Law enforcement will collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Medications will be collected on October 26th from 10 to 2 o’clock. Area locations in Missouri will include the sheriff’s offices of Mercer County in Princeton, Harrison County in Bethany, and Adair Couty in Kirksville; Bethany […]
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Chillicothe man dies in crash on Highway 13
A Chillicothe man, operating a motorcycle, died Monday afternoon in a crash on Highway 13 in Ray County. The victim, 63-year-old Jerry Kissick, died at Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond one hour after the accident occurred. The driver of a pickup, 32-year-old Theodore Bromann of Overland Park, Kansas was not reported hurt. The pickup […]
Nuisance black vultures causing damage to vehicles at Bagnell Dam area
For those who enjoy visiting Bagnell Dam, the Missouri Department of Conservation advises area users at Bagnell Dam Access on the Osage River to beware of potential damage to parked vehicles due to black vultures. MDC has worked to harass these birds and remove some of them, but they continue to congregate in this area […]
Missouri Lt. Governor says Missourians to decide if gasoline tax increase is needed
The state’s lieutenant governor says Missourians will have to decide whether a gasoline tax increase is needed. Missouri’s 17-cent gasoline tax has remained the same since 1996. Last November, voters rejected a proposed ten-cent gas tax increase. At his campaign announcement, last week at Jefferson City’s Memorial Park, Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R) told the audience […]
General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home to host public information meeting
Representatives from Missouri State Parks invite the public to an informational meeting about General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home and Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Sites at 6 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019m, at the Pershing Memorial Museum and Leadership Archives building at 900 Ausmus St., Laclede. Representatives from the sites will be on […]
Cox family announced as Grand Marshal of Missouri Day Parade
Missouri Day organizers say no other family embodies the theme of the 2019 Missouri Day Festival like Dr. Paul and Barbara Cox and Dr. Andy and Holly Cox and their family. “Missouri Day – Embracing the Past, Looking to the Future” is the theme and the Cox family certainly mirrors this theme. Tracing back to […]
Crowder State Park to host “Fall Colors Tours” of Thompson Cemetery
Crowder State Park will offer free guided bus tours of the Thompson Cemetery 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, October 19th and 20, 2019. Park staff will point out fall foliage and other interesting features along the way. Tours will run every half hour with the last tour ending at 4 p.m. Meet at […]
Green Hills Animal Shelter to hold drawings for Kansas City Chiefs ticket packages
The Green Hills Animal Shelter of Trenton will hold two drawings for ticket packages for the Kansas City Chiefs football team, with proceeds to benefit the shelter. One prize package includes four Gold Suite tickets to the Chiefs game versus the Green Bay Packers October 27th. The other includes four Gold Suite tickets to the […]
Kaycee West named Wright Memorial Hospital’s Employee of the Quarter
Kaycee West, a patient access representative at Wright Memorial Hospital, was honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2019. Steve Schieber, Chief Executive Officer, presented the award to West at a ceremony held in her honor on September 30. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an employee who […]
Missouri man who tried to run woman off the road sentenced to 6-years for illegally possessing firearm
A Columbia, Missouri, man who tried to run a woman off the road and chased her into the police station, was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Daleron Michael Monroe, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to six years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered the […]
Missouri Department of Conservation assists city of Bethany in improving area lakes
The Missouri Department of Conservation on September 20, 2019, presented the city of Bethany a check for $153,537 to help pay for improvements at North Bethany City Reservoir and Old Bethany City Lake. Earlier, MDC provided a $23,305 grant for the projects. MDC reimburses up to 75 percent of project costs under the Community Assistance […]
Grundy County 4-H “Kick Off” to be held in October
The Grundy County 4-H Kick-Off will be held during the month of October. Youth can meet 4-H members and find a club to join at the group camp area at Crowder State Park west of Trenton the evening of October 6th from 6 to 7 o’clock. Those eligible to join 4-H will be five to […]
Trenton man ordered to pay over $3K in incident that damaged parked car and lawn
A Trenton man has received a suspended sentence for his involvement in an accident last month that damaged a parked vehicle and a nearby yard in the northeast part of Trenton. Forty-nine-year-old Mark William Trump of Trenton has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors including two counts of property damage in the second degree and one […]
Livingston County Sheriff seeking tips on two recent incidents
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department is seeking tips on two recent incidents. Sheriff Steve Cox reports his office was called to investigate property damage to a John Deere combine parked on the east side of U. S. Highway 65 and north of LIV 226 last week. The equipment’s glass was completely shattered and that investigation […]
North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees reviews student enrollment
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved the formation of a lay committee Tuesday evening. Board President Don Dalrymple was interested in creating a lay committee to review and possibly change existing policies for recognition of donors and naming opportunities. He appointed Trustee and NCMC Foundation Board of Directors member Chris Hoffman to […]
Serve Trenton projects set to kick off this weekend
Volunteers will help with approximately 20 projects when members of Serve Trenton gather this weekend. The initiative will start at C. F. Russell Stadium Saturday, September 28, 2019, and Sunday, September 29th at 8 o’clock for a time of praise and worship. Volunteers will then disperse to their designated projects following worship time. The projects […]
Trenton City Council adopts three ordinances, accepts four bids
Three ordinances were adopted and four bids were accepted during Monday nights meeting of the Trenton City Council. All votes were unanimous among the 8 members. Boone Construction Company of Columbia received formal approval for the 17th Street Bridge replacement project. The company is to be paid $2,339,736.00. Funding comes from the city of Trenton […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of September 23, 2019
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of September 23 – 29. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
Gallatin Chautauqua Baby Show winners announced
The results have been announced for Friday evening’s Baby Show at Chautauqua in Gallatin. First place for Little Miss Chautauqua went to Annika Baker, and Little Mister Chautauqua went to Jaxten Parker. In the three-year-olds division first place went to Cole Chadwick and Zaya Brown, two-year-olds, first place went to Deiontie Mayfield and Harlyn Walker […]
“Hocus Pocus” to be shown at Silver Moon Plaza in Chillicothe
Citizens Bank & Trust in conjunction with Main Street Chillicothe, brings to the screen, Disney’s “Hocus Pocus”. The screening will be held on Friday, October 11, 2019. Additional partners for the event are K&M Gourmet Popcorn and the Livingston County Library. The movie will be shown inside Main Street’s Silver Moon Plaza, 707 Webster Street, […]