Views: 0The Union Coon Creek Baptist Church west of Trenton has prepared 44 turkeys so far for its Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday according to the pastor’s wife Dianna Crawford, who says 10 more turkeys will be prepared Tuesday night. One hundred thirty-five pumpkin pies and 1200 rolls are also to be prepared prior to the […]
Views: 0A food drive will be conducted during basketball games on Tuesday at the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton. The North Central Missouri College Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter will host their fourth annual Food Drive. The cost of admission when the Pirates and Lady Pirates take on John Wood Community College will be one […]
Views: 0A woman who listed a Spickard address has been picked up at the Woman’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia. Twenty-six-year-old Sara Kay Sparks was returned to Grundy County to appear in the Associate Division of Grundy County court on Tuesday. Her original charge is a felony for alleged non-support. The Grundy […]
Views: 0Mercer County Sheriff Stephen Stockman reports extradition was signed on Wednesday for Mercer County Jail escapee 28-year-old Drake Andrew Kately to come back to Missouri. Various media outlets reported the United States Marshal’s Service in Delaware arrested Kately Tuesday after he was found “living off the grid.” Stockman says the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office […]
Views: 0The Trenton Utility Committee voted on Tuesday evening to go with ceramic tile for the water treatment plant floor. City Administrator Ron Urton reports the old tile floor was going to have to be sealed, and it had asbestos. The treatment to seal the floor and for vinyl tile would have been more expensive […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Trenton man turned himself in on Tuesday on a capias warrant for failure to appear in court and posted 10% bond. Twenty-eight-year-old Steven Kyle Johnson allegedly failed to appear on felony possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid. Bond was […]
Views: 0A total of $1,250 has been awarded by GRM Networks® during its third-quarter allocation of the company’s Community Improvement Grants. Organizations receiving funding during the third quarter included the Bethany Kiwanis Club, Decatur County Hospital Auxiliary Senior Life Solutions and One Act. The Bethany Kiwanis Club received a $500 grant that will be used […]
Views: 0Various media outlets are reporting the United States Marshal’s Service in Delaware arrested a fugitive who escaped from the Mercer County Jail in September, two and a half months ago. Twenty-seven-year-old Drake Andrew Kately of Kansas City was reportedly “living off the grid” in a wooded area near Edgemore, Delaware, more than a thousand […]
Views: 0A resident of Tina was injured Tuesday in Ray County when the vehicle he was driving struck the rear of a large truck that was attempting to make a left turn. Fifty-nine-year-old William Garrison of Tinda was taken by emergency medical services to North Kansas City Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the […]
Views: 0The North Central Missouri College Homecoming candidates were announced during the NCMC Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday evening. Vice President for Student Affairs Kristen Alley said the king candidates are Andrew George of Canton from the Baptist Student Union, Cash Miller of Warsaw from Phi Theta Kappa, Gregoor Moesker of Curacao from the […]
Views: 1Grundy County is mailing voter registration cards. Clerk Betty Spickard reports this is required every two years by state statute. Spickard noted if registered voters do not receive their new cards by December 2nd, contact the County Clerk’s office which is on the second floor of the courthouse in Trenton. Approximately six thousand cards […]
Views: 0Industrial hemp was once widely grown in Missouri as a fiber crop. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 made it illegal to produce or possess any form of the cannabis plant. Recent changes in federal and state legislation have increased interest in growing hemp for fiber, grain, and CBD oil. An educational program will […]
Views: 2The Chillicothe Police Department began an investigation Tuesday on sexual misconduct, statutory rape, sodomy, and enticement of a minor. Police Chief Jon Maples reports Chillicothe School staff contacted officers in reference to an allegation by a juvenile female in reference to the enticement of a minor while at home. Officers of the police department, […]
Views: 0A Springfield, Missouri, man has been sentenced for receiving and distributing child pornography. Canvas Harris, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Harris to pay a total of $5,000 in restitution to two child victims. […]
Views: 0Among cases Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, Kyley Culbertson of Trenton pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution stemming from October 26th. On a plea agreement, Culbertson was sentenced to 60 days in the detention center with the execution of the sentence suspended by the court in favor of two years […]
Views: 0Members of the city councils’ Economic Development and Administrative committees met separately Tuesday evening at the Trenton City Hall. Information provided by City Administrator Ron Urton shows the Economic Development Committee is recommending a public vote next year on a hotel/motel bed tax issue at Trenton. The recommendation that’s to be presented to the […]
Views: 0Northwest Missouri State University’s Department of Language, Literature, and Writing is hosting author Heather Harpham as part of its 2019-20 Visiting Writers Series at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Living Room. The event is free and open to the public. Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, GreenTower Press, and the […]
Views: 2A Milan boy was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle, rollover accident Tuesday night six miles south of Green City. The 16-year-old was driving south when the car went out of control on a patch of ice, traveled off the left side of Highway 129 and overturned. The youth was taken by private […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton will administer flu vaccines at several events in November and December. No appointments are necessary for vaccines given at the office during Walk-In Day every Tuesday from 9 to 4 o’clock. College students home on Thanksgiving Break are encouraged to get flu shots during College Flu Shot […]
Views: 0The Trenton R-9 Board of Education Tuesday evening approved donations and a change order regarding proposed construction upgrades to the performing arts center at the high school. Building Project Liaison Dennis Gutshall reported changes regarding the dressing room, entrance, and interior would cost about $156,000.The Hoover Foundation will donate $125,000 toward the upgrades and […]
