Fourteen businesses in the Green Hills area submitted 22 applications for medical marijuana facility licenses with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services as of September 30th. Information on the department’s website indicates that in the Green Hills counties, Grundy had one business from Trenton apply for two cultivator licenses and one manufacturer license, […]
The Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri will present an overview of its services next week in Princeton. An information booth will be available at the Mercer County Senior Center on Tuesday starting at noon with the program to begin at 12:30. Services to be discussed during the presentation will include utility assistance and home […]
An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court to enticing a 16-year-old victim, whom he met through the “Game of War” application on her cell phone, to engage in illegal sexual activity. James Reece Vance, 46, of Madison, Ala., pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips. The investigation began when the child victim’s […]
A Mexican national who illegally entered the United States at least a dozen times was sentenced in federal court for illegal reentry and for stealing a deceased person’s identity to obtain employment. Rigoberto Vasquez-Milan, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. […]
A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court with drug trafficking after investigators seized 144 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in automobile wheels inside his shed. Jorge A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, 38, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The federal criminal complaint […]
The North Central Missouri College Trio program, Student Support Services was recently awarded a grant to help celebrate and support students that are first-generation college attendees. Tocarra Williams, Student Support Services Program Coordinator was the writer of the grant and has already many plans to recognize first-generation students. As a Trio program, students can qualify […]
The City of Laredo will receive funding from the United States Department of Agriculture to assist with making improvements to the city’s wastewater system. The city will receive a loan for $187,000 and a grant for $346,310. The USDA notes Laredo’s wastewater system was constructed in the 1980s and needs upgrades to meet ammonia standards. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph man sustained moderate injuries when he lost control of the car he drove on a gravel road eight miles northeast of Eagleville on Wednesday morning, and the car overturned. Emergency medical services transported 88-year-old Robert Maxwell to the Decatur County Hospital. The car traveled east on 324th Street […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Trenton man turned himself in on Tuesday on failure to appear in court on two felony charges. Sixty-three-year-old Stanley Patterson was charged with driving while intoxicated—persistent offender and driving while revoked or suspended. His bond is $5,000, with 10% cash approved, and he is scheduled for Division One […]
Three felony counts have been filed in Livingston County against a Chillicothe man accused in an early Monday morning incident that involved a police investigation of an alleged stolen vehicle. Fifty-five-year-old Bobby Jay Oleson has been charged with tampering with a motor vehicle in the first degree; resisting or interfering with an arrest for a […]
A band that plays Latin standards and adds a Latin twist to other songs will perform as part of the Chillicothe Area Arts Council’s season. Acoustik Element will play at the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center on the afternoon of October 27th at 3 o’clock. The box office will open at 2 o’clock with admission […]
A Princeton resident accused of giving a ride to Mercer County Jail escapee had his case bound over to Division One of Mercer County Circuit Court Tuesday. Online court information shows 20-year-old Kenneth Riley Paul Lewis is scheduled for arraignment November 13th (at 9 am) on felony hindering prosecution of a felony. The Mercer County […]
