Trenton city sales tax receipts are up about six percent for general revenue, capital projects, and parks. City sales tax receipts for the 17th Street Bridge replacement project are up more than eight percent and revenue from the city sales tax for fire department needs is up seven and one-half percent. Those increases are for […]
Two people were hurt Saturday morning South of Princeton when a pickup truck traveled off Highway 65 and overturned. The driver, 54-year old Darren Hamilton of Bethany, was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton with moderate injuries. A passenger, a 16-year old juvenile girl from Bethany, was taken to Wright Memorial with minor injuries. […]
A Lathrop resident received injuries when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating east of Plattsburg. 56-year old Richard Dubuque was taken to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning two miles east of Plattsburg on Highway 116 as the motorcycle was westbound, it traveled onto the right shoulder, went […]
The Highway Patrol reports an accident two miles north of Farmersville the morning of November 6th resulted in minor injuries for a Trenton man and the arrest of a Chillicothe woman. A private vehicle transported 54-year-old Shawn Walker to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. No injuries were reported for 35-year-old Nicole Henley. Two vehicles traveled […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has released recommendations for Sullivan and Putnam counties after contracted audits of financial statements. The Sullivan County audit was for the two years ending December 31st, 2019, and the Putnam County audit was for the year ended December 31st, 2019. Recommendations for both counties include periodically reviewing their actual expenditures […]
Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were added for Grundy County on November 5th, which the health department reports bring the total to 407. Three hundred seven cases have been confirmed, and 100 are probable. Sixty-five cases are active. Seventeen COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Grundy County. The Livingston County Health Center reports 17 new COVID-19 […]
The lack of rain over the last six weeks has increased areas of Missouri that are experiencing some degree of drought. A report released on Thursday shows 44 percent of the state have conditions ranging from abnormally dry to moderate and severe drought. Just about all of the drought concerns exist throughout northern Missouri and […]
Thirteen new COVID-19 cases have been added in Livingston County, bringing the cumulative total to 514. The health center reports 65 cases are active, with four involving facilities, 53 in the community, and eight at schools. The school cases are all students and staff who attend or work at Tina Avalon or Hale schools but […]
Seattle-based Amazon has announced that it will open its first fulfillment center in one of the fastest-growing towns in southwest Missouri. Governor Mike Parson made the announcement Thursday afternoon while briefing Capitol reporters in Jefferson City. The governor says the facility will be located in Republic. “The new fulfillment center, which is expected to launch […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a fugitive shot himself or herself in the head with a handgun during an attempted warrant service in Mooresville on Thursday, November 5th. Emergency medical services were requested and attempts to provide first aid were given. An ambulance arrived, and an air ambulance was also summoned. The injured person […]
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Missourians in the Southeast region of the state overcame these obstacles to ensure 418 children and youth have a forever family to call their own – an increase of 57 additional adoptions from last year’s numbers. The region as a whole and seven individual counties – Dunklin, Howell, Iron, New Madrid, […]
Eleven new COVID-19 cases have been added in Livingston County, bringing the total to 501. The health center reports 61 of the cases are active, with 54 in the community and seven at schools. All of the school cases are from Tina-Avalon or Hale, with several connected to a basketball tournament at Hale on October […]
(Missouri Independent) – Republican Mike Parson has secured a full four-year term as Missouri’s governor, scoring victory Tuesday night over his Democratic challenger Nicole Galloway. Parson, 65, led Galloway, 38, by more than 442,000 votes with over 95 percent of the state’s precincts reporting shortly after midnight, according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial results. The […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri Democrats had another disappointing night in legislative elections Tuesday, losing in two state Senate districts crucial to their hopes of cracking the Republican supermajority in the upper chamber. Republicans held a key Senate seat by re-electing Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden of Columbia in the 19th District in central Missouri. As […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports it received word of another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total deaths to 13. Seven COVID-19 cases were also added, which brings the cumulative total to 490. Fifty-six cases are active, with one in a facility, 50 in the community, and five in schools. There are 15 hospitalizations. Seven COVID-19 […]
A rollover accident Monday night in Ray County resulted in injuries for three passengers and the driver being arrested. Twenty-four-year-old Curtis Williams of Richmond was driving a pickup northbound when it crossed the center of North Garner Road, struck an embankment, and overturned. Three passengers were taken to area hospitals, including 19-year-old Henry Hilliard of […]
A Brookfield resident received minor injuries in a vehicle and deer accident Monday night one mile to the east of Laclede. Thirty-one-year-old Ashlie Feather was taken by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. The sports utility vehicle was eastbound on Highway 36 when it struck a deer in the road, then struck a […]
Twelve more veterans have died from COVID at the state veterans home in northwest Missouri’s Cameron. The Missouri Veterans Commission says 12 more veterans have died at the Cameron home in the past ten days, bringing the total number of COVID deaths there to 22, since September 1. MVC spokesman Jamie Melchert tells Missourinet that […]
The Trenton Police Department report two cars received moderate to major damage when they collided recently at the intersection of Lord Street and Oklahoma Avenue. One driver was taken to the hospital. An accident report made available Monday morning by police shows that the cars were driven by 76-year-old Trudy Lee Cook of Trenton and […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has filed 24 criminal charges and civil action against unlicensed dog breeder Marlisa McAlmond of Cedar Ridge Australians, located in Oregon County. A criminal complaint, filed Wednesday afternoon, details the 24 criminal charges filed against McAlmond, which includes 21 counts of animal abuse, two counts of […]
