A Trenton man who ran from the sheriff after appearing in circuit court has been found. Grundy County Sheriff Rodney Herring reports Cory Burchett was remanded to the custody of the sheriff due to the failure of a drug test before running off around 11:20 Tuesday morning. Burchett was found a little before 1 o’clock […]
Results have been made available from the Calamity Jane Festival car show that was held in Princeton with officials reporting 59 entries. The judges choice was a 1924 Dodge Bross entered by Ron Scott of Harris. Recognized for best paint was a 1967 Ford pickup shown by Terry Kinder of Ridgeway. Best of show awards were given […]
Special Olympics Missouri has launched “Fan the Flame,” a unique fundraising campaign for its Training for Life Campus here. The campus, which will be the largest facility in the U.S. built exclusively for Special Olympics athletes, is under construction. An additional $1.4 million is needed to complete the 16.5-acre campus. The “Fan the Flame” […]
The Trenton Rotary Club will continue to display flags during the Missouri Day Festival weekend next month. The flags–both American and Missouri– will be mounted on poles along Main Street, Ninth Street and 17th Street as well as a portion of Oklahoma Avenue near the Festival entrance. The Missouri Day parade route is the main […]
A Lathrop man has been injured in an I-35 traffic accident at Cameron. The highway patrol reports 34-year-old Matthew Carrel was taken by ambulance Monday morning to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious Injuries. Carrel’s northbound pickup went off the east side of Interstate 35 and struck a guardrail. The vehicle came to […]
A Gilman City resident, 33-year-old Denise Wilgus, received what the highway patrol called minor injuries in a single vehicle accident Monday. She was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. At mid-afternoon, Ms. Wilgus was driving southbound on Highway 146 when according to investigators, the car failed to make a curve, went off […]
The Chillicothe FFA Chapter recently held its fourth annual Mud Volleyball Tournament. The tournament consisted of 28 teams with a double elimination event. There were 330 members and spectators present at the tournament with pork burgers and chips were provided for all. The team members consisted of FFA members, FFA Alumni, parents, and staff. The […]
During the July 28, 2017, board meeting, Grundy Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors authorized the distribution of $201,363.96 in capital credits to member-owners. The current members and past members will receive 25% of 1984 and 25% of 2016 allocated capital credits. The capital credit refund checks will be presented to member-owners during the Cooperative’s open […]
Cameron Police Department reports it’s investigating vandalism done at a Cameron school. The report noted it was around 3 o’clock this morning when several windows were found broken at the Cameron Parkview Elementary School. The Cameron School District and the Cameron Police Department are asking for information regarding the incident. Cameron Police can be contacted […]
Three arrests are in the report from the Grundy County Sheriff’sDepartment with each being arrested following unrelated investigations. 27-year-old Tyler Joe Williams of rural Princeton has been charged with stealing. Williams is accused of receiving or retaining certain physical evidence with a value of over three thousand dollars allegedly knowing it was stolen. Specifics were […]
Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging is hosting a Falls Prevention Fair at the Grand River Multipurpose Center on Monday, September 25th 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths, unintentional injuries and hospital admissions for trauma. Falls can take a serious toll on older adults’ quality […]
The northwest district of the Missouri Department of Conservation will hold an open house celebration next week in St. Joseph. MDC will host the event in honor of its 80th anniversary on Tuesday, September 26th. The event is from 5 o’clock until 8 o’clock and is designed for the public to get information and provide […]
Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission asking the Commission to grant ATXI a certificate of convenience and necessity to build, operate and maintain a 345-kV electric transmission line from Palmyra, Missouri to the Iowa border and an associated substation near Kirksville, Missouri. According to the […]
The week of activities commemorating Trenton R-9 Homecoming will be held September 24 through September 30. The Kick Off for Homecoming will begin on Sunday, September 24 with a 5K Kaleidoscope Run at 2 pm at C.F. Russell Stadium. B-Boppin-Dave will DJ the start of the even and the Trenton Fire Department will begin the race. […]
The Advisory Board of Bright Futures Trenton recently met to make plans for their community kickoff event being held in late October. Bright Futures is a framework of support and communication that allows communities and schools to identify student needs and match those needs with resources in the community. When students’ basic needs are met, […]
Cash rent rates dropped overall in many Missouri counties, according to a Sept. 8 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rates for cropland and pastureland dropped overall from the previous year, said University of Missouri Extension agriculture business specialist Joe Koenen. Koenen leads sessions on Missouri farm leases to educate landowners and tenants on […]
The Chillicothe Police Department was busy over the weekend responding to 239 calls for service. Here are some highlights from the weekend’s calls. Officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance in the 1500 block of Jackson St. As a result of the investigation, Officers arrested Jesse Lee Stottlemyre for domestic assault 4th degree. Stottlemyre was […]
Officers from the Chillicothe Police Department were dispatched to a two vehicle injury traffic crash on S. Washington St. and Waples St. A vehicle driven by Brenda Y. Palmer collided with a vehicle driven by Bethany N. Masuch after Masuch failed to yield the right-of-way. Palmer was transported to Hedrick Medical Center for treatment […]
Princeton High School junior Sierra Bruse auditioned and was selected to the 2017 Northwest All-District Choir as a soprano. The audition was held Saturday at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. Sierra prepared a solo and was also required to sight-read music at the audition. In addition to being a student in the Princeton […]
Lightning is attributed to a fire which extensively burned a large bale of hay late Saturday afternoon. The location was in a pasture along Karma Lane in southern Mercer County about 10 miles northwest of Spickard. Spickard Fire Protection District firefighters were on the scene briefly.
