Fall Festival

Spickard Fall Festival crowns Royalty

Spickard Fall Festival Royalty was crowned Friday night. The King is Brayden Holtzclaw, and the Queen is Kinlea Griffin, the Prince is Alex Holtzclaw, and the Princess is Alice Tharp. All of the royalty contestants were from Spickard. A talent contest was also held as part of the Spickard Fall Festival Friday night. The first-place […]

Serve Mercer County Project Photo

Serve Mercer County completes first project

Serve Mercer County’s first project was to build a landing and connect an aluminum ramp for the Smith family of Princeton. Serve Mercer County is a new opportunity for people to come together, as neighbors helping neighbors, to serve our community. The focus is primarily serving the elderly and less fortunate through cleanup and beautification […]

FFA Website

National FFA organization announces record student membership of more than 700,000

The National FFA Organization today announced a record-high student membership of 700,170, up from 669,989 in 2018. The top six student membership states are Texas, California, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Missouri. Interest in FFA and agricultural education continues to grow as membership continues to increase. This year, the organization has more than 100,000 Latino members, […]

Accident Graphic

Two-vehicle crash injures Jamesport man

One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon at an intersection one mile east of Jamesport. Sixty-one-year-old Jack Prescott of Jamesport received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver of a second vehicle, 34-year-old John Leffler of Trenton, was not injured. The southbound truck driven by […]

Motorcycles at Bikefest

Audio: 90,000 motorcyclists heading to Lake of the Ozarks for largest motorcycle rally in Midwest

About 90,000 motorcyclists are heading to Lake of the Ozarks, for the largest motorcycle rally in the Midwest.  J.T. Gerlt from our Versailles affiliate KTKS has the story.     There will be vendor villages, live music, two Harley Davidson motorcycle giveaways and a wide selection of food and drink specials at several locations including […]

Steam and Gas Association’s Old-Time Harvest Days tractor

Old-Time Harvest Days set to run September 27 – 29 at Livingston County Fairgrounds

The Livingston County Steam and Gas Association will sponsor the 33rd Annual Old-Time Harvest Days at the Livingston County Fairgrounds later this month. The event September 27th through 29th will include a garden tractor and tractor display as well as family-oriented exhibits and demonstrations. The featured tractor will be the John Deere M Series. Friday, […]