A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for robbing a family at gunpoint in their home. Cameron E. Scott, 20, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to seven years and three months in federal prison without parole. On June 2, 2021, Scott pleaded guilty to one count of robbery […]
The Highway Patrol reports a King City woman sustained serious injuries after she fell asleep, causing her sports utility vehicle to run off the road south of Grant City on Tuesday afternoon, March 8th. An ambulance transported the driver, 46-year-old Amanda Pawling, to Mosaic Medical Center of Albany. The SUV traveled north on Highway 169 […]
The Trenton Board of Adjustment on March 7th approved a request for a variance on the front yard setback requirement to allow for the addition of a house. The request was from Le Tran and Anh Nguyen for a four-foot variance on the requirement of 25 feet to allow for a 10 by 18-foot room […]
Two teenagers from Sheridan were injured Monday afternoon in an accident on a snow-covered road in Worth County. The driver, 18-year-old Dillan Gavigan, was flown by a medical helicopter (Life Flight Eagle) to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. A passenger, listed as a 13-year-old boy, received moderate injuries and was taken […]
Gerald Hunter, 56, of Los Angeles, appeared before United States District Judge John A. Ross and was sentenced to life in federal prison. Hunter was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, […]
The Chillicothe City Administrator Search Committee will meet Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in a closed session. The meeting at 8:30 am will be held at Chillicothe City Hall, 715 Washington Street, in Chillicothe. The meeting is described as closed to the extent permitted by state law when considering the hiring or promotion of employees or […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of March 7 – 13 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned […]
A Polo man was sentenced March 3rd to life in the Missouri Department of Corrections on second-degree murder. Online court information shows 36-year-old Kevin Lynn Barnett Junior was also sentenced in Livingston County Circuit Court to seven years on unlawful possession of a firearm. The sentences are to run consecutively to each count and all […]
Changes have been made to the Mid-America Music Festival at the Black Silo Winery in Trenton. Spokesperson Andrea McKown says the biggest changes for this year were moving the dates of the event and having country music both days. She explains the date change to August 5th through 7th was not made lightly. The festival […]
Green Hills Head Start will hold an enrollment night at its center at 301 West 18th Street in Trenton. Applications will be accepted for home-based and preschool students at the event on March 18th from 3 to 5 o’clock. Applications will be accepted for prenatal to five years old. Information needed for each applicant will […]
North Central Missouri College Foundation announces scholarship application deadline of 4:30 pm on April 1st for the 2022-2023 academic year. The 2022-2023 NCMC Foundation scholarship application can be found on the NCMC website at www.ncmissouri.edu/foundation/. All students planning to attend NCMC in the fall as a full-time student are strongly encouraged to apply. “One application […]
Power was out for approximately 25 minutes for almost 550 customers in Trenton on Tuesday afternoon, March 1st. That according to City Administrator and Utility Director Ron Urton, who says the power outage affected an area mainly west of the railroad tracks. Urton reports an underground wire faulted and shorted out near Eighth and Washington […]
A former Delaware doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for unlawful drug distribution and maintaining a drug-involved premises. Patrick Titus, 58, of Milford, was convicted by a federal jury in July 2021 of 13 counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances and one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises. “This sentence […]
Five locations in Trenton have been declared a nuisance by the Trenton Building and Nuisance Board, four of them have had property damaged by fire. Added to the nuisance list last night was 213 East Crowder Road with Building Inspector Wes Barone reporting the owners, Russell and Bea Shaw, signed a letter of intent to […]
A shed in Trenton is considered a total loss after a fire on Thursday night, February 24. Trenton Firefighter Alex Lovell reports that, when the fire department arrived, the shed built to enclose a wood stove at 705 West 12th Street was fully involved in fire. Firefighters deployed a one and three-quarter-inch attack line and […]
Mid-America Music Festival organizers have announced the weekend lineup, which features 12 country music artists. Celebrating its fifth year, the festival will be held Friday through Sunday, August. 5 through August 7, 2022, at the Black Silo Winery in Trenton. Headlining Friday, Aug. 5 is country music artist, Lauren Alaina. Alaina was recently inducted as […]
Milan Police Chief Gail Hayes reports the arrest of a Milan resident on February 23, 2022. The arrest was on a warrant that stemmed from a domestic disturbance investigation by the Milan Police earlier this month. Twenty-two-year-old Cameron Wayne Bozman has been charged with the felonies of unlawful use of a weapon involving exhibiting and […]
The Chillicothe Planning and Zoning Board and Board of Adjustments will hold public hearings next month. The Planning and Zoning Board will consider a conditional use permit application at the Chillicothe City Hall on March 7, 2022, at 5:30 pm. The application is from Nicholas Leadbetter to operate a home-based dog training business at 1208 […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, along with 13 other attorneys general are calling for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ resignation. In a letter, citing the continued failure to enforce federal law and secure the southwest border, the coalition of 14 state attorneys general is demanding that Secretary Mayorkas leave office as his […]
Multiple reports were given at the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees meeting February 22nd. Vice President of Student Affairs Doctor Kristen Alley reported NCMC’s graduation rate is 42%, and the withdrawal rate is 39%. NCMC is the only community college in the state to have a higher graduation rate than a withdrawal rate. […]
