Trenton Utility Committee

Trenton Utility Committee reviews financial reports

While no action was taken, reports were heard and financials were reviewed at last evenings’ meeting of the committee that oversees Trenton Municipal Utilities. With the end of the fiscal year on April 30th, it was noted Trenton Municipal experienced a $2,585,525 reduction in cash and investments during the one year period when compared to […]

Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper delivers remdesivir

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services receives shipment of experimental drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has received initial shipments of remdesivir, an experimental drug being used to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Working closely with the Missouri Hospital Association, which has been querying hospitals daily in order to compile and analyze COVID-19-related hospital utilization data, DHSS officials were able to determine where critically […]

Police Chase

Chillicothe police give chase to individual on ATV

Chillicothe police report a person on a four-wheel ATV on Saturday afternoon attempted to evade an officer but was apprehended and placed in a patrol unit. Police say the person intentionally injured their forehead by striking it on safety screening in the police car and was then taken to Hedrick Medical Center, treated and released, […]

Accident Graphic

Dawn resident injured in crash on Route B

A resident of Dawn was injured early Thursday evening when the northbound car he was driving struck the rear of a pickup stopped on Ray County Route B. Forty-eight-year-old James Alkire was treated at the scene for a minor injury. The pickup had been operated by 39-year-old Keith Graber of Richmond who wasn’t hurt. The […]

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Three injured in crash south of Lancaster

The Highway Patrol reports three individuals sustained minor injuries when a sports utility vehicle struck a car two miles south of Lancaster on Friday evening. SUV driver 19-year-old Carson Tallman of Glenwood was said to refuse treatment at the scene. Car driver 20-year-old Jayden Sansoussi of Greentop and his passenger 19-year-old Ashlee Youngman of Queen […]

Missouri Department of Corrections COVID-19 or Coronavirus Update (DOC)

Southeast Correctional Center inmate tests positive for COVID-19

The Missouri Department of Corrections has received notification that an offender at Southeast Correctional Center (SECC), a men’s state prison in Charleston, Missouri, has tested positive for COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus. This notification marks the first MODOC offender to test positive for COVID-19 while inside a Missouri state prison. The offender has been held […]

Fire Hydrant being flushed

TMU begins flushing water system

Trenton Municipal Utilities reports the flushing of the water distribution system for this week in the area from the railroad tracks east to Highway 65.  Flushing began today TMU reports this is a semi-annual requirement of the water treatment process. Officials note there may be some discolored water during the hours of flushing from 7 […]