A Kansas City, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal jury of illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine. Anthony E. Myers, 39, was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and of possessing methamphetamine. Myers was arrested on April 1, 2018, when Kansas City police officers responded at 1:53 a.m. to […]
A Jefferson City, Missouri, business owner pleaded guilty in federal court to tax evasion after failing to pay taxes on more than $600,000 in income over three years. Ryan M. Phegley, 39, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr., to one count of tax evasion. Phegley was the owner and operator of […]
A boater safety certification course will be offered from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Friday, July 17, 2020, at the Long Branch Lake Corps of Engineers Visitor Center, 30174 Visitor Center Road, Macon, Missouri. There is no fee for this course; however, students are required to pre-register online as seating will be limited. There […]
The Grundy County Commission opened five bids on the morning of Tuesday, July 7th for a bridge to be constructed on Southwest 80th Street. The bids were from Decker Services of Lathrop for $520,897.05, Widel Incorporated of Blackwater for $522,562.62, Boone Construction Company of Columbia for $559,571.13, Brookfield Box and Bridge for $565,078.75, and MS […]
A Gallatin man was taken to a hospital following an accident three miles west of Gallatin on Monday. Sixty-three-year-old Kenneth Smith received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Smith was stopped on Highway 6 traffic when his pickup was hit from behind by a Freightliner driven by […]
A Gainesville, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to coercing and enticing a teenage victim to engage in illicit sexual activity. Tracy Todd Presson, 54, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count of the sexual exploitation of a minor and to one count of the coercion and enticement […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers worked 294 traffic crashes, which included 107 injuries and all five fatalities. Troopers also made 139 DWI arrests and 126 drug arrests over the holiday weekend. 2020 July Fourth Holiday Boating Statistics Troopers worked nine boating crashes, which included four injuries and zero fatalities. Troopers made six BWI arrests and […]
This will be the 11th year the Grundy County Museum has had a featured exhibit on the main floor of the building at Mable and Tinsman. The newest exhibit is called “Photography Then and Now.” The museum buildings, including the annex and the one-room Baker school, will open for the season Saturday afternoon from 1:30 […]
A Carthage, Missouri, husband, and wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to their involvement in a four-year-long scheme to embezzle from a Joplin, Missouri, business owner. Jeanine A. Poe, 51, and William Poe, 57, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush on Tuesday, June 30, in separate but related cases. Jeanine Poe […]
Two people were hurt early Sunday when an all-terrain vehicle overturned near Lawson. A passenger, 40-year old Timothy Andersen of Excelsior Springs, was taken to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The driver, 40-year old Aaron Kelley of Lawson, refused treatment at the scene for moderate injuries. The ATV overturned after traveling on railroad tracks. The ATV […]
A Chula resident was hurt early Sunday when she fell from a utility terrain vehicle in southeastern Grundy County. Eighteen-year-old Jarica Nelson was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton with moderate injuries. The accident happened five miles northeast of Chula on private property on southeast Yucca Lane. Nelson was a passenger on the UTV […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Newtown man sustained serious injuries when he was ejected from the all terrain vehicle he drove east of Harris the night of Friday, July 3rd after another ATV hit it. Fifty-three-year-old Ronald Faulkner was taken to the University Hospital of Columbia. The other driver, 24 year old Ridge Downard of […]
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports a five-year-old Denver, Colorado girl was seriously hurt when she accidentally started a personal watercraft and the vessel hit a dock in southwestern Macon County. The child was taken to University Hospital in Columbia. The accident happened late Saturday afternoon on a private dock at Thomas Hill Lake approximately three […]
A Trenton resident was hurt late Saturday night when a pickup truck struck a deer and overturned on Route A northwest of Trenton. Twenty-year-old Kyley Culbertson was taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe and was to be transported to a Kansas City hospital with moderate injuries. Ms. Culbertson was a passenger in a pickup […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement reached between the Staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission, the Office of the Public Counsel, and Spire Missouri, Inc. (Spire) which will provide approximately $15 million in one-time bill credits to Spire East and Spire West natural gas customers. Under the agreement approved by the […]
Hy-Vee, Inc., in partnership with Kellogg’s and Keurig Dr. Pepper, announced its End Summer Hunger campaign to provide food for children and families in need. During the month of July, for every qualifying purchase at a Hy-Vee grocery store, one meal will be donated to Feeding America food banks in Hy-Vee’s eight-state region. The program […]
Entries are now being accepted for 2020 Missouri State Fair livestock shows and competitive exhibits. Most entries will be accepted online through the Premium Guide, a comprehensive tool for exhibitors, and some may be accepted via a paper entry form, available on the Fair’s website. Due to budgetary restrictions for the 2020 Missouri State Fair, […]
The Missouri Main Street Connection has named semi-finalists for awards to be given at the Evening of Excellence Virtual Downtown Revitalization Awards Ceremony. Main Street organizations being recognized include those at Trenton and Albany. The awards ceremony will be streamed on Facebook Live on the night of July 30th at 7 o’clock. It will honor […]
The use of in-season nitrogen on corn has increased in Missouri and surrounding states over the past 10 years. What used to be rare is now common. Some of these applications are planned, but others are to give corn yields a boost when wet weather causes nitrogen loss. In-season nitrogen helps the corn in wet […]
Crowder State Park west of Trenton will hold several nature programs Saturday, July 4th. An Explorer Hike will begin at the campground amphitheater that morning at 10 o’clock. Closed toe shoes are recommended for the short hike. A nature game or craft will be held at the campground shower house that afternoon at 3 o’clock. […]
