The Trenton City Council has given the go-ahead to have design plans developed for possible future projects at the Trenton Airport. The primary need is described as replacing the T-hangers but it would require working the land there so it can be raised above the flood plain. The council voted last night to accept a […]
In response to flooding in Missouri and across the country this year, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing the availability of $9 million to fund conservation easements in 69 Missouri counties damaged by flooding and other natural disasters. Funds are available through the floodplain easement component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP-FPE). […]
Cameron Police today provided an update on five young people arrested for their alleged involvement in “going through motor vehicles.” The Cameron Police Department has sent probable cause statements to the Clinton County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutor Brandi McClain has charged three St. Joseph youths of adult age with a misdemeanor of tampering with a motor […]
A former Cameron, Missouri, high school teacher pleaded guilty in federal court to secretly recording pornographic videos of a teenage victim in his bathroom and admitted to secretly recording pornographic videos of two other teenage victims. William Derek Williams, 39, of Cameron, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to producing child pornography. […]
A St. Joseph resident has died at the scene of a rollover UTV accident in Gentry County while residents of Savannah and Stanberry were injured. The Highway Patrol reports 41-year-old Adrian Warner of St. Joseph was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident Sunday night four miles north of Stanberry. He was a passenger […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man was pronounced dead at the scene of a Highway 6 traffic crash two miles west of Green City. An investigating officer reports 82-year-old Robert Scobee was westbound when the car he was driving struck the rear of a car that had slowed to yield to a farm tractor. […]
Tim Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that Lt. David Williams of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Police Department has received the 2019 Enoch B. Morelock Award. The Enoch B. Morelock Award is an annual recognition of outstanding moral character, service to law enforcement and service to the community. Williams […]
Main Street Trenton and Five Points Alive will host a dinner in September. Half slabs of ribs will be served at The Space in Downtown Trenton the evening of September 7, 2019, with doors opening at 5:30, and the meal served at 6 o’clock. The dinner will also include baked beans, macaroni and cheese, cucumber […]
The Cameron Police Department reports five suspects were taken into custody following a pursuit on Saturday morning after a report of several individuals going through parked vehicles. Officers responded to the 600 block of North Groat Street, and the suspect vehicle, occupied by five individuals and allegedly stolen from Saint Joseph, was reportedly leaving the […]
The Missouri Department of Higher Education launched two interactive online features on its Journey to College website this week that will help students plan and pay for college. The department redesigned its existing Student Financial Aid Portal and created a complementary new Student Workspace. “Figuring out how to plan and pay for college can be […]
A bond appearance hearing was held in the Associate Division of Daviess County Circuit Court this week for the Trenton man accused of wounding Trenton Police Officer Jasmine Diab in June. The court denied any change in bond for 39-year-old Jamey Aaron Griffin and the court found that no bond and conditions would secure the […]
The deadline for construction bids for the Trenton R-9 School District building project was Thursday. Building Project Liaison Dennis Gutshall reports the district received four bids which will be reviewed by Gutshall and Ellison-Auxier Architects of Saint Joseph as well as Trenton R-9 Superintendent Mike Stegman, Director of Supportive Services Kris Ockenfels, and administration. Gutshall […]
Farmers affected by flooding have until Aug. 30 to apply for help from USDA emergency assistance programs, says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Heather Conrow. The USDA Farm Service Agency provides up to 75% of approved renovation costs, to a maximum of $500,000, through its Emergency Conservation Program, says Conrow, who was part of […]
It’s that time of year when everyone is invited to celebrate International Play Music on the Porch Day in Jamesport. A free event will be held on the porch in front of Farmhouse Collections on Broadway August 31st from 10 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Participants can play an instrument, […]
The movie Scramble the Seawolves will be shown at the Grundy County Museum in Trenton. The movie about the action and missions of the Vietnam Navy Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 will be shown Saturday, August 24th through September 29, 2019. Visitors can view the film on a 55-inch television from seats of the former Plaza […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency is expanding its payment options to now accept debit cards and Automated Clearing House debit. These paperless payment options enable FSA customers to pay farm loan payments, measurement service fees, farm program debt repayments, and administrative service fees, as well as to purchase aerial maps. “Our customers have […]
Bid opening is scheduled for August 30th for the replacement project on the 17th Street Bridge in Trenton and City Administrator Ron Urton says the city will have a better idea of how much the project will cost after that. A clause in the contract says the contractor will have 150 days to […]
Work will be done on the sidewalks along Highway 6 in Trenton when the road is resurfaced next year. City Administrator Ron Urton reports the Missouri Department of Transportation originally told the City of Trenton it would redo the sidewalk ramps at each street intersection to make them ADA compliant. The City of […]
Two girls from Hamilton were injured in a rollover accident one mile southeast of Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon. Taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center were the driver of a car, 16-year-old Janice Silkwood, and her passenger 12-year-old Mary Silkwood. The highway patrol reported injuries as minor for the driver and moderate for […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany woman sustained moderate injuries when a semi-truck struck a car, and the car overturned about two miles west of Stewartsville on Wednesday afternoon. An ambulance transported 55-year-old Cindy Hayes to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. Truck driver 24-year-old Cody Kistner-Munson of Lathrop was reported as not injured. The […]
