The Missouri Department of Conservation will host a free youth outdoor skills event featuring target marksmanship with archery and firearms gear. Five skill stations will be provided at the event at the Habitat Flats Lodge of Sumner, Saturday, May 19 from 10 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The stations will […]
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Summer reading program at Jewett Norris Library in Trenton begins May 23
Youth are invited to sign up for the “Libraries Rock” Summer Reading Program at the Grundy County Jewett Norris Library in Trenton this weekend. Newborns to those entering 12th grade in the fall may register for the reading program at Sign Up Day Saturday from 10 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the […]
Wolf Showpig Bonanza Weekend held at Litton Agriculture Campus
The Litton Agriculture Campus – MW Jenkins Expo Building recently hosted three swine shows and three lamb shows. There were approximately 1060 head of hogs shown during the two-day event and 224 head of lambs. The Wolf Showpig Bonanza was sponsored by the Chillicothe FFA Alumni with 420 head of hogs at the show. The sponsors […]
Missouri’s spring turkey season ends with nearly 35,800 birds harvested
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, […]
Audio: Lieutenant Police Chief Rex Ross talks “Cops and Bobbers”
Multiple activities are planned for youth during the Sixth Annual Cops and Kids Fishing Event next month. The free event titled “Cops ‘N’ Bobbers” will be held at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus Pond June 2nd from 9 o’clock to Noon and Lieutenant Police Chief Rex Ross discusses the activities that are […]
National 4-H film festival comes to Columbia
Youth from across the nation go on location to Columbia, Mo., this summer for FilmFest 4-H, the national 4-H film festival. Co-produced by Missouri 4-H and the Missouri Film Office, FilmFest 4-H has drawn youth participants from 21 states since its inception. “Companies across all industries use digital media every day,” said Andrea Sporcic, specialist […]
Missouri Department of Agriculture launches strategic initiatives for agriculture, rural communities
The Missouri Department of Agriculture’s MORE strategic vision has always lived and breathed agriculture and rural Missouri. Today, the Department announced 16 individual initiatives that will take the MORE vision and put it into action. The Department will be targeting workforce development, youth in agriculture, food insecurity, agriculture business, broadband availability, emergency response, the Missouri […]
Trenton Police Department to host annual “Cops and Bobbers” event June 2
The Trenton Police Department will hold the Sixth Annual Cops and Kids Fishing Event next month. The event titled “Cops ‘n’ Bobbers” will be held at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus June 2nd from 9 o’clock to Noon. The event is free for youth, and participants will be eligible for prizes. The […]
Missouri College Advising Corps marks 10 years of service
The Missouri College Advising Corps, headquartered at the University of Missouri, has helped more than 20,000 students enroll in college since 2008. As it begins its second decade, MCAC is poised to help even more students. MCAC’s trained advisers, themselves recent college graduates, commit to two years of full-time, on-site service at one of 43 […]
Young turkey hunters harvest 1,723 birds during youth weekend
According to preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), young turkey hunters harvested 1,723 turkeys during the 2018 spring youth season, April 7-8. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 51 turkeys harvested, Miller with 43, and Maries with 43. Young hunters checked a little over 4,000 turkeys during last year’s youth weekend. MDC’s Turkey […]
Chillicothe Police Department seeking public assistance in locating missing 13-year-old
The Chillicothe Police Department is seeking assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old Chillicothe boy. Jayden Joseph Beltran was last seen in the 1500 block of Calhoun Thursday afternoon at approximately 3 o’clock. Jayden has brown hair, brown eyes, a chipped front tooth, is approximately 5’ 1” tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds. He was last seen […]
Chillicothe FFA chapter observes FFA Week
For FFA members around the country, this past week is one that many look forward to during the school year. This year there are approximately 649,355 members enrolled in FFA from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. FFA Week is the perfect opportunity for FFA students to show their community the […]
Community improvement grants available to 4-H and FFA youth
Developing a thriving rural Missouri is important to FCS Financial. The Shaping Rural Missouri grant program offers Missouri 4-H and FFA organizations $500 grants to implement projects that will benefit their rural communities and youth development. “Providing opportunities for rural community development is important to FCS Financial because our employees and customers live in these […]
Youth deer hunting season opens with huge increase in harvest numbers
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 17,222 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2017 deer hunting season, which was Saturday and Sunday. Top counties for the early youth portion were Osage with 380, Howell with 377, and Franklin with 354 deer checked. […]
Green Hills Recreation Association to distribute applications for youth basketball league
The Green Hills Recreation Association will distribute registration forms for its youth recreation basketball league to area schools this week. The league is open to children from age four to sixth grade and consists of boys and girls teams from the communities in the Green Hills region. Boys and girls residing in Grundy County will […]
North Central Missouri College alum Cle Ross shares love of baseball with inner city youth
A North Central Missouri College alum and 2017 NCMC Athletic Hall of Fame member is sharing his love of baseball with inner city youth. Kansas Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Executive Director Cle Ross helps disadvantaged youth ages three through 18 with educational programs and activities related to baseball and softball. It is the only […]
Big Muddy Duck Hunt teaches youth waterfowl hunting basics
Mound City, Mo. – Many waterfowl hunters recall the first time they saw ducks gliding over a marsh. Perhaps the same memory is formed for the 22 youngsters that the Missouri Department of Conservation and partners introduced to waterfowl hunting on Oct. 22. The fifth annual Big Muddy Duck Hunt in Holt County gave youth ages […]
Livestock sale, rodeo and racing wrap up fair at Bethany
The Northwest Missouri State Fair schedule today at Bethany includes a host of activities. A livestock sale and a youth rodeo will be held at 9 o’clock this morning. The sale will be held at the livestock area, with the youth rodeo at the horse arena. A demolition derby is this afternoon at 12:30 at the […]
Farmers’ Electric Youth Benefit annual fundraising events net $38,000
The twenty-fourth annual dinner-auction and golf tournament for the Farmers’ Electric Area Youth Benefit Fund raised approximately $38,000 this year. The monies raised included $5,700 from more than 1,000 Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Members who participate in Operation Round Up each month. The main auction raised $11,095. The highest bid item of the evening, the use […]
Farmers Electric Cooperative Annual golf tournament and benefit set to start August 27
The 24th Annual Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Area Youth Benefit Fund dinner/auction and the golf tournament is quickly approaching. The dinner & auction will be at the Chillicothe Elks Lodge on Saturday, August 27. A reception will begin that evening at 5 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6 p.m. A silent auction will be held […]