Area veterans events have been announced for July. A veterans service officer will be at Trenton VFW Post 919 July 5 and 9 from 9 to 2 o’clock both days. Veterans are asked to bring their DD-214 and VA paperwork. A counselor will also be at the Trenton VFW Post July 9th starting at 9 o’clock […]
Grundy County’s Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs says further review shows an area east of Laredo sustained the most significant storm damage from high winds and/or one “possible” tornado in parts of Grundy County last Thursday night. The probable tornado path, which Briggs commented on Monday, has not yet been officially confirmed by the National […]
(Missouri Independent) – A Cole County judge has temporarily blocked the state’s new policy for Medicaid hospital payments which was set to take effect Thursday and ordered a hearing July 9 to determine if the order will become permanent. In response to a lawsuit filed by the Missouri Hospital Association, Circuit Judge Cotton Walker on Friday […]
(Missouri Independent) – Former Trump administration officials and conservative and libertarian nonprofits have launched lawsuits to block federal relief funds aimed at Black and minority farmers—a development that House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia calls “an evil system at work here.” Suits have been filed in Florida, Wisconsin, and Texas that says it’s […]
Agricultural producers in Missouri who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after planting should make an appointment with their U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) office before the applicable deadline. “Many USDA programs require producers to file an accurate crop acreage report by the applicable deadline,” said Jeremy Mosley, State Executive Director […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released an audit of the Jefferson County Collector. The report received an overall rating of good. The audit found personal commissions paid to the collector were not properly reported as income and, as a result, not taxed as income. The report recommended that the county collector works with the county […]
After discussing trash service complaints received by councilmen and the staff of Trenton City Hall, the Trenton City Council on Monday night requested the owner of Rapid Removal Disposal to attend an upcoming meeting of the council. Administrator Ron Urton, who brought up the topic, said the city does the residential billing for Rapid Removal […]
The owner of an aging downtown Trenton building plans to have it torn down rather than making repairs. Scott Weldon spoke Monday evening to the Trenton Building and Nuisance Board regarding the former American Legion building at 103 East 10th Street. The building board, at their meeting last month, placed it on the nuisance list […]
The highway patrol reports three people were injured, two of them seriously, in a two-vehicle crash involving a UTV and an SUV, early Sunday evening in southeastern Livingston County, three miles northeast of Hale. One of the drivers, 24-year-old Christopher Hartbert of Hale, received minor injuries; however, two female passengers were seriously injured. They are […]
Chillicothe firefighters were sent to 904 Trenton Street Sunday evening for a fire at a one-story residential structure. Heavy smoke and fire was seen coming from all the windows when the fire department arrived at the scene at 7:10 pm. The house was considered a total loss. Fire Captain Derrick Allen reported approximately two thousand […]
Chillicothe Police report the Friday through Sunday weekend period included 262 calls for service plus the usual traffic stops and business checks. Investigations involved two situations allegedly involving individuals who were said to be considering harm to themselves. Two drug arrests were made following a traffic stop. Among reports from Friday, Chillicothe Police investigated a […]
The next budget approved by the Laredo R-7 Board of Education shows a positive balance. According to information from the school administrator Misty Foster, 2021-2022 revenues are projected to top $1,045,000. Expenditures are listed at $1,040,000, which produces a balance for the one-year period of approximately $5,180.
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved the 2021-2022 budget and a proposal from SafeDefend at a special meeting on June 28, 2021. The budget projects revenues of $12,301,838.46 and expenditures of $13,840,461.67. There is an estimated deficit of $1,538,623.21. Superintendent Mike Stegman noted it was purposely a deficit budget, with the addition of academic […]
Five contestants will compete for the title of Sullivan County Fair Queen, and three are seeking the title of Sullivan County Junior Miss. The five Sullivan County residents competing for fair queen are Gracey Gordon, Savannah Linhart, Madison McCollum, Jocelyn Perez, and Kasey Sallee. The entries in the junior miss contest are Landy Oaks, Emma […]
(Missouri Independent) – Kendra Findley had thought the Springfield area had seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic in December — a month when cases regularly surpassed 200 a day and that saw a record 98 residents die of the virus. Looking back, that was when the Alpha variant, first identified in the U.K., was […]
(Missouri Independent) – A bipartisan coalition handed anti-abortion activists a rare defeat in the Missouri Senate Friday night, rejecting a push to ban Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider as it passed a bill to secure billions for the state’s Medicaid program. And only a restatement of the state’s already existing ban on using public funds to […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended through July 31, 2021, the moratorium on evictions of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who live in multifamily housing communities supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The United States is recovering from a nationwide housing affordability crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s […]
Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, joined Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC) and other top Republican leaders in outlining their concerns regarding the Biden administration’s intention to undo the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The Biden administration’s recent announcement signaled its intent […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports one COVID-19 case has been added since June 24th, making the total 1,975. The number of active cases went down by four to 38. The health center notes 4,817 Livingston County residents are fully vaccinated. Of those residents, 98.9% have not gotten COVID-19. COVID-19 cases have increased by six […]
The Trenton Police Department has had a few reports in various areas of the city of stray cats. Police Chief Rex Ross reports there is a city ordinance that says stray cats are not to be fed. The ordinance states “no person shall feed or harbor stray or feral cats where such feeding and harborage […]
