A resurfacing project through Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Carroll counties is scheduled to start back up sooner than originally expected. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Vance Brothers to resurface approximately 83 miles of U.S. Route 65 between the Iowa border and the Missouri River as well as a small portion of Route […]
Spring brings the births of wild animals such as birds, rabbits, and squirrels. With that come good intentions of kind-hearted people who want to adopt baby animals they find because they think they have been orphaned or abandoned. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people to leave these young wild animals where they find […]
The special House committee investigating Governor Eric Greitens will seek to get testimony from members of his campaign. After Greitens’ legal counsel Catherine Hanaway complained that the committee hadn’t allowed the campaign to be heard, the counsel to the committee last night said they would be asked to testify. In a statement, Edward […]
Candidate filings began Tuesday for multi-county districts in this area. A 7th district state representative race is shaping up between Republican Rusty Black of Chillicothe and Democrat Dennis VanDyke of Marceline. Both have to be nominated by their parties in the August primary election. After the first day of filings, Republican Danny Busick of Newtown […]
The Green Hills Women’s Shelter of Cameron will partner with the Cameron Police Department to present “In Their Shoes: Teens and Dating Violence.” Individuals at least 13-years-old may attend the simulation in the Training Room of the Cameron Police Department the night of March 6th from 6:30 to 7:30. The simulation allows participants to experience […]
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board evaluated several properties of concern during a nearly one-hour meeting last night at City Hall. The board voted to remove three of the locations from the list after determining issues had been abated. These are at 825 West Crowder Road, owned by Bill Grubb, 1909 Carnes belonging to Rogelio Olivo and […]
The Trenton City Council last night took votes on three ordinances, passing one of them on a split vote to enact a leash law. The council heard presentations from four citizens on topics like downtown Christmas lights; a property lien the city holds following demolition of a house; cable television reception in the lake Trenton area; […]
A funeral service for Lineville, Iowa resident Saige Boswell will be held at the Roberson Funeral Home in Lineville Friday morning at 10:30 with burial to follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Lineville. Visitation for Saige Boswell will be held at the funeral home Thursday night from 6 to 8 o’clock. Saige Boswell, who died Sunday […]
A Funeral service for 27-year-old Jeffrey Carl Bowman of Chillicothe will be Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Calvary Baptist Church of Chillicothe with burial in the Plainview Cemetery of Chula. A scheduled family visitation will be Tuesday night from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock at the Lindley Funeral Home of Chillicothe. Survivors of […]
A visitation has been announced for the woman who died after being hit by a pickup truck Wednesday night in downtown Trenton. Forty-eight-year-old Linda Kay Sanderson of Trenton died at Wright Memorial Hospital after the accident. Visitation is at the Roberson Funeral Home in Bethany Tuesday night from 6 to 8 o’clock with inurnment at […]
A single vehicle accident Tuesday, north of Jamesport, has claimed the lives of four young adults from Trenton, three of them are siblings. The highway patrol listed the accident location as one half mile west of the Daviess – Grundy County line on Highway 190. The report notes none of the occupants was using a […]
The first month of 2017 is coming to an end, which means we’re getting another batch of new titles coming to Netflix and another batch being deleted. Netflix will be adding 82 titles in February and dropping another 49 with the largest number of titles being added February 1. Some titles we’re saying goodbye to […]
A Resident of Galt, Cynthia Lynn Gott, died late Saturday night at the University of Kansas medical center in Kansas City. She was 55 years old, had operated the Galt Cafe since 1995 and was an EMT with the Galt Fire Protection District. Surviving relatives include her father Bob Gott of Galt; brothers Ben and […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in December in a case filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (Grain Belt Express). Grain Belt Express seeks a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, […]
Media reports indicate a Carrollton police officer Saturday night shot a man whom police say approached them with a handgun while they were investigating a complaint about a loose dog. The Missouri Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident, said police were called to a residence in the 300 block of East Third Street at Carrollton about 10:15 […]
The highway patrol described injuries as minor for a Laredo woman involved in a traffic accident last night at the Thompson River bridge half a mile west of Trenton. The patrol reports 70-year-old Jackie Owens was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The report noted that just past 8:30 Wednesday evening, the eastbound car […]
Grundy County Coroner Dewayne Slater says an initial, or preliminary autopsy report, is inconclusive regarding the deaths of a Trenton woman and her young daughter over the weekend at Trenton. Slater said officials will await the results of toxicology tests. He noted it may take at least two months before toxicology results become available for […]
Main Street Chillicothe and downtown merchants host a “Wine Walk” and “Tunes Under the Moon” concert on Friday evening in downtown Chillicothe. The wine walk runs from 4 to 8 o’clock. The public can sample local Missouri wines for $15.00 by visiting participating merchants. Participants will receive an engraved glass for the sampling, and to […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
Trenton High School student Katerina Black was the number one ranked individual in the state during meat judging competition at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia. Her team from Trenton high school finished in second place, just 30 points behind the top ranked meats judging team from Tipton. Other members of the 2nd place meats team […]
