A Brookfield man faces charges in Grundy County after allegedly running from police officers on Monday. A warrant accuses 19 year old Forrest Lee Shoemaker of Brookfield with resisting arrest by fleeing.

The Gilman City Lions Club is making plans to host a "Garden Tractor Pull" later this month. The event is scheduled on Saturday, September 15th across from the Uptown Park. It will begin at 10:30 that morning.

Volunteer efforts by three fire departments raised money locally for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Members of the Trenton Fire Department, Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District, and the Galt Fire Department conducted the annual “Boot Drive” this past weekend in Trenton.

The Penney High School Hornets are ranked in the top slot in Class 1 in the latest Missouri Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association high school football poll, announced on Tuesday night, September 4th. Click on "read more" to see the latest state poll, with area teams in BOLD:

While the Trenton varsity fell by seven points to Lexington last week, the Bulldog JV flexed its muscles against the Minutemen on Tuesday night, rolling to a 42-6 victory.

Members of the North Central Missouri College Psychology and Sociology Club are organizing a trip to Italy, which is set for May 17th to May 28th, 2013. All members of the public are invited, meaning travelers DO NOT have to be college students.

The Milan Wildcats picked up 252 yards rushing from Mason Thompson and 179 from Aaron Richardson, dominating the Albany Warriors from start to finish on Friday night in a 54-0 victory at Cal Hubbard Field.

The Lexington Minutemen and Trenton Bulldogs did battle on a rain-soaked C.F. Russell Stadium on Friday night, with the visitors claiming a 21-14 victory, the first in the coaching career of Andy Lierman, a 1999 graduate of Lexington High School.

Beef herd management during the drought and beyond will be discussed at the University of Missouri Thompson Farm field day, in northwestern Grundy County on September 18th.

Beef cow-herd owners can follow the numbers to produce higher-quality calves worth more money at market time.

A Nebraska truck driver was injured in an accident yesterday (Wednesday) three miles west of Cameron. The Highway Patrol said 30 year old Kenneth Hinds of Columbus, Nebraska was eastbound when his tractor-trailer ran off U-S 36, struck a fence and two utility poles, returned to the highway, crossed the road, and came to a stop in the median.

Three teenage boys from Livonia received what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries when their sports utility vehicle overturned in eastern Putnam County.

Hunters play an important role in preventing the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). Agency officials urge hunters to take simple, common-sense precautions when processing deer.

Leading 7-0 midway through Tuesday night's varsity softball game at Brookfield, the Trenton Lady Bulldogs handled a challenge from the home team with a two-run rally, putting away Brookfield by a 9-4 final score.

Eleven rural hospitals throughout Missouri will soon be able to provide improved tele-medicine care for their patients, thanks to $262,000 in grants from the Mo-Broadband-Now initiative announced today by Governor Jay Nixon.

A truck belonging to a Green Castle man was demolished while he received what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries in an accident two miles north of Gallatin.

Princeton quarterback Colton Hartley ran for three touchdowns and over 300 yards, as the Tigers picked up their first win of the 2012 football season, 31-8 on Friday night at Putnam County High School, in a game from Unionville broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3 and www.kttn.com.

Of more than 122,702 Missourians who would owe retroactive tax, 89 percent purchased vehicles from private individuals. According to the Missouri Governor's office, a retroactive car tax would overwhelmingly target Missourians who purchased vehicles from private individuals.

There is grass and there will be grazing at the Management-intensive Grazing School, October 2nd through the 4th, at the University of Missouri's Forage Systems Research Center (FSRC) in Linn County.

Announcement was made this afternoon that the city of Trenton has lifted its ban on outdoor burning. This ban had been in effect for the past two months due to extremely dry ground conditions. The Trenton Fire Department reported the burn ban was lifted as of this afternoon.