A man from Wheeling was arrested after being involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash early Tuesday evening, three miles south of Breckenridge. Fifty-seven-year-old William Gardner received moderate injuries in the accident and was taken by an ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The northbound van went off the east side of Caldwell County Route A, […]
The Missouri Capitol has extra law enforcement keeping an eye on the building after reports of possible “armed protests” at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol. The increased presence follows an FBI warning of threats of an “uprising” in the days leading up to the January 20 inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. During […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education at the latest meeting on Tuesday, January 12th approved two motions regarding COVID-19 leave. Another motion did not pass. On a vote of four to three, the board voted to consider teachers and administration essential. Voting yes were Vice President Brandon Gibler and board members David Whitaker, Corey Leeper, and […]
The Missouri Office of Workforce Development is continuing its series of Return Strong Virtual Job Fairs this year, starting with a fair for job seekers in the health care industry on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The Return Strong Virtual Job Fairs are part of the state’s efforts to help Missourians skill up and get back […]
Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas was arrested today in Bentonville, Arkansas on multiple criminal charges related to his alleged unlawful activities earlier this week at the U.S. Capitol Building where he was photographed with his feet up on a desk in the Speaker of the House of Representatives’ office. Barnett is scheduled to make his […]
The new Missouri House Speaker is moving quickly on his top priority of foster care and adoption legislation. Arnold Republican Rob Vescovo was sworn-in Wednesday at the Capitol in Jefferson City and focused on both issues during his address. He wants the Legislature to expand Missouri’s adoption tax credit. The Missouri House Children […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will discuss a COVID leave hours resolution next week. The meeting will be held with the school board and administration in the district office Tuesday evening, January 12th at 5:30. Teachers and patrons can watch the meeting via Google Meet. Other items on the agenda include election filing dates, […]
The Chillicothe R-II School District will be transitioning from Textcaster to Code Red to quickly notify patrons of emergency and general information. This information will be shared through text messages, emails, and phone calls. In addition, the district will continue to use Facebook, Twitter, and local media to share updates with the community. Code Red […]
Chillicothe firefighters on Tuesday night responded to the scene of a motor vehicle fire in the parking lot of Walmart. A report from Captain Derrick Allen says when the department arrived, there was an unoccupied compact sports utility vehicle that was showing smoke and flames near the engine compartment. Approximately 150 gallons of water were […]
A tree limb falling on a power line caused a power outage in part of Trenton on Tuesday evening, January 5th. City Administrator/Utility Director Ron Urton reports power went off about 7 o’clock in the Lake Area, north of 28th Street, and east of Oklahoma Avenue. Power was restored about an hour later.
Area residents can take advantage of free community COVID-19 testing events through the Department of Health and Senior Services. Testing sites will utilize a PCR test to determine the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19. Officials say it is not an antigen or antibody test. Testing dates and sites coming up in northwest Missouri […]
The University of Missouri Extension offers a virtual workshop about industrial hemp from 12:30-2:00 p.m. January 11 through the 15th. Topics include a legislative summary and regulatory update, agronomic practices, and pests, uses for hemp, crop enterprise budgets, and processing and contracts. Presenters include MU Extension specialists, CBD-hemp growers, and processors, processors from the Tiger […]
Missouri’s junior senator is calling for a vote on two-thousand dollars in direct assistance for Americans before there’s a vote on the defense bill. GOP Senator Josh Hawley tweeted Tuesday that he will not consent to a vote on the defense bill unless the Senate votes on two-thousand dollar COVID relief for working […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Catherine man sustained minor injuries when he lost control of the pickup truck on snow-covered Highway 36 two and a half miles east of Meadville on Tuesday morning, December 29th. A private vehicle transported 71-year-old William Bryan to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. The truck traveled east before […]
An Albany woman sustained moderate injuries when she lost control of the sports utility vehicle on an icy road four miles north of King City on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. An ambulance transported 66-year-old Esther Criger to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph. The SUV traveled north on Highway 169 before running off the west […]
A Trenton woman sustained minor injuries when a car went too fast on ice and overturned one mile west of Jamesport on Tuesday night, December 29th. A private vehicle transported passenger 30-year-old Jomelle Baker to the Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. No injuries were reported for driver 33-year-old Colby Baker of Trenton. The car traveled […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Columbia man died and another Columbia man sustained serious injuries when a box truck slid off the road and overturned one mile north of Excello on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. The passenger, 62-year-old John Linder, was pronounced dead by the Macon County Coroner at the scene and was taken to […]
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, in a late afternoon update, has now presented a timeline for the wintry weather that will move into northern Missouri Tuesday. In the same update, they have also expanded the Winter Weather Advisory to include all counties north of Highway 35 with the exception of Lewis, Marion, and […]
The senior center in Gallatin, known as the “Active Aging Resource Center” plans to offer a Christmas dinner on Tuesday, December 29th. The meal is a rescheduled event from a postponement last week. The meal will only be available by carry-out and delivery from 11 to 12 noon on Tuesday. Free will donations will be […]
The National Weather Service office at Pleasant Hill says it’s conservative when it issued a Winter Weather Advisory for north central and northeast Missouri for Tuesday from 12 noon until 6 am Wednesday. A NWS map shows the advisory area from St. Joseph, east to Trenton and Kirksville, and other locations to the north. The […]
