Two former executives of a Springfield, Mo.-based charity and an Arkansas state senator have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a multi-million-dollar public corruption scheme that involved embezzlement, bribes and illegal campaign contributions for elected public officials in Missouri and Arkansas, announced U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison of the Western District […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved an audit bid and a grant request at its meeting Tuesday evening. Conrad and Higgins, LLC was the only audit bid submitted for the school district. The audit fee for 2019 will not exceed $8,950. Conrad and Higgins also submitted bids for the 2020 and 2021 audits with […]
MoDot crews are out in force to fix a problem that has plagued the state’s highways after an extreme winter. In February, the Midwest was the coldest place on earth, according to the NWS. And nowhere is that more evident than hundreds of thousands of potholes that pock highways and cause jaw-jarring bumps. […]
The Head Start Center in Trenton plans to have application day this coming Friday, April 12th. Families with children eligible for Head Start are invited to visit the Head Start Center, located at 1807 Chestnut Street, between 4 and 7 o’clock. Those attending are asked to take the most recent tax return as well as […]
Jonathan Burnfin from Trenton, MO has been chosen as this year’s NCMC Academic Excellence Award winner. Jonathan recently graduated from NCMC in December with his Associate in Arts degree and is currently attending Missouri Western State University obtaining his bachelor’s degree in Business Management. His name will be engraved on a plaque in Geyer Hall […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation is offering its annual cost-share grants to assist government entities and non-profits with management, improvement, and conservation of trees and forests on public land. The Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) cost-share grants can help communities fund tree inventories, removal or pruning of hazardous trees, tree planting, and the training […]
The public service commission has approved a high voltage, wind energy transmission line to run through private property along Northern Missouri, and *some* landowners and farmers want the legislature to stop that from happening. Missouri House members heard both sides of the argument: That the lines are in public interest and the company can claim […]
The Missouri House has given final approval to an eight-million-dollar retention pay plan aimed at investing in wage increases in the Missouri Department of Corrections staff. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith praised the plan on the House floor during Thursday’s budget debate. Frankford GOP State Representative Jim Hansen tells colleagues the plan […]
A former Pineville, Mo., youth pastor was indicted by a federal grand jury for producing child pornography. Ryan Daniel Crawford, 32, currently a resident of Jacksonville, Arkansas, was charged with producing child pornography between November 29 and December 18, 2017. Crawford was formerly the associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Pineville. The charge contained […]
Thousands of drivers in Missouri could be driving cars that have been previously totaled in an accident, and never even know it. That’s because current law says if the car is more than six years old, the title does not have to be stamped as salvage. This week, a proposed new law that would change […]
Three children were injured and the driver of their vehicle was arrested on multiple counts, including excessive speeding, that ended in a three-vehicle wreck on Tuesday in Clinton County. The highway patrol identified the driver of a car as 32-year-old Kenneth Sneed of Kansas City. Three children in the car, whom the patrol said were […]
Prosecutors in southwest Missouri’s Lebanon have charged a former daycare employee with felony child abuse. KBNN’s Patty Burns reports the suspect is accused of throwing a four-year-old to the ground. An investigation by the Lebanon Police Department has led to felony charges against a former employee of a local daycare. According to Lebanon […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit that detailed an ongoing failure by the state to address concerns with providers of the Child Care Subsidy Program that are at high risk of noncompliance. The report also found a continued failure by the state to properly account for federal dollars in several state programs. The […]
For the third year in a row, more than 900 people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes. Statewide, the preliminary numbers indicate 918 lives were lost in 2018, down slightly from 932 fatalities in 2017. Speed, distraction, impairment, and fatigue continue to be the top causes of fatal crashes. In particular, the number of cell […]
An international company wants to spread dozens of big turbines over thousands of acres in the northwestern part of the county. County Commissioner Fred Parry says its an emotional issue right now. Parry told affiliate KSSZ in Columbia that landowners could get ten thousand dollars per wind pole they allow on their property.
The Board of Directors of Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) has announced the appointment of Susan Stegeman as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective April 1, 2019. She will lead the grassroots movement for the empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities in Missouri. Every day, Special Olympics uses the transformative power and joy of sports […]
Bacon is popular, but living near a hog farm is not. Bacon isn’t possible without hogs, so if we want bacon, we’re going to have to raise pigs. Missouri Senate Bill 391 is opposed by people who either don’t like bacon or don’t realize how it’s made. The bill would require that county regulation aimed […]
It’s cheaper for a non-Missourian to come into the state, poach an animal, and pay the fine for that than it is to buy an out-of-state hunter tag. The Missouri House has voted to change that. The House voted to send to the Senate House Bill 260, which would increase the fines for poaching wild turkeys, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Hale man sustained minor injuries when he was partially ejected from a vehicle in Carroll County Thursday night and was later arrested. Fifty-six-year-old Steven Nier was transported to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. Nier drove east on Route C when he allegedly failed to stop at a stop […]
It was announced Wednesday that the Trenton R-9 Board of Education Tuesday accepted an intra-district transfer for Ron Franklin from Trenton High School Principal to teacher for the 2019-2020 school year. Board Secretary Susan Leeper reports the high school Principal position opening was posted Wednesday on a website for other school districts to see as […]
