United States Senator Claire McCaskill has called for a federal investigation of questionable billing practices at Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville. McCaskill wrote a letter requesting the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services examine billing that occurred when management company Hospital Partners used the hospital as a pass-through for millions […]
Major traffic impacts are expected in early June in the Kansas City area when Interstate 70 will be COMPLETELY CLOSED in both directions between I-435 and I-470. The closure, which will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday, June 8 and last until approximately 5 a.m. on Monday, June 11, is needed to enable demolition of […]
VFW Post 919 will present a Memorial Day Flag Raising Ceremony and rifle salute at ten o’clock Monday, May 28, at the Grundy County Museum. Bob Chenoweth, a Korean War veteran and past president of the museum will provide brief patriotic comments. Seating will be provided and the public is encouraged to arrive early. The […]
A Trenton resident is hospitalized in Kansas City following a Highway 6 crash Tuesday evening near Trenton that involved a pickup truck and a big rig. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 24-year-old Jordin Curtis who was flown by Lifeflight Eagle helicopter to the Truman Medical Center in Independence. The report indicated Curtis […]
The 2018 Feature Exhibit will be Hometown Teams. This exhibit is all about athletics, how sports teams are embedded in our culture and the impact of participation in sports teams on individuals. This exhibit has two components, a Traveling Smithsonian exhibit and a local component that mirrors the Smithsonian and presents specific information about sports […]
Missouri lawmakers have passed a far-reaching utility bill that satisfies the state’s largest electric companies after years of haggling in the legislature. The bill changes the way regulated utilities negotiate rates with the state by allowing them to more quickly recover the cost of infrastructure upgrades. It would give them more flexibility to change customer rates […]
The Grundy County Community Emergency Response Team is seeking volunteers. Grundy County citizens willing to help their community and the emergency response personnel during emergencies and public events are invited to attend an informational meeting next week. The meeting will be held in the lower level meeting room of the Trenton Fire Station the morning […]
Trenton High School FBLA officers for the 2018-2019 school year were introduced at Monday evening’s Practical-Fine Art banquet. The officers include Saedee Jackson as president; McKenna Cox, vice president of membership and recruitment; Trinity Gaunt, vice president of community service and education; Carson Burchett, second vice president; Max McNabb, secretary/treasurer; and Sarah Jordan, reporter/historian. Students […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, […]
The Missouri College Advising Corps, headquartered at the University of Missouri, has helped more than 20,000 students enroll in college since 2008. As it begins its second decade, MCAC is poised to help even more students. MCAC’s trained advisers, themselves recent college graduates, commit to two years of full-time, on-site service at one of 43 […]
For FFA members around the country, this past week is one that many look forward to during the school year. This year there are approximately 649,355 members enrolled in FFA from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. FFA Week is the perfect opportunity for FFA students to show their community the […]
On October 19, the Great Central U. S. “ShakeOut” earthquake drill will be held. More than 440,000 Missourians have registered to participate. Almost 2.5 million people are registered in the 14 central U.S. states that could be impacted by a New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake. At exactly 10:19 am Thursday, participants will be expected to: […]
Don Sipes, FACHE, Vice President, Regional Services, Saint Luke’s Health System, was recently honored during a Wright Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees meeting. Sipes, who recently stepped down from his position on the Wright Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, has served on the board since 1995, the year Wright Memorial joined Saint Luke’s Health System. “Don […]
