A couple from Hamilton face felony charges in Caldwell County relating to a sexual assault of a teen. Online court information indicates 24-year-old Clay Tyler Dunlap has been charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child and twenty-four-year-old Miranda Jane Millikan has been charged with second-degree statutory rape. The bond has been set at […]
Two Chillicothe residents were hurt early on Saturday in Carroll County when the car they were in went off a county road and hit a tree. Rosalynn Pittman-Maupin and Marcella Epperson, both 15, were taken to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton with minor injuries. Both were passengers in a car driven by 22-year old […]
Classes began for the Trenton R-9 and North Mercer R-3 school districts today (Wednesday). Trenton reports a total first-day enrollment of 1,069 for kindergarten through 12th grade which is a decrease of 29 students from the first day last year. Total enrollment for the first day of the 2018-2019 school year was up 26 from […]
While all eight agenda items were eventually approved, several were decided by split votes last night of the eight-member Trenton City Council. By the end of this year, Trenton Municipal Utilities will have transitioned to having an Olathe, Kansas company provide the billing and mailing services. The change is seen by TMU officials as saving […]
The first half of trade bailout payments are set to go out to Missouri farmers later this month. Farm Service Agency Executive Director Brent Hampy tells Missourinet affiliate KWIX in Moberly the trade relief payments will be split over the next six months and will depend on whether the tariffs that prompted the aid are […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Newtown teenager died and two area residents sustained minor injuries as the result of a pickup truck and sport utility vehicle involved in a nearly head-on crash two miles northwest of Newtown Wednesday morning. The body of 16-year-old Coy Miller was taken to the Roberson Funeral Home in Princeton. Fifteen-year-old […]
Results have been released from several competitions at the North Central Missouri Fair in Trenton. Five teams of four members participated in the Super Teen Contest. The overall winning team was Make Farming Great Again. The team members were Taylor Richman, Whitley Richman, Sidney Lynch, and Hunter Beverlin. The second-place team was G. Town, which […]
Awards have been announced from the Rock Barn area of this year’s North Central Missouri Fair in Trenton. Seventy-eight youth entered a number of categories, with entries coming from the general public, FFA chapters, and 4-H clubs. Seven youth participated in the special woodworking category, with prizes sponsored by Moore’s Construction and Woodworking. Individuals participating […]
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation to curb addictive and deceptive techniques that tech giants use to exploit users. The Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology (SMART) Act would ban certain features that are designed to be addictive, would require choice parity for consent, and would give users the power to monitor their time spent on […]
A Chillicothe teenager received minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident late Sunday afternoon (5:00 pm), one mile north of Chillicothe. Nineteen-year-old Tiffany Maples was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. A car driven by 17-year-old Tucker Burtch of Chillicothe was southbound on LIV Road 239 when the collision occurred with the […]
Warm temperatures attract people of all ages to Missouri’s many lakes or rivers to go swimming and to cool off. Beating the heat in this manner is part of summer. “It’s fun to go swimming,” said Captain Matthew C. Walz, director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Water Patrol Division, “but understanding the risks and […]
A December execution date has been scheduled at the FEDERAL level for a man convicted of the gruesome killing of a Kansas City teenager more than 21 years ago. Federal prosecutors say Wesley Ira Purkey raped and murdered a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from East High School in 1998. The “Kansas […]
A Trenton teenager was injured Sunday morning just one-half mile west of Trenton. Nineteen-year-old Nathaniel Carter was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. A trooper reported Carter was eastbound when it traveled off the south side of Northwest Third Street, down into a ditch, and struck a tree. Vehicle damage […]
A Trenton teenager was hurt Saturday evening when a pickup truck overturned northwest of Trenton. Seventeen-year-old Tierney Doolittle was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. She was a passenger in a pickup operated by 18-year-old Jonathan Huber-Bethards of Trenton who was not reported hurt. The accident happened at Northwest Crane Lane and Northwest […]
The highway patrol reports separate accidents at the same time late Thursday night in Worth County involved two vehicles striking a cow in the roadway on Route Z two miles west of Grant City. Eighteen-year-old Dagon Cooper of Grant City was driving a sports utility vehicle southbound when the cow was hit. 19-year-old Cierra Runnels […]
Winners have been announced for Five Points Alive and Main Street Trenton’s Chalk on the Walk. Alyssa Bunnell received first place in the youth category with the entry titled “Hummingbird”. Alexandria Anderson Ely placed second with “Rainbow”. In the teen category, Taylor Richmond’s “Up” received first place, and Cole Soptic’s “Downtown Trenton 5 Points” placed […]
Over 1200 local Chapter FFA Officers, 186 advisors from 138 chapters attended annual LEAD training. LEAD (Learn, Educate, Advance, and Develop) training is designed to help prepare each officer team for their term of service for the 2019-2020 school year. There were 15 members of the Chillicothe FFA Assistant and Chapter officer teams that attended. […]
Five Points Alive and Main Street Trenton’s Chalk on the Walk has been rescheduled for Friday, July 12, 2019. The event was postponed last month due to the weather. Spokesperson Sena Arnold says Chalk on the Walk will begin with registration at the Sesquicentennial Park gazebo Friday morning from 9 to 10 o’clock. Water-soluble pastel […]
The Jamesport Tri-County Board of Education accepted several bids Monday evening. A bid for bread was accepted from Graves, and a bid for milk was accepted from Anderson Erickson. Bookkeeper/Secretary Heather Turner reports the price varied on the bread and milk depending on the type. Bids for fuel were accepted from Landes and MFA Oil. […]
Three teenagers from Bethany received moderate injuries Monday night when the car they were in ran off a rural road in Harrison County and struck an embankment. Taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany were the driver, Cade Davidson; and two passengers, Collin Haffey, and Dalton Hudlemeyer, both of who are […]
