The total number of properties to be offered for sale at the annual Grundy County Delinquent Tax Sale has decreased. As of this Friday morning, Collector-Treasurer Barbara Harris reported 139 properties are scheduled to be sold at the Grundy County Courthouse Monday, August 28 at 10 o’clock. Of the remaining properties, Madison Township has 63 […]
The University of Missouri Extension will hold a program on heifers at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus next month. “Buy, Sell, or Replace: Considerations When Developing Heifers” will be held the evening of September 11. Registration will begin at 6 o’clock, and the program will start at 6:30. The registration fee is $15.00, […]
The Trenton High School Key Club has canceled this year’s Alum on the Run due to the low number of advanced registrants. The event was scheduled to be held during THS Alumni Weekend activities Saturday, September 2. Individuals already registered for the run will receive a refund, however, you may call Kara Helmandollar at 660-359-5966 […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 944 of Chillicothe will hold its 25th Annual Breakfast Fly-In and Drive-In Saturday morning. Breakfast will be held at the Chillicothe Municipal Airport from 7 until 10 o’clock Saturday morning, August 26. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice, and coffee. The cost of breakfast is $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for […]
A two vehicle accident in northern Carroll County resulted in minor injuries for one of the drivers. 43-year-old Kristy Heussner from the Hale community was taken by a private vehicle to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital at Carrollton. The other driver, 34-year-old Matthew McDaniel, also of Hale, was not reported hurt. The two vehicles collided […]
A single vehicle rollover accident east of Trenton injured two Kansas City men Thursday afternoon. The highway patrol reported multiple charges are pending for the driver of the car. Taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton were the driver, 51-year-old Henry Mullenix, and passenger, 57-year-old Samuel Rhea. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious […]
A sanctioned truck and tractor pull is scheduled Friday night, August 25 in Trenton. It’s the event that was postponed due to wet grounds in June when Trenton’s Gooseberry Festival was held. The Iowa Missouri Truck and Tractor Pull Association present the competition at the fairgrounds in Trenton, beginning at 7 o’clock Friday night with […]
Several reports were given, and requests made, during meetings last night of the Trenton City Council’s administrative and utility committees at the city hall. Police Chief Tommy Wright is requesting the starting pay for a police officer in Trenton be increased to $30,000 in an effort to attract candidates and hopefully hire someone. The current […]
The Grand River Multipurpose Center in Chillicothe will hold line dancing, Name that Tune, and karaoke for all ages next month. Music Lovers Unite will be held at the center the night of September 14 from 7 to 10 o’clock. Country and rock and roll music will be used for the activities. Admission is a […]
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education set its tax rate at its meeting Wednesday evening. The total rate is $4.2795 which combines the new set rate and the temporary rate. The combined rate is down $.3969 from last year. The board accepted a bid for bread from Graves as well as bids for various […]
The Brookfield Fire Department responded to two structure fires in the 500 block of South Livingston street Thursday morning. A Brookfield Police dispatcher reports the structures are total losses. Firefighters responded to the first call around 4:45 and remained at the scene for about three hours and the fire department received the call for an […]
A gun show will be held in conjunction with Mercer Homecoming festivities. The gun show will be held on the southwest corner of the Mercer Square in the Taylor Welding Building September 2 beginning at 9 o’clock in the morning. There will be several vendors, and admission is free. Those interested may call 660-815-0137 for […]
Two Hamilton residents were arrested on drug charges Wednesday. The Hamilton Police Department reports a search warrant that the police department and the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department executed at 305 East School Street in Hamilton led to the arrest of the two subjects. Thirty-seven-year-old Nicolas Hanes was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office received Court orders to cause the following detainees be transported to the Missouri Department of Corrections to begin serving a sentence: David White, 54, Chillicothe Possession Controlled Substance – 2 years DOC Dylan Hulett, 19, Lock Springs Probation Violation – Distribution Controlled Substance – 15 years DOC Andrew J. […]
Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren has released a statement on his review of law enforcement actions during the stand-off and what authorities say was a “shots fired” incident last Friday night in Chillicothe. Information was posted to the Facebook page of the Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney. It states “after reviewing the reports, photographs of […]
The operator of a motorcycle was taken to a hospital following an accident early Thursday morning approximately one mile south of Weatherby. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 43-year-old Richard Dawson of Cameron. An ambulance transported him to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Dawson was southbound on DeKalb County Route EE when he apparently lost […]
A Missouri Army National Guard officer recently received the General MacArthur Leadership Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, in Washington. Capt. Scott M. McCollum was one of six Army National Guard company grade officers in the country to receive the award, which is named after Gen. Douglas MacArthur. McCollum was the company commander of […]
The Livingston County Library in Chillicothe will start a fall story time series in the Children’s Department next month. The Wee Read story times will be held Tuesday mornings at 10 o’clock from September 5th through October 31st. The story times will feature age appropriate stories, finger plays, songs, and rhymes and are targeted at […]
Mercer Homecoming will hold its annual car and tractor shows next week. The car show will be in the east parking lot of the Mercer Baptist Church and the tractor show will be held in the west parking lot of the Mercer Baptist Church. Both shows will start the morning of September 2 at 8 o’clock. […]
Highway Patrol Troop H will conduct a driving while intoxicated saturation in Daviess County in September. Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald says areas for special enforcement are based on a high number of drinking-related crashes, the high number of contacts with drivers who have been drinking, and officers’ input as to probable contact with DWI […]
