Three area residents sustained injuries when a car overturned three miles west of Reger the night of Friday, August 7th. The Highway Patrol reports driver 22 year old Sabrina Lee of Milan and passenger 43 year old Josette Mace of Milan received moderate injuries. Injuries were described as minor for passenger 19 year old Jessica […]
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Trenton man injured when car strikes cow on Highway 65
A Trenton man, 30-year-old Jason Golden, was injured last night when his northbound car struck a cow on Highway 65, seven miles north of Trenton. After impact, the car traveled off the west side of the highway, overturned, and struck a fence. Golden received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Wright Memorial […]
Wright Memorial and Hedrick Medical Center COVID-19 testing now over 3000
COVID-19 testing continues through Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital. Data as of Monday morning, August 3, 2020, shows a total of 3,015 tests have been administered. That’s an increase of 253 during the past week. No results are provided by the hospitals. The numbers show Wright Memorial tested a total of 955 with […]
Former Trenton resident appointed to board of Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri
A former Trenton resident has been appointed to the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri Board of Directors. Steve Maxey of Kansas City recently retired from the foundation as its Director of Marketing and Fund Development. Upon his retirement, he was appointed to the 21-member board made up of representatives from the 18-county region. Maxey is […]
Putnam and Harrison counties see new COVID-19 cases, Wright Memorial, Hedrick Medical Center test over 2,500
Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton and Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe have announced they had administered 2,762 COVID-19 tests as of the morning of Monday, July 27th. That was an increase of 263 tests since July 20th. Wright Memorial had tested 877 individuals. Five hundred ninety-five were from Grundy County, 147 from Mercer County, 19 […]
Weekly report from Wright Memorial and Hedrick Medical Center show increase of almost 500 tests for COVID-19
Information announced this morning shows 2,519 tests for COVID-19 have been conducted through Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe and Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. That’s an increase of 493 in the past week. Wright Memorial has tested 767 people with 516 of those from Grundy County, 127 from Mercer County, 17 from Livingston County, and […]
Driver injured after Big rig overturns on Highway 6
A truck driver from Ridgeway was injured when the big rig he was driving ran off Highway 6 in western Grundy County and overturned onto its side striking a MoDOT highway sign in the process. Thirty one year old Travis Ury received moderate injuries and was taken by Grundy county EMS to the Wright Memorial […]
Weekly COVID-19 update from Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center
The Grundy County Health Department today reported there have been 22 positive Covid-19 cases since testing began. This includes one death and two of the cases remain active in Grundy County. Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital announced the COVID-19 testing has reached 2,254 as of Monday morning. That’s an increase in the number […]
Chillicothe man on motorcycle strikes deer west of Trenton
A Chillicothe man was injured when his motorcycle struck a deer Sunday afternoon three miles west of Trenton. Sixty-seven-year-old Michael McKean received minor injuries and was taken by EMS to Wright Memorial Hospital. The motorcycle was westbound on Highway 6 when a deer ran into the path. Damage to the motorcycle was listed as minor […]
Teenage driver distracted by dog in vehicle, two injured in crash on 22nd Street
Two Trenton teens sustained injuries in a one-vehicle accident half of a mile north of Trenton the afternoon of Friday, July 10th. Emergency Medical Services transported the driver, a 16 year old girl, to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton with moderate injuries. A private vehicle transported a passenger, the driver’s 14 year old sister, to […]
Chula teen injured after falling from UTV; teenage driver accused of DWI
A Chula resident was hurt early Sunday when she fell from a utility terrain vehicle in southeastern Grundy County. Eighteen-year-old Jarica Nelson was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton with moderate injuries. The accident happened five miles northeast of Chula on private property on southeast Yucca Lane. Nelson was a passenger on the UTV […]
Life Options Green Hills Pregnancy + Health Center officially opens for services on July 6th
Life Options Green Hills Pregnancy + Health Center will officially open for services on Monday, July 6, 2020, at 1433 Lulu Street in Trenton, Missouri. Life Options Green Hills is a pregnancy medical center that will serve clients throughout the Green Hills area. As a pregnancy medical center, Life Options will meet the needs of individuals, […]
Crash on 9th Street in Trenton injures Galt teenager
The Trenton Police Department reports a Galt resident sustained minor injuries in a two-car accident the afternoon of Monday, June 29th. An ambulance transported 17-year old Brian White to Wright Memorial Hospital with injuries including a cut on his forehead. No injuries were reported for the other driver, 77-year-old Lowell Dean Anderson of Trenton. The […]
Injury accidents occur in Sullivan, Linn and Gentry counties
Injury accidents occurred Sunday in Sullivan, Linn, and Gentry counties. Two Kirksville residents, including a minor child, were injured when a car went off the right side of Highway 11 and overturned four miles east of Winigan. 24-year old Skylar Rhodes and a two year old girl were taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical […]
Brimson man crashes on private property; arrested on DWI
A Brimson man was arrested after he sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident in Brimson the night of Friday, June 26th. An ambulance transported 56 year old Devin McGuire to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. The vehicle traveled east on Main Street before it ran off the left side at Milton Street onto private […]
Princeton man injured after pickup strikes tree
A Princeton man sustained moderate injuries when the pickup truck he drove ran off the road and struck a tree one mile south of Princeton the morning of Thursday, June 25th. A private vehicle transported 56-year-old Charles Olson to the Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. The truck traveled north on U. S. Highway 65 before […]
Princeton woman hurt when she fails to yield to oncoming traffic
The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton woman sustained serious injuries when the car she drove failed to yield to oncoming traffic, and a pickup truck struck it in Princeton the morning of Tuesday, June 23rd. An ambulance transported 85-year-old Virginia Schilling to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. No injuries were reported for pickup driver 71-year-old […]
Weekly report from Wright Memorial and Hedrick Medical Center show another 186 tested for COVID-19
In their weekly report, another 186 people have been tested by Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital for COVID-19. The total number of people tested, as of Monday morning stands at 1,615 Wright Memorial Hospital has tested 430 including 300 from Grundy County, 75 from Mercer County and 55 from other counties. Hedrick Medical […]
Trenton city employee, injured while mowing, passes out; tractor runs into apartment building
A City of Trenton employee received a minor injury while mowing with a street department-owned John Deere utility tractor with a sidearm brush cutter attached. While attempting to return to the street department barn, police said the tractor also struck and damaged an apartment building on Lord Street. Detective Jerry Smith reports 49-year-old Fred Sowder […]
Ambulance and SUV collide on 9th Street in Trenton
The Trenton Police Department reports a Spickard woman said her wrist hurt after an ambulance struck the sports utility vehicle she drove the morning of Tuesday, June 16th. Sixty-nine year old Kathy Diann Tabbert was not transported to the Wright Memorial Hospital. No injuries were reported for ambulance driver 30-year-old Elizabeth Ann Webb of Jamesport […]