Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton completed workplace violence training Monday. The training took place in several locations on the campus, including the Jefferson Pavilion. Mitigation Dynamics, Incorporated says the primary purpose of its Safe Training and Responsible Restraints system is to empower professionals through the utilization of relevant forms of verbal de-escalation as well […]
Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday, where he mentioned legislation to change the chamber’s rules on sexual harassment. The measure requires anti-harassment training for senators, staff, and interns of the Senate. Blunt said it changes rules from decades ago that seem to punish women who report sexual harassment. […]
Several leaders with the Missouri National Guard met with the leadership of the Warrensburg-based University of Central Missouri (UCM) on Oct. 3 to formalize a unique partnership at the university’s Missouri Innovation Campus, a satellite location in Lee’s Summit, near Kansas City, Missouri. Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, the Adjutant General of Missouri, and UCM President […]
North Central Missouri College will conduct in-service for all faculty and staff Thursday and Friday. NCMC campus offices will have limited staff and services Thursday from 8 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Faculty will have limited availability both days. The Ketcham Community Center will operate during regular hours both days. […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department, the Chillicothe Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Chillicothe Emergency Services Department will conduct a combined training later this month. The training will be held at the Chillicothe High School the morning of May 25th at 10 o’clock. It will cover how to respond to an active shooter. […]
A “Handling Propane Gas Emergencies” course will be held in the Chillicothe Fire Department Training Room May 6 from 1 to 4 o’clock in the afternoon and from 5 to 11 o’clock that night. The course will cover how to safely respond to, mitigate, and control an emergency incident involving propane or liquefied petroleum gas. […]
Continuing education was completed recently for three members of the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Sheriff Ryan Ford attended training last week in Crawford County, Missouri for Certified Criminal Investigator. The training covered several topics including death investigations, Blood Splatter Evidence, Crime Scene Investigations, Autopsies, Deaths related to Suicide, Drug and Poisoning, Fire and Drowning, […]
Three Livingston County Sheriff deputies attended Infectious Disease Training for Law Enforcement in Columbia. Sheriff Steve Cox reports Deputy Chris Mueller, Deputy Ryan Ford, and Reserve Deputy/Bailiff John Stafford attended the course put on by the Federal Emergency Management Association. Cox says the training was free to the sheriff’s office and its staff. Law enforcement […]
Grundy County Emergency Management will hold Emergency Operations Center Exercise and Training the morning of March 11th. Training will begin at 8 o’clock, the exercise will begin around 10 o’clock, and an after-action discussion will be around 11:30. Community Emergency Response Team members and anyone interested in Emergency Operations Center functions is encouraged to attend. […]
The Missouri Army National Guard’s 548th Transportation Company out of Trenton left for Fort Leonard Wood Thursday. The company will complete four weeks of pre-mobilization training to prepare for deployment overseas in March. More than 150 citizen-soldiers are receiving combat skills and weapons training. The unit plans to hold a departure ceremony after training is […]
SkillPath described as the nation’s largest public seminar company, held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, for their new building in the Chillicothe Industrial Park. SkillPath, based in Mission, Kansas is constructing a new facility for its Call Center operations with construction scheduled to be completed by Spring 2017. The company was established in 1989 by founders, Jerry Brown and Denise […]
The recent override of Governor Nixon’s veto of Senate Bill 656 most commonly referred to as the “gun bill” by the legislature has stirred plenty of inquiry at many local sheriff’s departments about concealed carry and changes with requirements. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has recently released pertinent information on the override, as well as providing […]
FORT IRWIN, Ca. – Soldiers assigned to the 548th Transportation Company, 311th Brigade Support Battalion, Missouri National Guard, headquartered in Trenton, recently spent two weeks at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California to prepare for an upcoming deployment. The is a tactical training center located in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California. Military […]
The Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance program offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of Veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition or of Veterans who died while on active duty or as a result of a service-related condition. You may receive up to 45 months of education benefits. […]
Deputy and school Resource Officer Mike Lewis and Deputy Chris Mueller of the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department recently attended training provided by the Missouri School Resource Officers and Missouri Police Chiefs Association. A total of 218 School Resource Officers and 130 Police Chiefs attended the conference. Training included areas of drug trends, legal updates, behavior […]
The collection of Trenton’s newest sales tax begins the first of October. That’s according to City Clerk Cindy Simpson who noted the Missouri Department of Revenue will be sending letters around September 10th to local businesses advising them of the increase in the local sales tax. This will be the fourth city sales tax. City […]
The Missouri FFA Association conducted Officer Training workshops on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton on Wednesday, June 1. Approximately 240 Chapter FFA Officers and Advisors from high schools across northwest Missouri participated in the workshops. A meal was also provided by the NCMC AG Club with the help of a donation of […]
Mercer County Fire Protection District sent an engine and rescue unit to a report of a train locomotive on fire near Princeton Monday afternoon. The district reported it had some difficulty gaining access to the locomotive. The report, via the districts’ Facebook page, states the main portion of the fire was extinguished when the engineer […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
A Trenton committee promoting the city sales tax issue for the fire department points out home and business owners could see lower insurance premiums once a proposed fire training facility is established at Trenton. Part of the revenue generated by a one-quarter of a cent sales tax is earmarked for firefighter training locally and from […]
