The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports several area individuals arrested Saturday were charged Sunday. The Trenton Police Department arrested two Trenton residents following an incident allegedly involving assault. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Wayne Hinkle has been charged with felony third-degree assault. Eighteen-year-old Zane Wolf Rottman has been charged with the misdemeanors of unlawful possession of an illegal […]
Four people died in traffic crashes during the 2019 Labor Day holiday weekend. Last year, there were 11 fatalities. The 2019 counting period for the Labor Day holiday ran from 6 p.m., Friday, August 30, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 2, 2019. 2019 Labor Day Holiday Traffic Statistics Crashes 309 Injuries 107 Fatalities […]
A Laredo resident was injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday night one mile west of Trenton. The highway patrol reports 18-year-old Ashley Casper of Laredo was taken by Grundy County EMS to Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. Ms. Casper was driving a car westbound on Highway 6 when a vehicle in front of hers, […]
Trained volunteers from Missouri have set out for the East Coast to help with Hurricane Dorian response. Two-person Red Cross teams from various regions in Missouri are taking emergency response vehicles used to provide food and other disaster response supplies to the residents affected by the hurricane. Other volunteers will serve in logistics, […]
Winners in the second annual Trenton High School Alumni Window Decorating Contest have been announced and in a two-way tie for first place were windows decorated by the Class of 1966 and the Class of 1969. The winning displays are located at Howard’s Department Store and Main Street Antique Mall respectively. Due to the tie, […]
Six bids were opened on Friday for the 17th Street Bridge replacement project in Trenton. Trenton City Administrator Ron Urton reports the apparent low bidder is Boone Construction with a bid of $2,339,736.75. The other bids ranged from $2,630,567.65 to $3,041,705. The engineer’s estimate for the 17th Street Bridge replacement was $2,180,000. Urton says the […]
(Brownfield Ag News: Julie Harker) – A Missouri judge has extended his order blocking the new CAFO law from going into effect. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green has extended the order until September 16thon the date he plans to have a ruling. The law prevents counties from imposing stricter rules on concentrated animal feeding […]
A new Missouri law aims to help certain victims with potential lease problems. The new law that took effect this week is intended to prevent victims or potential victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking from being denied a rental for being a victim. The law expands to protect them from eviction […]
A Sacramento, Calif., man was sentenced in federal court for the sex trafficking of six victims. Ronald Ean Taylor, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 18 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Taylor to pay $5,000 in restitution to one of his victims, and $6,100 in […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bartlesville, Oklahoma man sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle in which he was a passenger struck an agricultural sprayer one mile east of Gallatin around noon on Thursday. An ambulance transported 80-year-old John McCollum to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. SUV driver 79-year-old William Estes of Bartlesville, Oklahoma […]
The North Central Missouri College Testing Center, located at the NCMC Library in Geyer Hall on the main campus in Trenton, MO. is now certified as a Pearson Testing Center. By providing guidelines and procedures that come with Pearson certification, the NCMC Library can offer tests such as the HiSET and MoGEA. By being certified, […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway released her follow-up review of the Kinloch Fire Protection District, located in St. Louis County, after an audit last year detailed how nearly $100,000 in public funds was missing or spent inappropriately. The follow-up review found that while some of the audit recommendations are implemented or in progress, many were either only […]
The First Baptist Church of Cameron will present a Judgement House drama in which two teenage siblings are faced with the death of their mother. “Why? Finding Purpose When Life Doesn’t Make Sense” will be presented at the First Baptist Church at 202 East Ford Street in Cameron October 20th, 26th, and 27th from 3 […]
Missouri State Representative James “Jim” Neely of Cameron, Republican, announces his candidacy for Governor of the State of Missouri. Neely, a practicing physician, represents Missouri’s 8th House District. He was elected to office in 2012 and has been a very active and involved legislator. He has introduced a large number of House Bills and has served on […]
The Trenton Utility Committee voted Tuesday evening to recommend to the city council replacing lift station pumps and controls. City Administrator Ron Urton reports the replacement would be at the Payne Lift Station on Town and Country Lane. The estimated cost is about $38,000.
A new state law will help protect children at their schools as beginning August 28, school volunteers will be required to undergo criminal background checks before being left alone with children. Auditor Galloway pushed for the new law after her audit of the state’s sexual offender registration program found background checks were mandatory for school employees, […]
A former Kansas City Chiefs football player, who was tasered twice while struggling with officers and resisting arrest, was charged in federal court with illegally possessing firearms. Saousoalii P. Siavii, Jr., also known as “Junior,” 40, of Independence, Missouri, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., […]
A Grain Valley, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for traveling to North Dakota for illicit sex with a 14-year-old child, who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer, while he was under investigation for distributing child pornography over the internet. Andy Earl Crook, 63, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs […]
Starting in 2020, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has added additional regulations to the Wildlife Code of Missouri as part of its ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The new regulations change the requirements for transporting deer carcasses into Missouri and throughout the state […]
Lisa Geiser, Database Administrator from O’Fallon, Missouri has been selected as North Central Missouri College’s Outstanding Employee for August. Lisa has been at NCMC for three years in the IT department. “My favorite thing about working at North Central Missouri College is the environment and the people that make up the NCMC Family,” said Lisa. […]
