Landowners and agricultural producers currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program now have a wider opportunity to enroll in a 30-year contract through the Clean Lakes, Estuaries, And Rivers initiative, called CLEAR30. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding CLEAR30, a water-quality focused option available through CRP – to be nationwide now. Interested producers with […]
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Owner of school sentenced to prison for defrauding program dedicated to rehabilitating disabled military veterans
A Maryland man was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution for defrauding a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program dedicated to rehabilitating military veterans with disabilities. According to court documents, Francis Engles, 65, of Bowie, was the owner and operator of Engles Security Training School (Engles […]
Department of Economic Development awards $15.8 million for community development projects statewide
The Department of Economic Development announced it will award more than $15.8 million to 38 recipients through its Community Development Block Grant Program to help communities with infrastructure improvement and other projects across Missouri. “Strengthening infrastructure and improving our workforce remains my administration’s top priorities,” said Governor Mike Parson. “Whether repairing roads, upgrading facilities, or […]
Missouri Attorney General opposes reinstatement of overreaching WOTUS rule in Letter to EPA and Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, opposing their recent move to reconsider the more limited Navigable Waters Protection Rule, a President Trump-era rule that reversed the 2015 Obama-era Waters of the United States rule. EPA Administrator Michael Regan and the […]
Chillicothe Rotary Club to host fireworks display on July 3
Celebrating a Century of Service in Chillicothe, the Chillicothe Rotary Club will present a fireworks display in honor of Independence Day on Saturday, July 3, 2021. The display will be best visible from the south end of Chillicothe, similar to 2020. The fireworks will be launched from a restricted area at the intersection of Hwy […]
Residents of Trenton and Hale injured in Monday morning crash
Residents of Trenton and Hale received minor injuries when the vehicles they were driving collided Monday morning two miles north of Wheeling. Twenty-eight-year-old Marina Munday of Trenton was taken by a private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center. The other driver, 51-year-old Travis Summers of Hale, was to seek his own medical treatment. A trooper reported […]
USDA announces dates for Conservation Reserve Program general and grasslands signups
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has set a July 23, 2021, deadline for agricultural producers and landowners to apply for the Conservation Reserve Program General signup 56. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept applications for CRP Grasslands from July 12 to August 20. This year, USDA updated both signup options to provide greater […]
Two teenagers injured, buggy demolished after pickup strikes buggy north of Kidder
Two teenagers were injured, treated at the scene by EMS, and declined further medical attention following an accident approximately two miles north of Kidder. One of the teenagers injured was listed as a driver of a horse-drawn conveyance, 19-year-old Namoi Herschberger of Kidder, who had what was called a serious injury. A passenger in the […]
Four teenagers injured in crash near Carrollton; driver accused of DWI
Four people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a sports utility vehicle traveled off a county road near Carrollton. The driver, 18-year old Thessaly Myler of Carrollton, was taken to Research Medical Center with serious injuries. A passenger, 19-year old Briley Gregg of Bogard, was seriously injured and was taken to Truman Medical Center. […]
University of Missouri report looks at population trends in Missouri
Missouri’s population grew by about 11,000 people from 2019 to 2020. This 0.2% increase is only half the national rate of 0.4%, though it is typical of the modest growth experienced by many other Midwestern states. But the picture gets more complicated when you zoom in to specific regions and counties. “This growth is uneven,” […]
Audio: Missouri’s Governor to sign Second Amendment Preservation Act on Saturday
Legislation establishing a Second Amendment Preservation Act will be signed into law Saturday afternoon by Missouri’s governor, in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit. Governor Mike Parson will sign SAPA Saturday at 2 p.m. at Frontier Justice. House Bill 85 is sponsored by State Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) and State Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield). They say […]
Woman charged with murder of newborn child has trial re-scheduled
A jury trial has been re-scheduled in Harrison County for a Kirksville woman charged with first and second-degree murder after a child death investigation in May 2020. Twenty-nine-year-old Makuya Stephanie Kambamba’s case was removed from the trial docket for the week of July 26th, and it is now scheduled to start October 5th. This came […]
Livingston County Route C bridge available for reuse
The Missouri Department of Transportation is accepting proposals until the end of this year for the reuse of the Pony Truss, Warren alternating vertical bridge on Livingston County Route C over Shoal Creek, currently located 1.4 miles northwest of Dawn. The Shoal Creek Bridge is a 1933, rigid-connected, 178-foot long bridge with a 100-foot Warren […]
16-year-old girl from Hale injured in crash on Route J
The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Hale sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove overturned in northern Carroll County on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. A private vehicle transported the 16-year-old girl to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. The SUV traveled east on Route J before it ran off the […]
Altamont teen taken to Wright Memorial Hospital after crashing on gravel road near Breckenridge
An Altamont resident sustained injuries when a vehicle overturned on a gravel-covered road two miles west of Breckenridge on June 4. A private vehicle transported the driver, 18-year-old Kiah Price, to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton with minor injuries. The vehicle traveled east on Northeast Meadows Lane before Price reportedly lost control and over-corrected. The […]
Elderly Chillicothe resident injured in rural Livingston County crash
An elderly Chillicothe resident were taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle accident early Tuesday evening in rural Livingston County, four miles northwest of Chillicothe. Ninty three-year-old Charles Radcliff received minor injuries and a private vehicle took him to Hedrick Medical Center. The crash occurred when a car driven by a 16-year-old Chillicothe boy was […]
Ceremony to honor Veterans held at one-room Baker School in Trenton on Monday
Amid a light but persistent rain this morning, a flag-raising ceremony took place at the flag pole of the one-room Baker School, among the properties of the Grundy County Historical Society. Seven members of the VFW Post 919 in Trenton participated in raising the U.S. flag, the officer of the day, three members took part […]
Missouri State Treasurer joins coalition to oppose Biden Administration’s attacks on fossil fuel industry
Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced he has joined a coalition of 15 State Treasurers to speak out against apparent attempts by the Biden Administration to pressure banks and other large financial institutions to divest from coal, oil, and natural gas companies. “While the pursuit of more renewable sources of energy is a noble cause, […]