The Trenton Finance Committee Monday night rescinded a recommendation made at the previous finance committee meeting regarding pay increases. City Administrator Ron Urton reports the committee voted unanimously to repeal the recommendation of departments taking on extra duties due to job reduction receive a 25% increase in savings of the salaries. He says the committee […]
The Trenton City Council met with the North Central Missouri Development Alliance board and directors in a special meeting Monday evening to discuss an agreement with Nestle on its conditional purchase of ConAgra. City Administrator Ron Urton says the alliance explained the process of talking to Nestle and the project going forward. He adds that […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested two area residents Monday for drug charges. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports 19-year-old Hayden Robert McGill of Trenton and 45-year-old Scott Lee Sims of Spickard have both been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. The bond for each has been set at $15,000 cash only, and they […]
The Trenton FFA Ag Sales team received first place in two events this past week. The team participated in the Paris Aggie Days Invitational Career Development Events (CDE) Friday and the Savannah FFA Missouri Agricultural Skill Knowledge Assessment (MOASK) Monday. Individually, FFA member Jayden Roeder had the highest score for both events. Emily Kasinger received […]
The Trenton R-9 School District will hold its annual preschool and kindergarten screenings in May for children residing in the district. The screenings will be held in the Early Childhood Center at Rissler Elementary School May 14th through 18th. Director of Special Services Tara Hoffman says children who will be five years old before August […]
The Chariton County Sheriff’s office has requested the assistance of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control in a death investigation involving a two-month-old child. A spokesman for the patrol has confirmed that upon arriving at a residence in Rothville, authorities discovered a deceased two-month-old child. An autopsy has reportedly been […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany woman sustained minor injuries when her car overturned five miles north of Mount Moriah Monday evening. Twenty-seven-year-old Christine Christman traveled north on Route B when her vehicle ran off the east side of the road. She reportedly overcorrected, causing the car to cross the center line and run off […]
The offices of Trenton Municipal Utilities and Trenton City Hall at 1100 Main Street as well as the TMU Warehouse at 2601 Oklahoma Avenue will undergo a telephone system change Tuesday. The change is expected to take all day and city officials say there may be periods of time that customers may have problems reaching […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Princeton Citywide Garage Sale in May. Booths may be set up around the Princeton Square for the sale May 5th at no cost. Anyone wanting to have a garage sale added to the master list should stop by The Famous in Princeton or email [email protected]. A $5 donation is […]
Pleasant View R-6’s Basketball Extravaganza Saturday night will raise funds for educational field trips and school improvement projects. Pleasant View Community Club Treasurer Sara Berry says that the night’s activities will start in the school gym at 6 o’clock with a faculty and staff versus students basketball game. A concession stand will be open throughout […]
A Missouri state trooper was involved in a shooting this morning in Daviess County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it all started shortly after 10:30 this morning in Harrison County when the sheriff notified the patrol of a theft in progress at a residence in Ridgeway. Harrison County Sheriff Josh Eckerson reports suspects pulled a […]
One Chillicothe FFA member has been selected as an area officer and another has been selected as a state officer candidate. Kaylee Lewis was chosen to be the Area 2 first Vice President for the 2018-2019 school year. She will serve in an official capacity in activities such as the Area Greenhand Initiation, Greenhand Motivational […]
The Trenton High School Pep Band performed at the championship basketball games on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield Saturday. Director of Bands Tim Gilham says the band performed the Star Spangled Banner for three games. He adds that the band was chosen to perform based on a video audition recorded at a […]
The Missouri House will tackle the transportation issue when they return from spring break. Brian Hauswirth with the Missourinet has this report. Republicans control the Missouri House 115-47. There are two main House GOP proposals to provide funding for Missouri’s deteriorating roads and bridges. House Speaker Pro Tem Elijah Haahr’s tax legislation would […]
A sign making party took place on the campus of Missouri State University Sunday evening to prepare for Springfield’s Walkout For Our Lives. Director of Team Millennia, Hannah Brashers says the 10 am Friday event is not meant as a plea to take away peoples’ guns. On March 23, Students plan to walk […]
Convicted killer Russell Bucklew’s Missouri execution is scheduled for Tuesday, but his lawyer claims the act would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. KFVS reports attorney Cheryl Pilate says the killing could be “gruesome and painful” because of a rare medical condition. Bucklew was moments away from execution in 2014 when the U.S. […]
Four faced the judge last Thursday and received prison time for their offenses in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. 38-year old Darrell Graham of Trenton pleaded guilty to first-degree child molestation and was sentenced to seven years in prison. The time is to run concurrently with a case in Livingston County. 31-year old […]
A Hamilton resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off Interstate 35 and came to rest in Shoal Creek south of Cameron. Fifty Four-year-old Gina Saunders was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The accident happened late Friday night four miles south of Cameron when the SUV was northbound […]
Three Kirksville residents were hurt in a two-vehicle accident just west of Novinger Friday afternoon. 35-year old Alidor Masingo, 33-year old Tersor Mpeti, and 32-year old Prince Yawenda were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with moderate injuries. All were passengers in a sports utility vehicle driven by 35-year old Le Petit Bunze […]
A Stanberry resident was hurt Saturday morning when the car he was driving hit a horse in Gentry County. Twenty-five-year-old Andrew Beggs was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. The accident happened four miles west of the Gentry community on Route O when the eastbound car hit a horse, went […]
