Multiple activities will be held at Calamity Jane Days in Princeton on September 18, 2021. Some of the activities will be geared toward children. Princeton Chamber of Commerce President Amy Cool says one of those activities will be pony rides and There will be a petting zoo. Cool notes other activities for children […]
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Audio: Hawley calls for resignation of military leadership, honors Wentzville Marine on Senate floor
Missouri’s U-S Senator Josh Hawley spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday to honor the life of a Missouri Marine who was killed in Afghanistan last month during the U-S evacuation. Hawley also supported pulling out of the country but criticizes how the Biden administration handled it. Hawley introduced a resolution to […]
Community of Chula announces events for Street Fair on Saturday
The community of Chula announces several events for their Street Fair on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Biscuits and gravy will be served at the Chula Community Center from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday. There will be a fish fry Saturday evening from 5:30 to 7 o’clock also at the Chula community center. Free will donations […]
Chillicothe firefighters respond to grass fire started by bottle rocket
A small area of grass was burned in a fire that Chillicothe firefighters say was started by a stray bottle rocket. The fire department was called Sunday afternoon to go to an address in the 11,000 block of LIV Road 2353. Off-duty personnel was described as at the scene prior to the arrival of the […]
Study to probe how black parents, kids in Missouri discuss racial violence
More than a year after the police killing of George Floyd that sparked nationwide protests, a professor in St. Louis is taking on a project to figure out what support systems Black parents have to talk with their kids about racial violence. Missouri has been a central point of the movement against police brutality after […]
Trenton police report no injuries, but issue citation to driver after trailer comes loose from pickup, striking utility pole
The Trenton Police Department reports there were no injuries, but one driver was issued a citation after a trailer struck a utility pole on September 8, 2021. Officer Jeff Spencer’s crash report says 78-year-old Larry Eugene Dannar of Trenton drove a pickup truck south on Princeton Road. The towed unit came unhooked near 19th Street, […]
Two hurt in Monday crash south of Cameron
Two Cameron drivers were taken to hospitals following an accident Monday afternoon on Highway 69, four miles south of Cameron. Thirty-one-year-old Megan Davis received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Liberty Hospital. The other driver, 85-year-old Charles Cox, received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The vehicles […]
Child Passenger Safety Week is September 15 through 21
The Missouri State Highway Patrol joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Safety Council, Safe Kids Worldwide, and other safety advocates to commemorate National Child Passenger Safety Week which is September 15-21, 2021. The primary goal of this program is to remind all parents and other adults responsible for children traveling in motor […]
Calamity Jane Days in Princeton set to begin September 17
Calamity Jane Days will be held in Princeton September 17th through 19th. The Miss Calamity Jane Pageant will be held the weekend before. The Miss Calamity Jane Pageant will be at the Princeton United Methodist Church September 11th at 7 o’clock at night. Spokesperson Amanda Mitchell says there are 11 contestants. They are Raynah Collins, […]
USDA updates pandemic assistance for livestock, poultry contract producers and specialty crop growers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is updating the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) for contract producers of eligible livestock and poultry and producers of specialty crops and other sales-based commodities. CFAP 2, which assists producers who faced market disruptions in 2020 due to COVID-19, is part of USDA’s broader Pandemic Assistance for Producers […]
Missouri man sentenced to five years in prison without parole for illegal firearm
A Missouri man who fled from police officers on a stolen motorcycle and fought with several officers as he resisted arrest was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. Michael S. Reaves, 35, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to five years in federal prison without parole. […]
Three injured in crash west of Hamilton
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday evening in Caldwell County, four miles west of Hamilton. A Pleasant Hill couple received moderate injuries and were taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. A Hamilton resident, 83-year-old Wayne Vincent, received moderate injuries but declined treatment at the scene. The Vincent car was […]
Law enforcement to participate in “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, August 20 through Labor Day
As the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer come to an end, highway safety officials are encouraging drivers not to let down their guard. Highway fatalities continue to be on the rise with a focus on four risky behaviors: not wearing a seat belt, cellphone use while driving, excessive speeds, and driving under the influence of […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to host free Prairie Day event September 11 at Dunn Ranch near Bethany
A free Prairie Day event on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Dunn Ranch Prairie and Pawnee Prairie west of Bethany in Harrison County. Bison tours and grassland conservation exhibits will be among the activities hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, and the Loess Hills Missouri Master Naturalists. Prairie Day celebrates the grazing […]
Kansas City, Kansas man pleads guilty in Missouri to heroin trafficking
A man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than three kilograms of heroin intercepted by law enforcement officers when it was shipped from California to Kansas City, Missouri. Solomon B. Hawthorne, 31, of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to participating […]
Mercer Homecoming to celebrate Missouri Bicentennial beginning September 2
Mercer Homecoming will celebrate Missouri’s Bicentennial this year. Activities in Mercer will be held from September 2 through 5, 2021. Thursday evening will include a cakewalk, Miss Mercer at 6:15, teen games, and a cornhole tournament at 7 o’clock. The Silverado Band will perform at 8 o’clock. That Friday’s activities will include a kiddie parade […]
Green Hills Animal Shelter to hold fundraiser on Saturday
Green Hills Animal Shelter in Trenton will hold a fundraiser Saturday, August 14, which involves a meal, snow cones, and a bounce house. The animal shelter on East 10th Street will offer a pulled pork sandwich and baked beans for $7.00. Patrons also can purchase pulled pork at $5.00 per pound and beans at $4.00 […]
Ripley County angler swipes rare Missouri state record for American eel
The Missouri Department of Conservation congratulates Carlin Allison of Doniphan on a rare feat, catching a state record American eel. Allison was catfishing on the Current River July 26 when he reeled in the 6-pound, 15-ounce eel on his pole-and-line. This makes the ninth state record fish recorded in 2021. “I was using skipjack bait […]
Big rig slides off Route Z east of King City
A King City resident was injured late Saturday morning when the truck he was driving slid off Route Z just east of King City. Seventy-year-old Larry Clark was taken by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. Clark was driving a conventional semi pulling a flatbed trailer. The eastbound truck […]