The 35th Annual Chautauqua in the Park will be held September 7th and 8th, 2019 at Simpson Park in Chillicothe, Missouri. This annual event, sponsored by the Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chillicothe Area Arts Council, and presented by Hedrick Medical Center, has a wide variety of entertainment, activities, artists, crafts, and food. […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports several area individuals arrested Saturday were charged Sunday. The Trenton Police Department arrested two Trenton residents following an incident allegedly involving assault. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Wayne Hinkle has been charged with felony third-degree assault. Eighteen-year-old Zane Wolf Rottman has been charged with the misdemeanors of unlawful possession of an illegal […]
Record numbers were reported at each of the All-Alumni events over the weekend and most of the special classes shared similar responses with great attendance. The 70th Annual Trenton High School Alumni Reunion is now history and plans are already underway for the 2020 edition. Officers of the Foundation Trust for THS/THS Alumni Association were […]
The highway patrol reports arrests of men from Bethany and Mercer Sunday afternoon in Mercer county. Forty-seven-year-old Leland Saxton of Bethany and 52-year-old Russell Ice of Mercer were taken into custody at 9:20 Sunday morning pending the filing of charges. Saxton was arrested on a Mercer County warrant for an original charge of failure to […]
Mercer County Sheriff Stephen Stockman has released more information on the inmate from Kansas City who escaped from the Mercer County Jail in Princeton Wednesday. It was the second time in August 27-year-old Drake Kately has been reported as escaping and he has yet to be found by law enforcement. Stockman says dispatch notified the […]
A man from Queen City was injured in a utility vehicle rollover accident on Sunday night three miles north of Novinger. Twenty-five-year-old Cody Winn was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries The UTV was northbound on private property where it was apparently traveling too fast for conditions on a hillside […]
Decorated windows around town will be unveiled Thursday night for the Second Annual Trenton High School Alumni Association Window Decorating Contest as part of the 70th Annual THS Alumni Reunion Weekend. Past and present classes and school organizations were invited to select business windows of their choice as well as themes. Judging of the windows […]
Five National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards were presented at the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday evening. The NISOD Awards went to Cory Cooksey with Business Technology for Teaching, Health Sciences Program Coordinator Kristi Cutsinger for Academic Support, Admissions Director Kristie Cross for Student Affairs, Senior Database Administrator […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation Traveler Information Map indicates the water has receded and Highway 65 has been re-opened in Carroll County. Highway 65 was closed from Highway 24 in Carrollton to just south of Route B early last week due to heavy weekend rains causing flooding. A MoDOT representative reports that section of road […]
A St. Joseph resident has died at the scene of a rollover UTV accident in Gentry County while residents of Savannah and Stanberry were injured. The Highway Patrol reports 41-year-old Adrian Warner of St. Joseph was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident Sunday night four miles north of Stanberry. He was a passenger […]
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors has announced the departure of the Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments administrator following a meeting this week. Donita Youtsey’s final day is October 15, 2019. She has served the nursing home and apartments for 11 years and has been administrator since 2013 and was an assistant […]
Daviess County Central 911 reports a pickup truck was stolen from Jamesport Sunday. The vehicle is described as a white 2000 Ford F250 extended cab long bed truck with a two-inch lift, black and silver wheels, and a decal of white wings in the back window. A trailer was also stolen, but it was recovered. […]
The Annual Field Day at the Forage Systems Research Systems Center near Linneus next month will feature presentations on beef cattle, industrial hemp, beekeeping, industrial hemp, and weather. The free public event will begin the morning of September 10th at 8:30 and will include a free lunch. Beef cattle topics will include discussions on new […]
Two girls from Hamilton were injured in a rollover accident one mile southeast of Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon. Taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center were the driver of a car, 16-year-old Janice Silkwood, and her passenger 12-year-old Mary Silkwood. The highway patrol reported injuries as minor for the driver and moderate for […]
FEMA’s mitigation experts will be visiting Carrollton in Carroll County August 22-27 to offer home-improvement tips on rebuilding better and stronger after this year’s severe storms in Missouri. The team will also share proven methods to prevent or reduce damage from a disaster. Most of the information and free publications are aimed at general contractors […]
Shannon Dewayne Watts, a Tipton Correctional Center inmate who walked away from his work site at the Missouri State Fair after completing his work-release job late Sunday night, has been apprehended. At 11:20 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Pettis County Dispatch reported Watts had been found unconscious with apparent head injuries near Highway B between Sedalia […]
The warm hum of guitar amplifiers and the sweet, smoky smell of barbecue will be wafting through the wavering late summer air the last weekend of September. The 13th installment of Columbia’s Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival kicks off for a long weekend of live music, fun, and entertainment, September 27-29. Roots N Blues, […]
The Missouri Department of Corrections is reporting that at approximately 12:45 a.m. Monday, August 19, offender Shannon Dewayne Watts, Department of Corrections No. 1107639, a minimum-security inmate assigned to Tipton Correctional Center, walked away from a Missouri State Fair work site at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri, while on work release. The Corrections […]
A Rock Port man was hurt early Sunday in Nodaway County when the motorcycle he was operating was hit by a deer and went out of control. Twenty-year-old James Barnhart was taken to Fairfax Community Hospital with moderate injuries. The crash took place two miles west of Burlington Junction on Highway 136 as Barnhart had […]
There is still time to enter the window decorating contest in observance of Trenton High School Alumni Weekend. The THS Alumni Association is reminding classes and school organizations of the second annual event. Prize money will be awarded to the first and second place decorated windows. Entrants may choose their specific theme as long as […]
