A Missouri man in his mid-40s died this week at Mercy Hospital St. Louis due to an illness associated with the use of e-cigarettes. This is the first vaping-related death in Missouri and the eighth nationwide. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services concluded it was a vaping-related lung injury after lung samples were taken […]
A Galt resident was sentenced to prison when he appeared Thursday in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Terry Michael Delauder pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance from June 27th. He also admitted to violations of previous probation and on the drug charge, was sentenced to six years with the Department of […]
A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine to distribute. Elfonta Arnaz Stevens, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to seven years and six months in federal prison without parole. On June 5, 2019, Stevens pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the […]
Among cases in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, Rural Trenton resident Jonathan Dolan Huber-Bethards pleaded guilty to being a minor visibly intoxicated with blood alcohol content more than point 0 2 percent, and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, involving an accident. Both charges, from a July 20th […]
Grundy County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to main water line leak repair. The repair was made in the area of Route W and Southwest 20th Street. The affected area includes Highway 6 to the Grundy-Livingston County line and the Thompson River to the Grundy-Daviess County line. […]
A traffic arraignment was held on Tuesday for a Trenton woman involved in a motor vehicle-horse and buggy crash in Trenton that resulted in the death of a Spickard woman. Pursuant to a plea agreement, 50-year-old Christina Diane Airey waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of guilty to misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle in […]
A Chillicothe FFA Chapter team placed first overall in the area trap shoot at the Trenton Trap and Skeet Range Saturday. Chillicothe Team A received first place. Individuals with top ten honors overall included Wade Horton with first, Trace Rardon second, and Morgan Anderson third. Individuals with top-five honors in the female division included Brooke […]
The City of Spickard will be placed under a precautionary boil advisory starting Thursday, September 12, 2019, due to cleaning of the water tower. The Spickard City Clerk reports the advisory will go into effect at 8 o’clock in the morning and continue until further notice.
Plans for the 8th annual Wright Run 5k/10k have been announced by the Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation in Trenton. The 2019 event will be held on Saturday, October 5, in Trenton and will begin and conclude on the campus of Wright Memorial Hospital. Participants will meet for their official send-off at the hospital and return […]
Rural water customers in northeastern Grundy County have been placed on a precautionary boil water notice as of Wednesday night. According to the Grundy County Public Water Supply District office, customers affected are within the area from Route NN, east to the Sullivan and Grundy County line. The north boundary for the advisory is the […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation will be able to replace 40 bridges in northern Missouri as a result of an announcement by Congressman Sam Graves that Missouri has received a $20.7 million federal grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Competitive Highway Bridge Program. The bridges, all located north of I-70, are in poor condition, […]
Several lettered-route bridges within the Green Hills Region are to benefit from federal money that Congressman Sam Graves announced will be forthcoming to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Each of the targeted bridges has a poor condition rating. Graves received notification from the U.S. Department of Transportation that Missouri will receive $20.7 million for the […]
