Grundy County is mailing voter registration cards. Clerk Betty Spickard reports this is required every two years by state statute. Spickard noted if registered voters do not receive their new cards by December 2nd, contact the County Clerk’s office which is on the second floor of the courthouse in Trenton. Approximately six thousand cards have […]
Beginning today and running through next month, Trenton Municipal Utilities has announced tree trimming will be done in the various areas within the city of Trenton. Asplundh Tree Expert Company is trimming trees via a contract with the city of Trenton. The company will be working on trees and branches that are described as interfering […]
University of Missouri Extension’s recent land value survey shows that average land prices for non-irrigated cropland across the state increased by about 4% or $204 per acre from last year. The study shows averages of $5,421 per acre for good non-irrigated cropland. Survey respondents rated well-irrigated cropland at $6,148 per acre, $634 more per acre […]
A Moberly man was fatally injured when the car he was driving overturned off Highway 24 east of Salisbury. Thirty-five-year old Brandon Vanbibber was pronounced dead early Saturday at University Hospital in Columbia about two and one-half hours after the late Friday night crash. The crash happened six miles east of Salisbury on Highway 24 […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education this week approved insurance to be provided by the Missouri United School Insurance Council for 2020. Superintendent Phil Fox reports the property and liability insurance will cost $36,206, which is up about $650 from 2019. Updates were approved to the District Wellness Plan involving personnel changes. The board […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education voted this week to discontinue paying for the preschool program audit. The vote is not to have any impact on the preschool program. Filing dates for the April election were announced as December 17th through January 21st. Superintendent Lucas McKinnis reports if the Newtown-Harris office is closed, candidates should […]
A Princeton resident accused of giving a ride to a Mercer County Jail escapee waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Mercer County Circuit Court this week. Online court information indicates a plea or trial setting is scheduled for 20-year-old Kenneth Riley Paul Lewis on December 11, 2019, […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the extradition of a Sedalia man to Grundy County on Friday on two felony counts of forgery. Thirty-seven-year-old Christopher Raymond Smither was arrested in Wyandotte County, Kansas November 7th and waived extradition November 8th. His bond is $5,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of […]
The Trenton Police Department reports two Trenton teens sustained injuries, and a utility pole broke off at the ground, as a result of a car accident near East 15th and Mable streets on Thursday morning. The driver, 17-year-old Camryn Michele Willey, was reported to have an injury to her left wrist, and passenger 17-year-old Sabastian […]
The Trenton man accused of wounding Trenton Police Officer Jasmine Diab in June appeared in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court this week. A representative from the Daviess County Circuit Clerk’s Office reports 39-year-old Jamey Aaron Griffin’s case was continued to December 3rd. A motion was made in October for a change of judge […]
The Laredo Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance this week regarding dogs. City Clerk Ashley Bonnett reports the ordinance was amended from the prior ordinance to add a section regarding the number of dogs. The ordinance says kennels, hobbyist, or puppy mills will not be allowed in Laredo, and the maximum number of dogs allowed […]
The Chillicothe Police Department began an investigation Tuesday on sexual misconduct, statutory rape, sodomy, and enticement of a minor. Police Chief Jon Maples reports Chillicothe School staff contacted officers in reference to an allegation by a juvenile female in reference to the enticement of a minor while at home. Officers of the police department, Livingston […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Mercer man sustained serious injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck the rear of a farm tractor one-quarter of a mile east of Mercer on Wednesday morning. An ambulance transported 45-year-old Shawn Sims to the Liberty Hospital. Tractor driver 60-year-old David Stark of Mercer was not reported hurt. Both […]
Summit Natural Gas of Missouri, Incorporated customers will see natural gas rates change to reflect estimated changes in the wholesale cost of natural gas as well as the change in the company’s actual cost adjustment factor. The ACA factor is a mechanism that tracks over or under-collection of actual natural gas costs over a 12-month […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports his office began an investigation of a theft of several firearms and other items from a parked vehicle near Mooresville sometime during the night of November 7th into the morning of November 8th. Items reported as stolen include a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun with a duck emblem on the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton man sustained moderate injuries when the car he drove collided head-on with a pickup truck one mile west of Pattonsburg on Tuesday morning. An ambulance transported 35-year-old Kyle Graves to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Pickup driver 86 year old Thomas Lambert of Pattonsburg was reported as not injured. The […]
A house located approximately one mile east of Bethany is considered to be a total loss after a fire on Monday afternoon and evening. Bethany Fire Chief David Kinnison reports tankers had to be used to bring water to the residence on U. S. Highway 136 owned by Alan Guernsey because there were no water […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Spickard resident Saturday on two felony charges. Eighteen-year-old David Clay Austin Travis has been charged with possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution. His bond is $15,000 […]
Separate accidents on Monday in Harrison County and injured drivers from Ridgeway and Bethany. A Route A accident Monday morning occurred approximately one mile east of Interstate 35. Sixty-year-old Debora Cooper of Ridgeway received moderate injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. A pickup was westbound […]
An event, open to the public and called “Sip and Stroll” will be held this Saturday, November 16 in Trenton. The event is being promoted by Main Street Trenton. The activity involves people going from one location to another to sip wine. Those who participate must be at least 21 years of age. Megan Derry […]
