The Chillicothe Police Department report for March 18th included an individual said to be suicidal and a two-vehicle accident. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports the police were contacted in the morning in reference to a suicidal woman in the 900 block of Dickinson Street who was agitated and known to be aggressive. Police Chief […]
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Women from Trenton and Humphreys involved in crash on Highway 6
The Highway Patrol reports a Humphreys woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove was struck by another at the east city limits of Humphreys on March 17th. Sixty-two-year-old Roxanna Carter was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital while the other driver, 27-year-old Monica Proctor of Trenton, was reported as not injured. The vehicles traveled […]
Baltimore Street improvement project in Kirksville set to begin
Weather permitting, in a couple of weeks, crews will begin a project along Baltimore in Kirksville. The project consists of resurfacing, Americans with Disabilities improvements, and drainage improvements. The project will run from just north of Illinois Street to just south of Patterson Street. The contract was awarded to Krupp Construction, of Ellisville, Illinois, in […]
Audio: Better Woman Conference in Trenton to feature founder of Keypoint Church in Arkansas
The founder of a church in Arkansas will be the speaker at Trenton’s First Assembly of God Church’s Better Woman Conference this year. Pastor Stacy Henagan and her husband Casey founded the Keypoint Church in northwest Arkansas. She will speak at the conference on March 19th and 20th. Doors will open at the Family Activity […]
Trenton High School Alumni Association announces instructions to classes on mailings
Officials of the Trenton High School Alumni Association announced on Tuesday that classes planning to complete their own mailings with their reunion plans inserted into the general letter are asked to pick up supplies at the office of Dynamic Tax & Accounting at 203 East 9th Street in Trenton beginning today. Envelopes, class mailing labels, […]
Missouri’s groundwater threatened from corporate factory farm expansion
Webmasters note: This article is a commentary by Tim Gibbons of the Missouri Independent. Tim Gibbons is communications director for the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, a statewide farm and rural organization dedicated to preserving family farms and promoting stewardship of the land and environmental integrity. The comments in the article are those of the author, […]
Daughter of Mexican cartel leader pleads guilty to criminal violation of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). According to court documents, Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, 34, of Guadalajara, Mexico, violated the criminal penalties of […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of March 15, 2021
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of March 15 – 21. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
Trenton Board of Adjustments to hear request regarding construction of a building on vacant lot
The Trenton Board of Adjustment will hear a request regarding variances to construct a building on a vacant lot. A public hearing will be held at the Trenton City Hall on April 5th at 7 o’clock at night. Teresa Oyler is requesting a 1,008-square foot variance on the required maximum area of an accessory structure […]
Man who drove pickup that struck Harvest Moon building arrested; Milan man arrested on multiple allegations
The driver of a pickup truck that the Trenton Police Department reported hit the Harvest Moon building on Ninth Street on February 13th was arrested on March 10th and posted bond. The Grundy County Sheriff reports 36-year-old Braden Mark Spicher of Trenton has been charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident–property damage exceeded […]
Daviess County Sheriff’s Department reports suspect who fled crash on Monday has been apprehended
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Department has reported the apprehension of the suspect who allegedly fled the scene of a Monday traffic accident on Interstate 35. It was about noon on Wednesday when officials from several departments mobilized in the Civil Bend area to conduct a “grid search” for 28-year-old Bradley DeWayne Taylor. The sheriff’s office […]
Fourteen area counties to send top spellers to compete in Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee
Fourteen counties will send their top two spellers to compete when Mosaic Life Care Foundation hosts and sponsors the Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee this weekend. Registration for the bee will begin at EmPowerU at 518 South Sixth Street in Saint Joseph Saturday afternoon at 12:30. The competition will start at 1 o’clock. Those spellers […]
Princeton City Council hears from Rapid Removal regarding trash pick up
The Princeton City Council heard from Jim Watje from Rapid Removal on March 8th regarding combining trash pick up to one day for the city. City Clerk Corey Willett reports the council was okay with the company doing that. In three to four weeks, trash pick up will be moved to Tuesday for Princeton. The […]
Trenton city sales tax receipts up more than 6% in first eleven months of fiscal year
Trenton city sales tax receipts are up more than six percent for general purposes, capital projects, and parks in the first eleven months of Trenton’s current fiscal year, compared to the same months a year ago, May through March. Income from the city sales tax for fire department needs is up nearly eight percent, and […]
Carroll County Route D to close Tuesday for work at railroad crossing
Railroad crews plan to close Route D in Norborne on Tuesday for repairs at the Marceline Sub and Kansas City District railroad crossings. The road will close between East Santa Fe and East First streets on Tuesday, March 9, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the closure, motorists will need to seek an alternate […]
Trenton City Council approves purchase of equipment and software regarding utility meters
Two ordinances were adopted and a bid was accepted during Monday night’s meeting of the Trenton City Council. One ordinance allows Anixter Incorporated of Glenview, Illinois to provide equipment and software regarding the installation of the two-way communication system with utility meters and other devices in Trenton. A bid involving the meter reading system was […]
Grundy County Rural Fire Department responds to four calls on Sunday
Grundy County Rural Fire Department responded to four calls on Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. On a mutual aid call with the Spickard Fire Protection District, Grundy County on Sunday assisted in extinguishing a fire on Conservation Reserve Program land that Rural Fire Chief Kenny Roberts said burned 350 to 360 acres. The location was […]
Chillicothe Fire Department battles house fire on Cherry Street
On Sunday afternoon, the Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a house fire at 410 Cherry Street with owners listed as Dana Miller and Wesley Stagg. Upon arrival, firefighters found a two-story home with fire coming out the windows on the south side. When entering the house, firefighters found heavy smoke on the main floor and […]
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Stith retires after 20-years on the bench
A 20-year chapter ends today for Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith. After serving on the high court for two decades, Stith is retiring. The photos have come down off her office walls. Stith has packed up her certificates and awards she proudly showcased in her third-floor office along West High Street in Jefferson […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District issues boil order
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory due to water main repair. Customers asked to boil water until further notice are those from Decal Street to Highway 136 and from the Harrison County line to the Weldon Fork of the Grand River.