The Scouting for Food drive Saturday, November 4, 2017, in Trenton resulted in the collection of 1,880 pounds of non-perishable foods, paper products, and personal hygiene items for the Community Food Pantry of Grundy County. The donated items were picked up from residential areas of Trenton. The 1,880 pounds was described as average amount compared to […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville woman died and three other individuals from Kirksville sustained injuries in a one-vehicle accident one and quarter miles east of Green City Friday afternoon. Twenty-five-year-old Glody Makengele traveled west on Missouri Highway 6 when the sports utility vehicle he drove ran off the right side of the road. He […]
The owner of Barnes-Baker Motors in Chillicothe and Barnes-Baker Automotive in Trenton has announced he will part ways with the Chillicothe location after seven years. Brent Wyant will focus his efforts on the Trenton location, which he has owned and operated for 16 years. He also decided to separate from the Chrysler franchise, making the […]
A Bethany man died as the result of one-vehicle accident seven miles south of Bethany Friday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 35-year-old James Redmon traveled west on Route AA when he failed to stop at a stop sign. His car then crossed U. S. Highway 69, struck an embankment, and came to rest in a […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton resident for theft or stealing and statutory rape. Nineteen-year-old Jerry Dean Reeder was arrested Friday in Clinton County. He was charged with three felonies: theft or stealing with the value of property or services between $500 and $25,000, first-degree statutory rape with a person […]
The Chillicothe City Council has named the next Chillicothe Police Chief. The council voted unanimously for Detective Jon Maples during an executive meeting Thursday. The transition will take effect soon. City Administrator Darin Chappell reports the city council believes Maples’s work ethic, leadership, passion for the community, and record as Chillicothe’s lead on successful investigations […]
The Chillicothe Police Department has been busy over the last week responding to a number of calls. On Saturday, October 28, 2017, at approximately 12:53 p.m., Officers took a report of stealing in the 1200 block of N. Washington St. As a result of the investigation, Officers arrested Michael Anthony Singer for stealing. Singer was […]
LifeFlight Eagle has officially moved from its base at the Trenton Municipal Airport to the Chillicothe Municipal Airport. LifeFlight Eagle Business Development Director Matt Daugherty says operations officially began in Chillicothe Tuesday evening. He notes the moving process began at the Trenton base Monday morning, and the medical helicopter was out of service for 24 […]
The Trenton FFA Chapter holds Barnwarming activities Friday and Saturday nights and the candidates have been announced for King and Queen. Nominated from the classes are Freshmen Jaycie Griffin and Kidridge Griffin; Sophomores McKenna Cox and Logan Stanton, Juniors Karli Provorse and Nick Velazquez and Seniors Emily Kasinger and Okla Fitzpatrick. The FFA Chapter will hold […]
The Chillicothe Elks Lodge will be hosting their annual Armed Forces Appreciation Dinner November 9. All Former and current enlisted armed forces veterans are encouraged to attend. The meal will be a choice of Grilled Pork chop or Baked Chicken, with Cheesy Potatoes, Old Fashioned Green Beans, Rolls, and dessert. The Meal will be free […]
Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Gilbert, a native of Hannibal, Missouri, assigned to the supply department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), inventories parts using an integrated barcode scanner in the main issue room. America is the flagship for the America Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. […]
Staff Sgt. Austin Kings, an intelligence specialist with Alpha Company, Intelligence Support Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, was awarded the Medal of Merit by Missouri Governor, Eric Greitens, in Jefferson City, on October. 28, 2017. The Medal of Merit is awarded to those who display an exceptional amount of bravery beyond the call […]
Two Milan residents received minor injuries in an accident Wednesday afternoon at an intersection four miles to the east of Harris. Taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan was the driver 35-year-old Lilian Gonzalez Salmeron and her passenger 21 year old Raul Coronado Aguilar. The highway patrol reports a southbound car […]
The Highway Patrol reports an Arnold resident sustained minor injuries when his concrete truck overturned about 10 miles south of Gallatin Wednesday afternoon. Nineteen-year-old Alexander Myers traveled north on State Route CC when the truck ran off the east side of the road before overturning and coming to rest on the passenger’s side facing north, […]
Trenton Mayor Nick McHargue gave the Trenton Park Board $3,000 at the Park Board meeting Wednesday evening. The mayor said the board could use the money for whatever it deemed necessary. McHargue also said he believed the truck and tractor pull held at the fairgrounds in August had not left the fairgrounds in good shape. […]
The Princeton United Methodist Church will host a live stream of Dave Ramsey’s “Smart Money” next week. The presentation will be shown at the church Tuesday night at 7 o’clock and it is free and open to everyone. Dave Ramsey is a personal money-management expert and extremely popular national radio personality. His seven best-selling books including […]
The Grundy County Jewett-Norris Library in Trenton will hold a free beginner’s computer class. The class will be held Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7 o’clock November 14 through December 12 with the class covering the basics of computers. Space is limited for the class, and registration is required and you may stop by the […]
The City of Trenton and Trenton Municipal Utilities are requesting proposals from qualified cabling installers for cable replacement services to support network data and voice services at the Trenton City Hall. More information can be obtained by contacting Rosetta Marsh at 660-359-2281 or at [email protected] or Dennis Robb at [email protected].
A Miami, Missouri woman died as the result of a single-vehicle accident east of Carrollton Wednesday morning. The Patrol reports 31-year-old Cynthia Burton traveled east on U. S. Route 24 when her car ran off the road about three-fourths of a mile west of Missouri 139. The car returned to the road, skidded sideways, traveled […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that hunters checked 2,899 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Top harvest counties were Greene with 100, Texas with 95, and Dent with 94. Last year’s fall firearms turkey harvest total was 3,698. MDC’s turkey biologist says this year’s low fall firearms turkey […]
