Artisans and vendors will be present at the Ninth Annual Holly Jolly Vendor Event in the Princeton School Saturday, December 7, 2019. Those attending the event in the gym from 9 to 2 o’clock are asked to bring a non-perishable item for the Mercer County Food Bank. The event will include a customer scavenger hunt […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports it’s been actively investigating an accidental shooting at Leisure Lake on Saturday. Sheriff Rodney Herring said a 13-year-old boy received a non-life-threatening wound at his home. The name of the youth was not released due to his juvenile status. According to the sheriff’s office, the youth was laying in […]
An Altamont teenager was hurt when the car he was driving was involved in an accident with a sports utility vehicle on Interstate 35 near Winston. Nineteen-year-old Stephen Youtsey was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The driver of the SUV, 17-year old Morgan Anderson of Blue Springs, was […]
Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce announced today that, as a member of the American Express Neighborhood Champion Program, will host an event as part of Small Business Saturday, which takes place on this Saturday, Nov 30. Created by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday celebrates the impact small businesses have on communities across the […]
The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is reminding seniors that MEDICARE open enrollment ends on Saturday, Dec. 7. Seniors who have not yet made their plan selections for 2020 are encouraged to contact CLAIM. CLAIM provides seniors and their caregivers free and unbiased help from certified counselors. Seniors can ask questions by phone or […]
The non-profit group Disabled Athletes with Grundy Support, also known as DAWGS, has a fundraising shop in Trenton to benefit the DAWGS team and pay for travel expenses for Special Olympics athletes. DAWGS Coach Judy Rash says there are a lot of Christmas items at the shop at 404 East Ninth Street, in the middle […]
Farmers hearing beef focus talks at the Missouri Livestock Symposium will take home tips to use. Beef is just one track in the annual meeting, Dec. 6-7 in Kirksville. Eric Bailey and Jordan Thomas, University of Missouri Extension beef specialists, usually team up to teach heifer care. Now they’ll tell about feeding and breeding cows […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Andrew M. Kennedy, 26, of Plattsburg, Missouri, on Friday, November 15, 2019, for possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit, […]
A baby girl in Moberly has life-threatening injuries in a case of possible child abuse. Police were originally notified of the case around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday after the child had to be flown by helicopter from Moberly Regional Medical Center to St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The child was listed as critical and had “obvious […]
Trenton Police and the Midland Empire Alcohol Task Force conducted alcohol retail outlet compliance checks in Trenton on Saturday, November 16. Chief Rex Ross announces the underage person, working on behalf of the task force, was not able to complete any purchases at dozen retail establishments and bars in Trenton. The Task Force provides the […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 88,843 deer during the fall firearms deer season Saturday and Sunday. Of the total from this past weekend 51,086 were antlered bucks, 8,115 button bucks, and 29,642 does. Top harvest counties for opening weekend were Franklin with 2,078 deer checked, […]
Members of the Green Hills Animal Shelter board were on hand when a check was presented to finish paying off repairs made to the roof and the building that houses the animal shelter on East 10th Street. Board President Terri Webb made the presentation to Contractor Steve Ishmael of Trenton during the annual shelter chili […]
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 […]
A Kingston resident was hurt Saturday evening in a collision at the intersection of two highways east of Lathrop, Fifty-seven-year old Jeffrey Kipp was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The operator of a sports utility vehicle, 65-year old Barbara Carpenter of Cameron, was not reported hurt. The accident happened five miles east of […]
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 […]
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 […]
With the November portion of Missouri’s fall firearms deer season opening Saturday, the Missouri Department of Conservation wants hunters, landowners, and others to know key information about chronic wasting disease, or CWD. MDC is continuing its efforts this fall and winter to limit the spread of CWD in Missouri deer by finding new cases and […]
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 […]
Chillicothe police say a pedestrian complained of minor pain to an elbow and hip after being hit by a vehicle at an intersection Saturday morning. The pedestrian was taken by private vehicle to the hospital. The accident happened at the intersection of Polk and Fair streets as the vehicle was halted at a stop sign […]
The candidates have been announced for the Trenton FFA Chapter’s Barnwarming this weekend. Senior candidates are McKenna Cox, Allena Allen, Grace Allen, Dolan Huber, Quentin Lovell, and Matthew Slater. Others are juniors Olivia Roberts and Chase Otto, sophomores Gracyn Rongey and Colton Roy, and freshmen Makenzee Epperson and Gavin Chambers. Trenton High School Barnwarming will […]
