When the Newtown-Harris board of education decided to shift to a four-day week for classes, beginning with the next school year, it added to the growing list of schools converting to four days of instruction each week. Yet to be determined at Newtown-Harris is whether the classes are to be held Monday through Thursday or […]
A long-duration winter storm system will approach the area overnight, with snow starting across western Missouri around midnight to 3 AM Wednesday morning. This snow will move east over the entire area Wednesday morning, with a switch to a rain/snow mix then rain in the afternoon hours of Wednesday, for all but northern Missouri. Rain, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe man sustained minor injuries when the pickup he drove lost control on ice and snow and overturned two miles north of Marceline on Friday morning. Forty-four-year-old Kelvin Kimler was taken to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The pickup traveled east on Highway 36 before it ran off the […]
Missouri’s 2019-2020 deer hunting and fall archery turkey seasons ended Wednesday. The Missouri Department of Conservation reports a preliminary total deer harvest of 285,483. One hundred thirty-three thousand nine hundred fourteen were antlered bucks, 27,931 button bucks, and 123,638 does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,247 deer checked, Callaway […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Novinger man sustained minor injuries in a three-vehicle accident two miles north of Kirksville Friday evening caused by a car losing control on a slick road. An ambulance transported 36-year-old Matthew Messinger to the Northeast Regional Medical Center. The other drivers, 36-year old Brian West of Coatsville and 32-year-old Nicole […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Steeleville, Illinois woman sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by another SUV driven by a Linneus woman in Boone County on Wednesday night. An ambulance transported 71-year-old Mary Waltemate to University Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of that SUV, […]
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Storm Watch that will go into effect late Thursday night, January 16 and continue through Friday evening, January 17, 2020. According to the weather service, A mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will overspread the region from south to north as a strong […]
A former detention officer at the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail of Pattonsburg was sentenced in Division One of Caldwell County Circuit Tuesday on felony sexual conduct with a prisoner or offender by probation/parole officer or employee of a jail, prison, or correctional center. Michael Allen Byrd the Second of Bethany was sentenced to the Missouri Department […]
North Central Missouri College will soon be offering a continuing education course Introduction to Acrylic Painting instructed by artist Ally Ockenfels. The instructor, Ally Ockenfels, will introduce participants to various techniques such as gridding, batiking, painting in perspective, and more. Each week participants will create one work that incorporates these techniques, totaling four paintings made […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Jameson men sustained moderate injuries in a three-vehicle accident three miles north of Cameron on Wednesday morning. The driver of a pickup truck, 60-year-old Christopher Nelson, and his passenger, 22-year-old Dylan Nelson, were transported by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver of a car, 53-year-old Donald Jennings […]
A Sparta, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for drug trafficking, counterfeiting, and failing to register as a sex offender. William W. Chamlee, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 19 years and seven months in federal prison without parole. The court ordered the federal sentence to be served […]
A Camdenton, Missouri, man who was scheduled to go to trial on Tuesday, instead pleaded guilty to a $78,000 fraud scheme in which he used his victim’s credit cards without authorization. Ivan Joseph Stark, Jr., 47, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough on Monday, Jan. 6, to one count of bank fraud […]
A St. Joseph, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute nearly $6 million of synthetic cannabinoid products, also known as K2. Shakeel Khan, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to three years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Khan to forfeit […]
The weather summary for 2019 in Trenton includes a snowy start, an abundance of rain, and a mild conclusion to the year by December standards. The total moisture for the year was 54.80 inches, the third most in a calendar year in Trenton since 1970 despite below-normal precipitation in each of the final three months […]
Sentencing was held Thursday in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court for Humphreys resident Christi Sims who had pleaded guilty in November to a felony drug possession charge from July 5th. Circuit Judge Thomas Alley sentenced Ms. Sims to four years with the Department of Corrections. Execution of the sentence was suspended and she […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Mercer woman sustained minor injuries when a car attempted to make a U-turn in a private drive and was struck by a sport utility vehicle about three miles north of Princeton on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency medical services transported SUV driver Catherine Woodley to Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa. Twenty-nine-year-old […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Albany residents sustained injuries as a result of a sports utility vehicle hitting a parked vehicle and overturning inside the Albany city limits on Tuesday night. An air ambulance transported 28-year-old Joshua Sweat to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph with what was described as serious injuries. An ambulance transported […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the renewal of liability and property insurance on Monday evening. The insurances are with CPSK and the Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund for a total of $57,155, which is an increase of $825 from the previous year. The board approved the annual auditor’s report from Conrad and […]
A total of 59 Missouri and Iowa High Schools will be represented when the 15th annual High School Holiday Hoops tips off this weekend on the campus of North Central Missouri College in Trenton. Sponsored by the North Central Missouri College Foundation, Inc. this is a nine-day event with all games played on the College […]
The total number of influenza cases in Missouri recently surpassed the 1,500 mark, and the state has received three reports of influenza-associated deaths this season. As preparations are made for holiday gatherings, getting the annual flu shot should be on the to-do list so that holiday cheer can be spread rather than influenza. It is […]
