Wild Turkey in field

Young hunters take 2,881 turkeys over youth weekend

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,881 birds over the past youth weekend, April 9 and 10. The top harvest counties were Miller with 87 birds harvested, Osage with 71, and Franklin with 71. Young hunters checked 2,795 turkeys during the 2021 spring youth weekend. […]

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson photo courtesy Wikipedia

Senate winds up grueling Supreme Court hearings on Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination

(Missouri Independent) –  Representatives of the American Bar Association reiterated their finding that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is well qualified to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, and law enforcement groups rebutted GOP accusations Jackson is soft on child pornographers during the final day of Jackson’s confirmation hearings Thursday. Republicans, however, called in witnesses to […]

Drought

Drought conditions expand across Missouri

Drought conditions have expanded to include more parts of Missouri compared to last week. Approximately all of the KTTN listening area is listed as “Abnormally Dry” with the exception of a very small portion of northern Mercer County and adjacent portions of Harrison and Putnam counties. The abnormally dry conditions are described as covering 41 […]

Boil Advisory

Boil advisory issued for a portion of Trenton

Following a water outage this afternoon, a portion of Trenton has been placed on a precautionary boil advisory. Repairs were made to a water main break and the water shut off to fix the break requires a boil advisory while lab testing is conducted once water service is restored. Affected are Trenton Municipal Utility customers […]