Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a recent attempted vehicle thefts led to the arrest of a Chillicothe woman. Officers responded to the 1200block of LIV 243 as an adult female allegedly tried to take a vehicle from private property and was stopped by a resident of the property. The suspect reportedly went to another […]
Representatives from Missouri State Parks invite the public to an informational meeting about General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home and Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Sites at 6 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019m, at the Pershing Memorial Museum and Leadership Archives building at 900 Ausmus St., Laclede. Representatives from the sites will be on […]
Missouri Day organizers say no other family embodies the theme of the 2019 Missouri Day Festival like Dr. Paul and Barbara Cox and Dr. Andy and Holly Cox and their family. “Missouri Day – Embracing the Past, Looking to the Future” is the theme and the Cox family certainly mirrors this theme. Tracing back to […]
The Green Hills Animal Shelter of Trenton will hold two drawings for ticket packages for the Kansas City Chiefs football team, with proceeds to benefit the shelter. One prize package includes four Gold Suite tickets to the Chiefs game versus the Green Bay Packers October 27th. The other includes four Gold Suite tickets to the […]
Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri is accepting applications for its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Residents who are disabled or at least 60 years old can now submit applications and the agency will begin accepting program applications for other households on November 1st. The service will start on November 1st for the disabled […]
Chillicothe Fire Captain Tracy Bradley reports the department rescued a woman from a truck in high water on Third Street before Old Highway 190 on Monday night. Medic 1 arrived on the scene at Third Street to LIV 256 and saw a light about 100 yards down the road. Rescue 1 proceeded down LIV 233 […]
Coloring pages have been sent to Grundy County schools and nursing homes for this year’s Missouri Day Coloring Contest. The contest is open to all Grundy County youth in preschool to fourth grade and nursing home residents for the senior division. The coloring pages depict the festival’s theme, “Missouri Day Embraces the Past, Looks to […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved Missouri’s request to expand the federal major disaster declaration for Missouri to include assistance for local governments and nonprofit agencies in 14 additional counties and the City of St. Louis. FEMA’s approval means Benton, Boone, Callaway, Clay, Cooper, Dunklin, Gasconade, Howard, Lafayette, Lincoln, Pulaski, Scott, St. Charles, and St. […]
Rain over the weekend hampered Serve Trenton work projects. Spokesman Kevin Harris said volunteers were only able to work on indoor projects due to the rain and noted they completed two projects on Sunday and have around five that they were unable to get to this past weekend. Doctor Harris said Serve Trenton volunteers hope […]
The Sikeston School District in southeast Missouri has hired a licensed therapist to help with an increased need for mental health services among students. Third-grade teacher Jessica Mercer says the decision is welcome news. “Just the things that they go through at home or they go through with other students, you wanna spend […]
A variety of activities will be held in Cainsville next week during Heritage Day on October 5, 2019, which is sponsored by the Cainsville Community Betterment organization. Most of the activities will take place around the square and include include coffee and hot cocoa as well as the Class of 2020’s bake sale at 8 […]
Milan High School held its Homecoming coronation Thursday night with the Candidate at large, sophomore Jennifer Bahena, crowned Homecoming Queen. Spokesperson Ali McCully says the Milan football team chose Bahena to run for Homecoming Queen.
A store in Trenton for small business owners and artisans to sell items will open in October 2019. Main Street Mercantile will be located at 905 Main Street and will open October 11, 2019, with store hours to be Thursday through Saturday from 10 to 5 o’clock. The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation on September 20, 2019, presented the city of Bethany a check for $153,537 to help pay for improvements at North Bethany City Reservoir and Old Bethany City Lake. Earlier, MDC provided a $23,305 grant for the projects. MDC reimburses up to 75 percent of project costs under the Community Assistance […]
The Gilman City R-4 Board of Education has approved its Homeless/Foster Care and Migrant Program. Principal Jill Sperry was approved as the coordinator for the program and the board approved the McKinney-Vento Act Dispute Resolution Process which regards the education of homeless children and youth. Academic tutoring and reading/retention programs were also approved and Sperry […]
The Gallatin High School crowned Homecoming royalty on Wednesday night and announced the King is Gage Wright, and the Queen is Madalyn Shubert. The Gallatin Homecoming Parade will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The football team will play Polo in the Homecoming game Friday night at 7 o’clock with the Homecoming dance […]
Royalty was crowned Wednesday night during the Trenton High School Homecoming Pep Rally at CF Russell Stadium. The Queen is McKayla Blackburn and the King is Dalton Burchett, both are seniors at THS. Trenton will host Princeton in the Homecoming football game Friday night. South Harrison High School in Bethany held the coronation of Homecoming […]
The home page of the City of Fordland’s website provides a succinct description of what visitors will find in this quaint community, located in southern Webster County less than 30 miles east of Springfield. However, what the depiction fails to note, the education community in the region already knows: Melissa Grandel symbolizes what a top-flight […]
Milan High School will hold various activities this week to celebrate Homecoming Week. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned at a pep assembly at Cal Hubbard Field on Thursday night at 7 o’clock. Milan Activities Director Tyler Clark reports Queen candidates are Amy Hernandez from the senior class, Jewel Kelsey representing juniors, Cady Pauley representing […]
Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says there’s been a dramatic decline in the number of people coming to the U.S. through the Mexico border. During a Senate Republican press conference in Washington, Blunt says he traveled this month to the border to see for himself how things are going. “Border crossings are way […]
