Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing firearms after police officers interrupted them shooting handguns in their backyard. Juan Carlos Cuevas-Alvarez, 33, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully residing in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner on Monday, March 11, 2019, to being an illegal […]
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Special Olympics Missouri announces new President & CEO
The Board of Directors of Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) has announced the appointment of Susan Stegeman as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective April 1, 2019. She will lead the grassroots movement for the empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities in Missouri. Every day, Special Olympics uses the transformative power and joy of sports […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol announces promotion of Lt. Collin Stosberg
Lieutenant Colonel Eric T. Olson, acting superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective April 1, 2019. Sergeant Collin M. Stosberg, public information and education officer assigned to Troop A, Lee’s Summit, MO, is being promoted to lieutenant and designated assistant director of the Public Information and Education Division, General Headquarters, […]
North Central Missouri College to host public arts forum
North Central Missouri College will host an Arts Forum and discussion on March 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the lobby of Cross Hall. The public is invited to join an open dialogue with Dr. Lenny Klaver, President, Phil Schlarb, Dean Emeritus, Jim Norris, Art Instructor, and Tyler Busick, Vocal Music Instructor about reviving the arts […]
Missouri State FFA Vice President speaks at Litton Agriculture Center
Shelby Davies, Missouri State Vice President, spoke to a group of Litton Agriculture Education Center students on Thursday, February 21, 2019, at the Litton Agricultural Education Building. Logan talked about what students could learn by being involved in the FFA organization and conducted leadership games with the students. Shelby is one of 16 Missouri State […]
Princeton Board of Education approves contracts for next school year
The board approved teaching, administrative, athletic, and activities extra-duty contracts for the next academic year. The board approved the resignation of junior high school football coach Dave McCumber. The board approved the hourly pay rate for The parents as teachers position at $15.00 an hour for the next school year. Contractors will return to the […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education addresses salary schedules
The 2019-20 salary schedule was adopted during a meeting last night of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education. The schedule follows the requests submitted last month by the salary and welfare committee; and endorsed by the superintendent. Superintendent Dan Wiebers reported the increases noted for the salary schedule will cost more than $177,000 which is […]
Grundy County Commission accepts bids for mowing and cart rock
The Grundy County Commission has accepted a bid from Kevin Klinginsmith of K&J mowing to cut the grass at several Grundy County properties. The property locations are the lawns at the courthouse, prosecutor’s office, and law enforcement center, the Bethel, Sires, and Wynne cemeteries and the road and bridge lot. The combined bid for all locations […]
Trenton City Council votes “No” on loaning money to wastewater department
The much-discussed financing of the proposed headworks project at the Trenton sewer plant took another turn Monday night. The City Council, on a vote of three in favor and four against, defeated a motion that would have allowed the electric department to loan $2,000,000 to the wastewater department. The motion to make the transfer, with […]
Veterans service event to be held in Princeton
A Veterans Service event will be held this Wednesday, March 13 at the Memorial VFW Post #7159 in Princeton. The session will start at 1 o’clock and end by 2 with a District One Service Officer to answer questions. Veterans attending are to take a copy of DD 214 or separation papers. All Veterans and family […]
Missouri man sentenced for $4.7 Million cattle investment fraud scheme
A Clinton, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for a $4.7 million investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded 92 investors who believed they were purchasing cattle for resale at a profit. Cameron J. Hager, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, to eight years […]
Legal experts to host “Tigers for Troops” event in Bethany
Veterans seeking information and assistance regarding VA disability claims, benefits, and military discharges are invited to attend free events hosted by legal experts from the University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic. The events are offered as part of the Clinic’s Tigers for Troops initiative in partnership with the University of Missouri Extension. One […]
Livingston County Sheriff seeks tips on possible fugitive in the area
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office is seeking tips on a fugitive that may be in Livingston County or surrounding counties. Sheriff Steve Cox reports the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has an active felony arrest warrant for 36-year-old Jason Brodie of Liberal on two felony allegations of first-degree child molestation. Bond for Brodie is listed at […]
Cheryl Hamilton named Wright Memorial Hospital Employee of the Quarter
Cheryl Hamilton, a licensed practical nurse at Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic in Princeton, was honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for first quarter 2019. Steve Schieber, Chief Executive Officer, presented the award to Hamilton at a ceremony held in her honor on March 7. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an […]
Trenton residents arrested for probation violation
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton residents Thursday for allegedly violating their probation. Twenty-seven-year-old Jonathon Bradley Woods’s original charge was felony possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid. Court documents accuse him of possessing methamphetamine. Fifty-one-year-old Misty Lynn Miller Smith was […]
Shooting accident injures Chillicothe man
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office investigated a shooting accident west of Chillicothe Wednesday. Sheriff Steve Cox reports a Chillicothe man said he was going to buy a semi-automatic handgun from a relative but went into the country to test fire the gun before purchasing it. There was a problem with a round in the chamber […]
Audio: Missouri House Budget Committee Chairman unveils $100 Million transportation plan
Governor Mike Parson’s office says they’re confident that a final transportation agreement with Missouri lawmakers is possible, before the end of the session in May. The governor’s office is responding to House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith’s 100-million dollar transportation plan, which does NOT incur new debt. The Carthage Republican has concerns with the governor’s […]
Missouri Public Service Commission to hold hearings on Grain Belt Express
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold formal evidentiary hearings next month in an acquisition case filed by Invenergy Transmission, LLC as well as Grain Belt Clean Line, LLC. The case was filed on behalf of Invenergy Transmission and its parent company Invenergy Investment Company and Grain Belt Clean Line on behalf of its parent […]
Grundy County Extension Council sets goals for 2019
The Grundy County Extension Council set goals for 2019 at its meeting Monday. The goals include better marking and visibility for Extension and better communication between councils. The council approved council members, Josh Marshall, and Sarah Lowrey, to be on the audit committee after they volunteered. Member Kelly Wilson was approved as the Regional Council […]
Trenton R-9 to hold open house for new Superintendent Michael Stegman
Trenton R-9 staff, students, and patrons will have an opportunity to meet the new school Superintendent next week. An open house for Michael Stegman will be held at the Trenton R-9 district office the afternoon of March 13th from 2 to 5 o’clock. Stegman has more than 20 years experience as a Superintendent in Kansas […]