The Trenton City Council has approved additional specialized training for police officers as well as a change in zoning and a conditional use permit to allow for a food business to have a permanent location. At the request of the council last month, Police Chief Tommy Wright was asked to prepare a list of training […]
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Workshop to train those growing produce to be held in Grundy County
The University of Missouri Extension will hold a workshop in Grundy County to train produce growers about food safety. Horticulture Specialist Tim Baker says the workshop will be held on a farm between Trenton and Spickard May 24th. Growers who sell more than $25,000 of produce covered under the Food Safety Modernization Act must attend […]
North Central Missouri College named as a Military Friendly School
North Central Missouri College has earned the 2018-19 Military Friendly® School designation by Victory Media. Each year, the list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to veterans and their families, helping them select the best college, university, or trade school to receive the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career. “We are very […]
Grundy County Emergency Response Team seeks volunteers
The Grundy County Community Emergency Response Team is seeking volunteers. Grundy County citizens willing to help their community and the emergency response personnel during emergencies and public events are invited to attend an informational meeting next week. The meeting will be held in the lower level meeting room of the Trenton Fire Station the morning […]
Ticks can carry many diseases so be tick aware this Summer
Tick season is here and milder winters and warm spring temperatures could result in higher numbers of ticks and tick-borne disease. National numbers recently released May 1 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that cases of diseases transmitted by ticks doubled from 2004 – 2016. In addition, new disease-causing agents that can […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education member resigns
Trenton R-9 Superintendent Dan Wiebers announced the resignation of a Board of Education member at a meeting Tuesday evening. Wiebers read Brooke McAtee’s letter of resignation which will be effective June 12th. Wiebers told the board it did not need to vote to approve McAtee’s resignation, it only needed to be announced to the board. […]
Grundy County deputy, Jose Lopez, accepts position with Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Judge Jack Peace swore in the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office’s newest deputy Monday. Jose Lopez served more than three years as a deputy sheriff for the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office and also served on the Grundy County Crisis Intervention Team. Lopez received his law enforcement training while serving in the Military Police in the United […]
National 4-H film festival comes to Columbia
Youth from across the nation go on location to Columbia, Mo., this summer for FilmFest 4-H, the national 4-H film festival. Co-produced by Missouri 4-H and the Missouri Film Office, FilmFest 4-H has drawn youth participants from 21 states since its inception. “Companies across all industries use digital media every day,” said Andrea Sporcic, specialist […]
Missouri Department of Conservation reminds people to leave wildlife wild
Spring brings the births of wild animals such as birds, rabbits, and squirrels. With that come good intentions of kind-hearted people who want to adopt baby animals they find because they think they have been orphaned or abandoned. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people to leave these young wild animals where they find […]
Missouri College Advising Corps marks 10 years of service
The Missouri College Advising Corps, headquartered at the University of Missouri, has helped more than 20,000 students enroll in college since 2008. As it begins its second decade, MCAC is poised to help even more students. MCAC’s trained advisers, themselves recent college graduates, commit to two years of full-time, on-site service at one of 43 […]
Missouri Highway Patrol extends testing process for next recruitment class
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has extended the testing process for its 106th Recruit Class with the application deadline of April 26, 2018. Testing for prospective troopers will be administered in the following areas: Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO ─ Tentatively scheduled for 04/27/2018 Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO ─ April 18, 2018 Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO ─ To be determined […]
K-9 officer Zaki stops escaping prisoner in Chillicothe
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox credits the departments’ law enforcement K-9 with running after a prisoner who fled on foot while at the sheriff’s office in Chillicothe, but stopped once he saw the dog in action. 20-year-old Jeremiah Joel Bailiff of St. Louis was being finger-printed when the alleged escape from custody occurred. Bailiff had been arrested following […]
Green Hills Women’s Shelter of Cameron to sponsor program “In Their Shoes: Teens and Dating Violence”
The Green Hills Women’s Shelter of Cameron will partner with the Cameron Police Department to present “In Their Shoes: Teens and Dating Violence.” Individuals at least 13-years-old may attend the simulation in the Training Room of the Cameron Police Department the night of March 6th from 6:30 to 7:30. The simulation allows participants to experience […]
North Central Missouri College site opening on North Belt Highway
North Central Missouri College will be opening a site in Country Club, Missouri on the North Belt Highway beginning March 1, 2018. The NCMC-North Belt Center will be an extension of North Central Missouri College and will offer the same level of professional attention, quality instruction, and affordability as Main and Barton campus and other […]
9-year-old girl struck and killed by train in Marceline
The name of a girl struck and killed by a train in Marceline Monday night has been released. Highway Patrol Troop B Public Information Officer Eric Brown reports nine-year-old Katawna Clay was alone on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks near Lake Street when she was struck by the train around 7:30 Clay was […]
Waverly man life-flighted after being struck by train
The highway patrol reports a vehicle drove into the path of a train on Wednesday. The driver, 34-year-old Anthony Allen of Waverly, received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to Research Medical Center in Kansas City. The report notes he was not using a seat belt and the vehicle was demolished. The accident […]
Salisbury man dies when his tractor is struck by train
The highway patrol reports the operator of a farm tractor was killed Thursday when he failed to yield to a moving train at a railroad crossing in rural Chariton County. The accident about 2:30 Thursday happened on Cal Hubbard Avenue about three and a half miles east of Keytesville. The state patrol identified the victim […]
Semi-trailer truck crash closes Highway 36 west of Brookfield
Those traveling Highway 36 west are in for traffic delays and backups as the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms as of Noon today, that a tractor trailer truck crash has closed part of westbound Highway 36 in Linn County, west of Brookfield. A highway patrol spokesperson from the Troop B Headquarters in Macon says the truck […]
Lawson man lucky to receive minor injuries after train strikes his car
A Lawson man sustained what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries when a train hit his vehicle southwest of Polo Wednesday morning. The Patrol reports 21-year-old Brady McCaskey traveled north on Boulder Road and attempted to apply his brakes as he approached train tracks. Upon seeing the approaching vehicle, the train operator, 45-year-old James Fisher […]
What’s New On Netflix: Service adding 82 titles, dropping 49
The first month of 2017 is coming to an end, which means we’re getting another batch of new titles coming to Netflix and another batch being deleted. Netflix will be adding 82 titles in February and dropping another 49 with the largest number of titles being added February 1. Some titles we’re saying goodbye to […]