Do the math on temperatures and rainfall for all of 2018. On average, you get “near normal,” says Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension climatologist. “Weather was anything but that,” Guinan adds. Record-setting numbers hide in an average. For starters, look at the “non-spring” of 2018. April was the second coldest on record going back […]
A Greene County man’s court sentencing in December in Barton and Lawrence Counties are the most recent events in what is one of Missouri’s largest conservation cases involving the illegal taking of deer. On December 13, David Berry Jr. of Brookline received a 120-day sentence in Barton County Circuit Court for a felony firearms probation […]
Professor Andrew Cline of Missouri State University in Springfield traveled to the Texas border to document conditions of kids being held at a camp. Cline and his film crew were detained for an hour by law enforcement afterward for talking to the kids. He says a light needs to be shined on the government’s activity. […]
A new facility for the Green Hills Women’s Shelter is nearly complete in Trenton. Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Sager says the goal is to be moved into the new 8,500 square foot building by the end of January. The bigger building will allow the shelter to double its capacity from 10 to 21 beds. There will […]
Several prison terms were announced Thursday by Presiding Judge Jack Peace in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Following a hearing, probation was revoked for Ricky Eugene Shoemaker of Trenton stemming from several previous charges. For distribution, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance, Shoemaker was sentenced to ten years with the Department […]
A Chillicothe FFA member won first place honors in the Missouri Farm Bureau FFA Speech Contest during the Farm Bureau’s 104th Annual Meeting. Kaylee Lewis received a plaque, $150 award, and $150 for the Chillicothe FFA Chapter from Missouri Farm Bureau Vice President Todd Hays. Lewis placed first in the Northwest District FFA speech contest […]
A Carrollton man facing multiple charges stemming from an incident last week appeared in the Associate Division of Carroll County Circuit Court Wednesday. Thirty-five-year-old Edward Everett Arnold the third made an oral motion to amend his bond to an own recognizance bond, the state was opposed. The court amended his bond to $75,000 cash or […]
Grundy County’s October unemployment rate is 2.4% which is down from the 3% that the state reported in September, however, is comparable to the jobless rate in October of 2017 when it was 2.1%. Division of Employment Security reports Grundy County had 111 on unemployment in October out of a civilian labor force of 4,600. […]
Representative Sam Graves, has announced the United States Military Service Academy nominations for students in Missouri’s Sixth Congressional District. Each year, members of Congress are tasked with selecting qualified students from their respective districts to attend one of America’s prestigious military academies. “North Missouri year in and year out has produced impressive candidates for our nation’s military […]
The Missouri Legislature is expected to make highway funding a top issue in the upcoming session, according to Triple-A spokesman Mike Right. Right says one of the reasons November’s ballot measure failed was likely from “bait and switch” language. Proposition D would have increased the gas tax by two and a half cents […]
December 31 is the deadline to get property taxes filed in Missouri. Better Business Bureau Regional Director Michelle Gleba says to check your internet connection, if you do the transactions online. Real estate and personal property taxes are due by December 31 in Missouri. If you file online, the Better Business Bureau’s regional […]
A record 115 are teams to participate in this year’s High School Holiday Hoops at the Ketcham Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton includes four schools from Iowa. Des Moines Hoover and Des Moines North join Grand View Christian of Des Moines and Lincoln High School of Council Bluffs. Des […]
