Chillicothe FFA members will receive 16 of out of 4,255 American FFA Degrees to be awarded at the 91st National FFA Convention in Indianapolis Saturday. Chillicothe FFA has the highest in the state and the third highest number of American FFA Degrees to be awarded to a single chapter in the country. The degree honors […]
Missouri Farm Bureau, the state’s largest general farm organization, announced its positions on several issues that will be before voters on the November ballot. The state Board of Directors took action based on the grassroots policies developed by and voted upon by representatives of our more than 130,000 member families across Missouri. Amendment 1 […]
A Kirksville resident was injured Sunday due to falling from a moving utility terrain vehicle two miles east of Kirksville. The mishap was on Route P Sunday morning with the patrol reporting injuries as serious for 79-year-old Jacetta Buchanan who was flown by helicopter (Air Evac) to University Hospital in Columbia. Buchanan was a passenger, […]
Northwest Missouri State University will celebrate “The Greatest Show at Northwest” during its 2018 Homecoming week. The week begins Sunday, Oct. 7, with the hanging of the banners at the J.W. Jones Student Union, and the festivities conclude Monday, Oct. 15, with the presentation of awards in the Charles Johnson Theater. Highlights include the Homecoming […]
The Unclaimed Property Auction earned $205,963.96 for account owners, $20,000 more than the last auction. The auction was held in Columbia at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center on September 13 and 14. Thousands of items were up for bid including old coins and currency, jewelry, sports memorabilia and a variety of other items. The […]
Members of the administrative committee will leave it up to the city council to decide on how to dispose of an obsolete fire truck. The fire truck is a 1984 L-T-I 100-foot aerial platform on twin rear axles and with a 49-foot overall length. The truck was taken out of service by the city because […]
A resident of Polo was taken to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond following a single vehicle, rollover, accident early Tuesday. The highway patrol reports 30-year-old Timothy Hoeschele received moderate injuries as he was not wearing a seat belt when the accident occurred. Hoeschele was northbound on a Ray County road when he attempted a […]
Prison sentences have been announced for a former secretary and bookkeeper at the Tri-County R-7 school at Jamesport. In late June, a jury in Caldwell County convicted 43-year-old Dana Maxwell of Gallatin on 13 counts, six for receiving stolen property and seven involving forgeries. The single longest sentence is seven years with the Department of Corrections on […]
A single-vehicle accident one mile west of Chillicothe injured five area youth ages 12 to 17. Take by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries were the driver 16-year-old Mercedeze Norris of Hale as well as four passengers 13-year-old Gabriel Singleton, 13-year-old Albert Jenkins both of Brookfield, 12-year-old Robert Davis and 17-year-old Madison […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri lawmakers are heading back to work today for a special session requested by Governor Mike Parson. The special session will coincide with the annual veto session that takes place on the first Wednesday after the second Monday in September. The veto session is held for the legislature to consider action on […]
Four girls from a Milan family received minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident early Thursday evening in western Schuyler County. Sixteen-year-old Tahli Salgado-Gray was driving eastbound on Highway 136 when according to the highway patrol, she lost control of the car after the drivers’ side tire blew out. The car struck a bridge before coming […]
(Missourinet) – A new report ranks Missouri 26th in overall child well-being. Alisa Nelson with Missourinet files this report. The 2018 Kids Count Data Book from a national child welfare organization shows Missouri has slightly improved in most areas from the previous analysis. The evaluation from the Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks Missouri […]
Missouri Republican Governor Mike Parson has called a special session of the state legislature to focus on proposals for STEM education and treatment courts. The special session will take place at the capitol in Jefferson City and will largely coincide with the annual September veto session in which lawmakers can override the governor’s […]
Saint Luke’s Health System announced Thursday that Chief Executive Officer of Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe Steve Schieber has also been named the interim CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. Saint Luke’s reports the appointment will streamline leadership of the two facilities and consolidate management of the health system’s northern Missouri market. Since Schieber […]
Kansas City Power and Light Company and its Greater Missouri Operations Company have filed a joint application with the Missouri Public Service Commission asking the Commission to grant them variances on requirements of the Commission’s Net Metering Rule. The Public Service Commission reports KCP&L and GMO are asking to be granted a variance to allow […]
Below is a synopsis of some of the new legislation the Missouri General Assembly recently enacted that is related to crime and motor vehicles. The listed legislation has been signed into law. Unless otherwise noted, these laws went into effect August 28, 2018. The public needs to be aware of several of these new laws […]
A single-vehicle accident in eastern Putnam County injured 54-year-old Marilyn Carman of Worthington, Missouri who was taken by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. Carman was northbound when she drove off the east side of Highway 149, over-corrected and traveled off the west side where the car overturned and […]
Parents often go to great lengths during the school year to be sure their children have the right equipment—pens, notebooks, clothing—to make it through the day. “Proper nutrition is also a key ingredient for school success because it fuels brain cells and gives your child the energy and nutrients he or she needs for optimal […]
The highway patrol reports a Bucklin teenager received minor injuries when the eastbound car she was driving went off Highway 36, struck a ditch, and overturned. Sixteen-year-old Lily King was transported by an ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The car received moderate damage in the accident one mile west of Brookfield Wednesday afternoon. The […]
New sire selection rules for Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers improve reliable calving-ease genetics. “Bulls used in the heifer program will carry DNA-tested EPDs (expected progeny differences),” said Jared Decker, University of Missouri Extension geneticist. The rules going into effect Feb. 1, 2019, were set by the SMS governing board of farmers. “DNA tests add reliability to EPDs […]
