away at 4:55 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the University of Columbia Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at the Trenton High School Gymnasium. A rosary will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday at […]
Prior to being involved in a fatality accident in southwest Missouri last week, 56-year-old Michael Dean Glidewell of Branson, formerly of Trenton, was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated. The accident at Branson one week ago on November 30 claimed the life of the driver of a car 34-year-old Talat Kopurtas of Branson. The highway patrol states Glidewell was […]
Trenton High School student Katerina Black was the number one ranked individual in the state during meat judging competition at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia. Her team from Trenton high school finished in second place, just 30 points behind the top ranked meats judging team from Tipton. Other members of the 2nd place meats team […]
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 […]
