Four St. Joseph, Mo., residents were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $1.5 million tax fraud scheme as well as individual tax fraud. Dinorah Stoll-Weaver, 48, her sister, Dawn Langlais (formerly Ankrom-Brown), 58, her husband, Thad Weaver, 45, and Langlais’s daughter, Jennifer Sturgis, 37, all of St. Joseph, were charged […]
Under sunny skies, light winds, birds chirping, and approximately 75 people watching, VFW Post 919 at Trenton conducted a flag raising ceremony and rifle salute Monday morning, Memorial Day, to officially open up the Grundy County Museum properties for this season. While VFW members were hoisting the U.S. flag out in front of the Baker one-room school, […]
In the “first step in exploring water supply” from the new East Locust Creek Reservoir in Sullivan County, the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission has initiated a recruitment drive to communities and water districts. Specifically, those entities being sought are those who might consider water being supplied from the planned East Locust Creek Reservoir. […]
(KRCG-TV) – A Macon man accused of murdering a 92-year-old Moberly woman with a machete 3 years ago on Easter Sunday will not face the death penalty. Christopher Lewis, 21, cut a deal with prosecutors by offering guilty pleas to 19 charges in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
Trenton High School student Katerina Black was the number one ranked individual in the state during meat judging competition at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia. Her team from Trenton high school finished in second place, just 30 points behind the top ranked meats judging team from Tipton. Other members of the 2nd place meats team […]
Four resignations and a retirement were accepted last evening during a meeting of the Trenton R-9 board of education. An election of officers was held. The retirement is from 8th grade science teacher Ruby Walker. Resignations are from Rissler librarian Lora Carmack; speech instructor Farah Minnick; 2nd grade teacher Mackenzie Weldon; and high school paraprofessional Bonnie Yates. Employee health […]
A Trenton committee promoting the city sales tax issue for the fire department points out home and business owners could see lower insurance premiums once a proposed fire training facility is established at Trenton. Part of the revenue generated by a one-quarter of a cent sales tax is earmarked for firefighter training locally and from […]
The Trenton City Council’s finance committee meets several times during preparations for the city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. That’s also the case this year, with two more meetings announced for Wednesday, February 23, and Friday, February 26, both at noon. Trenton mayor nick McHargue, during last night’s city council meeting, said […]
