U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Rob Portman (Ohio), James Lankford (Okla.), and James Inhofe (Okla.) announced that they have introduced the Permanently Preserving America’s Investment in Manufacturing Act of 2021. The bill would ensure that American manufacturers can continue to make large investments, hire workers, and produce goods in the United States. “The strength of […]
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Multiple committee meetings for city of Trenton to be held on April 19
Several Trenton city committees will meet at the Trenton City Hall on the evening of April 19th. The Administrative, Economic Development, and Finance committees will each hold an election of a chairman. The Administrative Committee meeting will start at 6 o’clock. The Economic Development and Finance committee meetings will follow. The Trenton Utility Committee will […]
Main Street Chillicothe announces date for annual Wine Walk and Concert
Main Street Chillicothe will hold the Annual Wine Walk and Concert next month. The wine walk will be on May 14th from 4:30 to 7:30. Check-in will be at Main Street Chillicothe at 514 Washington, and participants will be given a wrist band and a map. The SoulRoot band from Holt Summit will perform at […]
Trenton City Council approves amended budget; swears in new council members
With the requested $300,000 in asphalt sales added to budgeted revenues, the Trenton City Council Monday night approved the amended city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1. The additional sales of asphalt raise the expected total sales to $1,300,000. Sales from Trenton’s new asphalt plant last year generated nearly $1,800,000 with expectations for […]
WWE Hall of Fame inductee Glenn Jacobs aka “Kane” to join board as advisor to Missouri National Guard Hall of Fame
The new Missouri National Guard Hall of Fame (MONGHOF) was formed by a group of Missouri Veterans in 2020. The new Hall of Fame will be physically located in Kirksville, Missouri, and will announce its inaugural class on October 1, 2021. Missouri National Guard Hall of Fame Chairman John J. Sastry, Esq., CFP announces that […]
Rhonda Vincent to hold only one “Meet and Greet” on Saturday; current ticketholders to be contacted
The Chillicothe Arts Council reports the First Baptist Church has agreed to allow 30 more seats for the “Meet and Greet Listening Party” with entertainer and musician Rhonda Vincent Saturday afternoon, April 17. Mary Lou VandeVenter says the church’s fellowship hall is now accepting a total of 110 people for the 1 o’clock session. It […]
Motorcycle rider strikes deer in roadway on Highway 129
A Unionville man, operating a motorcycle, was injured on Sunday afternoon when he attempted to avoid a deer in the road, and the machine overturned on Highway 129, eight miles north of Green City. Twenty-eight-year-old Carl Mendenhall received moderate injuries and was transported to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Mendenhall was not using safety […]
North Central Missouri College names Academic Excellence winner
Zane Smith from Maysville, MO, has been chosen as this year’s NCMC Arts and Sciences Academic Excellence Award winner. Zane will graduate in May from NCMC with his Associate in Science in pre-engineering. After graduating with his AS, he will transfer to Missouri S&T to study geological engineering. Zane was chosen for this award for […]
Carroll County Sheriff’s Department seeks driver who fled the scene of a crash
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a white male who allegedly fled on foot from a vehicle crash April 8th. The crash happened on Route E at County Road 211. The sheriff’s office reports a female in the car said the man’s name is Jason Hall. He reportedly ran north through an adjacent field. […]
Chillicothe City Council to meet on April 12
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a regular meeting and a swearing in ceremony next week. The council will hold a public hearing in the Chillicothe Municipal Utilities meeting room April 12th at 6:30 in the evening to consider an ordinance to vacate part of an alley. The ordinance involves vacating the southern portion of […]
Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission to hear request regarding wireless coverage, discuss Downtown Historic Preservation District
The Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission will hear a request regarding wireless coverage and discuss a proposed Downtown Historic Preservation District. The commission will hold a public hearing at the Trenton City Hall May 3rd at 7 o’clock at night. KGI Wireless, in care of Verizon Wireless, will request a conditional use permit to allow […]
Trenton City Council to review budget, consider additional construction on 17th Street Bridge at meeting April 12
The Trenton City Council will consider an ordinance adopting an amended budget as well as other ordinances next week. The council will meet at the Trenton City Hall April 12th at 7 o’clock at night. The meeting will also be available on Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/87879251004. The ordinance involving the budget would be for the fiscal […]
4-H Feeding Missouri in final weeks of food drive
Missouri 4-H’ers across the state need generous donors to give a hand in the final weeks of the 4-H Feeding Missouri food drive, which ends April 30. To help reach its 2021 goal, Missouri 4-H asks Missourians to donate online at this link or text “4HFM2021” to 44-321 to donate. “Every $1 donated buys 10 […]
Audio: Hannibal City Council’s effort to change 100-year-old animal ordinance causes controversy
There is controversy in northeast Missouri’s Hannibal over the city council’s efforts to change the town’s 100-year-old animal ordinance. WGEM’s Frank Healy reports from City Hall. Hannibal Mayor James Hark tells our Quincy affiliate WGEM that the current ordinance talks about how to auction cattle off if they’re found roaming around Hannibal unclaimed.
Audio: Missouri Senate Education Committee Chair wants community colleges to get more core funding
The Missouri Legislature is making its way through the state budget process. Shelbina State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin says she would like Missouri’s community colleges to get an increase in core funding from the state. O’Laughlin is the chair of the Senate Education Committee. O’Laughlin, of northeast Missouri’s Shelbina, uses Moberly Area Community College […]
Missouri State Fair awards scholarships to 4-H and FFA youth
Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe announced today that 40 youth, selected from Missouri 4-H and FFA State Fair exhibitors, will be awarded scholarships by the Missouri State Fair and the Youth in Agriculture (YIA) committee. These students are seeking higher education at a Missouri university/college. “Cultivating Missouri agriculture youth is at the core of […]
Missouri EATs helps communities strengthen local food systems
Erica Williams, the founder of a nonprofit urban agriculture program in North St. Louis County, had a vision of how to reclaim a community that had suffered through disinvestment and neglect. Across the state in Clay County, Smithville’s mayor hoped amenities like a farmers market would help reinvigorate the small city 20 miles north of […]
Absentee ballots for today’s election up slightly from 2020 election
The Grundy County Clerk’s office reports 116 absentee ballots were cast in advance of today’s elections. This includes 17 who voted prior to the 5 o’clock deadline of Monday afternoon. There are requests for another 20 absentees but they had not been voted and returned yet to the clerk’s office at the Courthouse in Trenton. […]
JAG-Missouri attracts more than $100,000 to support students
Jobs for America’s Graduates-Missouri, known as JAG-Missouri, recently received a number of contributions totaling more than $100,000 – one of the best fundraising periods in the organization’s recent history. JAG is a 40-year-old national nonprofit organization that has helped more than 1.5 million students reach their full potential by ensuring they graduate from high school […]