(Missouri Independent) – As state lawmakers mull the idea of restricting police use of chokeholds or no-knock warrants, they are facing pushback from law enforcement organizations who contend decisions should be made at the local level. The House Special Committee on Criminal Justice met for three hours on Monday to explore the possibility of passing […]
A Cameron resident was hurt Sunday morning when the car she was driving traveled off a road east of Cameron and hit a fiber optics post. Eighty-three-year-old Ellen Butts was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened two miles east of Cameron on Route BB as the westbound car traveled […]
Work is continuing within Trenton that allows a Trenton business to offer fiber optics as a choice for high-speed internet service. Terry White, an IT specialist for Mid States Services, described the progress and the construction goal. Business and residential customers can sign up for fiber optic service by contacting Mid States Services […]
The three-member Utility Committee last night looked at information and a cost projection regarding a potential upgrade for the program controls on the diesel generators at the south substation in Trenton. Dennis Robb and Mark Newton of TMU met with committee members David Mlika, Travis Elbert, and Jen Hottes as well as City Administrator/Utility Director […]
The term “right to work’ relates to or promotes the right of a worker to be able to obtain employment without being required to join a labor union to do so. When right to work laws are in place, workers cannot be compelled to pay for any cost of union representation, even if the union […]
The three-member Utility Committee to the Trenton City Council discussed several topics when they met for 90 minutes Tuesday night but no official action was taken. Dawn Stewart told of a flooded basement after an apparent sewer backup. It was noted a fiber optics contractor had a crew working in her yard. Trenton Municipal Utilities […]
Mid-States Services of Trenton is bringing fiber optic internet inside the Trenton city limits. Informational Technology Specialist Terry White said boring crews have been installing conduit in the ground to house the fiber in the lake area and aerial crews would be brought in after Independence Day to string fiber and attach it to the […]
The Trenton City Council, on a vote of six in favor and two opposed, agreed to contribute 20-thousand dollars towards efforts to market Trenton and the ConAgra foods facility to potential businesses. Of that 20-thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars is to come from the city and the other ten-thousand dollars from Trenton Municipal Utilities. Boots […]
