The Missouri Livestock Symposium will recognize Dr. David Patterson as the inaugural recipient of the Missouri Livestock Symposium Achievement Award. Dr. Patterson will become a member of the Missouri Livestock Symposium Hall of Fame and will be inducted at a ceremony at the Symposium on Friday evening, December 3 in Kirksville, MO. According to committee […]
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Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation awards scholarships to 27 high school graduates
The latest recipients of scholarships from the “Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Inc.” have been approved by the Board of Directors of the foundation. A total of 27 female graduates of North Mercer High School and Princeton High School in Mercer County, Missouri, have been awarded a combined total of $140,622.41 in scholarships for the Fall, […]
Audio: Farmers market to be held at Trenton Rock Barn
A farmers market will be held in the Trenton Rock Barn courtyard September 25th to benefit the North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center of Trenton. The advocacy center makes money by vendors paying $25 for each booth. Vendors from the area will be open from 8 o’clock to noon. Advocacy Center Development Coordinator Amanda White […]
Officials at Calamity Jane Days celebration announce winners in various categories of Car Show
A car show was one of the featured events at the Calamity Jane Days celebration on Sunday, September 18, 2021. There were 75 total entries in the event, and officials have announced winners in various categories. Antique 1st Place: Don Saffell, Mercer, MO 1925 Ford Model T 2nd Place: Paul Smith, Princeton, MO 1947 Jeep […]
Trucker suffers medical event, demolishes big rig in crash south of Unionville
The highway patrol reports an Iowa truck driver apparently suffered a medical event Monday morning when a semi traveled off Highway 5 in Putnam County and struck an embankment two miles south of Unionville. Fifty-six-year-old Harry Dundee of Olin, Iowa was flown by medical helicopter (Air Evac) to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with […]
Missouri Livestock Symposium keynote speaker, Dr. Frank Mitloehner, to speak on cows and climate change
Dr. Frank Mitloehner, University of California-Davis professor and air quality extension specialist will be the keynote speaker on Friday evening December 3rd at the 22nd annual Missouri Livestock Symposium, says Garry L. Mathes, chairman. The Missouri Livestock Symposium returns to an in-person event on December 3 and 4, 2021 at the William Matthew Middle School […]
Kirksville woman charged with murder of infant has trial reset to March 2022 in Harrison County
A jury trial has been reset for a Kirksville woman charged with first and second-degree murder after a child death investigation in May 2020. Twenty-nine-year-old Makuya Stephanie Kambamba appeared in court in Putnam County on September 15th, and her trial is now scheduled to begin in Harrison County on March 1st, 2022. It was previously […]
Unionville resident injured in rollover crash; driver later arrested for leaving the scene of an accident
A Unionville resident was injured in a rollover accident two miles west of Kirksville. Twenty-four-year-old Harley Dockery received moderate injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Dockery was a passenger in a truck driven by 23-year-old Riley Stewart of Novinger who wasn’t injured. A trooper said the […]
Residents of Kirksville and Macon ejected from trike motorcycle near Bevier
Residents of Kirksville and Macon sustained injuries when they were ejected from a trike motorcycle two and a half miles north of Bevier the evening of September 10th. The Highway Patrol reports passenger 62 year old Rhonda Hargadine of Kirksville had serious injuries and was taken by an air ambulance to the University Hospital of […]
Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court news for Thursday, September 9, 2021
Among cases Thursday, September 9, 2021, in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court, Trenton resident Kenneth Leon Talley was sentenced to three years with the Missouri Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty to an amended charge. Talley was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance/synthetic cannabinoid as of March 25. The Grundy […]
Projects in Princeton and Kirksville to receive USDA funding toward energy infrastructure
Projects in Princeton and Kirksville will receive funding from the United States Department of Agriculture to use toward energy infrastructure. USDA Rural Development Missouri Acting State Director D. Clark Thomas announced the USDA is investing $24,793,000 to build or improve renewable energy infrastructure and to help rural communities, agricultural producers, and businesses lower energy costs. […]
Vaccinated Missourians win $10,000 in second round of state’s Vaccine Incentive Program drawings
The winners of the second drawing of the MO VIP were announced. At the time of the Aug. 27 drawing, a total of 566,151 MO VIP entries were received. The MO VIP incentivizes vaccination for those who have not yet been vaccinated, as well as provides an opportunity for rewards for the more than 3.2 […]
Big rig overturns injuring driver from Illinois
On Friday evening, the Highway Patrol reports a Springfield, Illinois man sustained serious injuries when a semi-truck overturned one mile south of Omaha, Missouri. An ambulance took 72-year-old Russell Wake to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The truck traveled north on Highway 149 before running off the right side of the road, overcorrecting, […]
Crash on Cedar Street in Trenton causes major damage to vehicles, but no injuries
There were no apparent injuries when two vehicles collided Friday as one exited a North Central Missouri College parking lot at 11:30 am on Cedar Street in Trenton, One of the vehicles was driven by 21-year-old Nicole Danner of Kirksville, and the other was operated by 25-year-old Courtney Michael of Trenton. The Danner vehicle was […]
Three injured in Linn County crash after truck ends up in creek
Three people were hurt in northeastern Linn County when a truck went off a road and came to rest in a creek. Two passengers, 28-year old Shayna Sapp of Greentop and an 11-year old boy from Kirksville, were taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with moderate injuries. The driver, 39-year-old Cavrin Weaver of Lancaster, […]
Kirksville man injured in crash on Potter Trail
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained moderate injuries in an accident involving a sports utility vehicle three-quarters of a mile west of Kirksville on Thursday morning, August 26. An ambulance transported 44-year-old Joseph McKim to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. McKim drove the SUV west on Potter Trail before it ran […]
Five Points Festival slated for August 28 in Trenton
Multiple activities are planned in Downtown Trenton on August 28, 2021, as part of the Five Points Festival. The Throwdown for Downtown Cornhole Tournament will be held on Main Street that morning, with warm-ups at 10 o’clock and the first toss at 11 o’clock. Cash prizes will be awarded for the first through third-place teams […]
Fire at Kirksville law firm being investigated as arson
A fire at a law firm in Kirksville on the morning of August 22 is being investigated as arson by the Kirksville Police Department and fire marshal. Kirksville Police Lieutenant David Grissom reports evidence was found that the fire on the north side of the Frick and Cundiff PC building was not an accident. He […]
Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court news for Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Three defendants waived preliminary hearings on Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each case was bound over to the September 9 docket in Division One of circuit court in Trenton. Clifford Eric Dean Neff of Spickard is charged with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance or synthetic cannabinoid on three […]