Two Chillicothe residents have been charged in Livingston County with felony animal abuse—second or subsequent offense or by torture and/or mutilation while the animal was alive. An initial court appearance for 43-year-old Larry Coffman and 37-year-old Cailin Dixon is scheduled for December 9th. Probable cause statements from Bradley Aldrich with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office […]
McBride, Lock, and Associates, LLC of Kansas City have released the Grundy County Annual Financial Report for 2017 and 2018. The certified public accountants found no material weaknesses in internal control or significant internal control deficiencies. Under items of noncompliance regarding budgetary compliance, the CPAs found actual expenditures exceeded budgeted expenditures for juvenile programs, 911, […]
The Trenton City Council last night approved two documents by way of ordinances, authorizing long term financing of sewer plant improvements. One document involves the re-financing of the effluent disinfection project. The other is for the headworks building project. Money is to be borrowed at a lower interest rate of three point six percent; covering […]
A former Maysville teacher has been sentenced to jail and been fined after pleading guilty last week to 13 criminal counts stemming from incidents in 2015 and 2016. Rodney David Thomas appeared Wednesday in Clinton County Circuit Court in Plattsburg for a sentencing hearing on one charge of attempted sexual contact with a student and […]
A felony charge has been dismissed in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court for a Kansas City man. Court information shows 33-year-old Javier Hernandez’s charge of non-support—total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under an order of support was dismissed Wednesday. The non-support charge was from May 2017.
Do the math on temperatures and rainfall for all of 2018. On average, you get “near normal,” says Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension climatologist. “Weather was anything but that,” Guinan adds. Record-setting numbers hide in an average. For starters, look at the “non-spring” of 2018. April was the second coldest on record going back […]
A Trenton resident is facing felony charges following an alleged stabbing at a residence Sunday morning with the victim taken to Wright Memorial Hospital. Thirty-two-year-old Heather Gayle Michael of 308 East 8th Street is charged with domestic assault in the second degree. Court information says another person, described as a family or household member, sustained […]
The May weather summary shows temperatures in Trenton were near normal but precipitation was well below average. Rainfall during the month in Trenton totaled 2.95 inches at 17th and Harris where the official readings are taken, which is 2.48 inches below normal for May. As a result, Trenton entered June with a moisture deficit for […]
Communications Officer Charely Orndorff has been chosen as the Trenton Police Department’s, May 2017, S.I.L. Award winner. Orndorff was chosen by her peer for her hard work, dedication, and willingness to go the extra mile. The S.I.L. Award stands for Service, Integrity, and Leadership and is awarded each month to a member of the Trenton […]
Three job fairs and a video test will be held at the Trenton Job Center this week. Manpower will hold job fairs Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock and Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Applicants should go to the Job Center to create an account and complete their profiles with Manpower before the fair. They will […]
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to a water main break. The advisory is for customers on Highway WW west of Austin Drive, on Highway TT from Boulder Drive to Austin Drive, Austin Drive, and Alpine Drive. The advisory will be in effect until further […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 School Board approved a contract for propane at its latest meeting. The contract with MFA Oil of Milan is for next school year. The board also approved two teaching contracts for next school year. Those are for Nate Hopkins for seventh through 12th-grade social studies and Dakota Ioanis for seventh through 12th-grade […]
