Auditions will be held from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 7 at the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center in Chillicothe, for the Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) performance of “Blackbeard the Pirate”, a program of the Chillicothe Area Arts Council. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade may audition.

The unbeaten and state-ranked Meadville Eagles played a dominant floor game, controlling the boards and hitting 10 three-point field goals as a team, in defeating North Mercer in a boy's basketball game on Wednesday night at the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton, 69-45.

The Foundation for Rural Service will award $2,000 scholarships to 30 rural high school seniors in 2013. Should a student from the service area of Grand River Mutual Telephone be chosen to receive one of the thirty scholarships, GRM will contribute an additional $500 to the scholarship.

A Saturday morning fire destroyed a house in Spickard occupied by the Bob Blozvich family. Everybody escaped the blaze safely.

Here are the school announcements from the PAR Broadcast Group for this morning! Click on 'read more"!

A Marceline resident was injured on Thursday morning when the SUV she was driving went out of control on ice-covered Highway 5, and hit a tree north of Marceline.

Two cars, that collided at a Trenton intersection, left six persons with various injuries. It happened at 28th street and U-S Highway 65 Monday afternoon.

Ketcham Community Center Manager Steve Ockenfels has announced hours of availability for the facility on the campus of North Central Missouri College in Trenton. The hours pertain to those "wishing to exercise" during the next two weeks.

A Unionville woman, 33-year old Angela Munden, was injured this (Monday) morning when, according to the Highway Patrol, her car went off U.S. Highway 136 twice and overturned onto its top.

Two Milan brothers were hurt north of Milan when, according to the Highway Patrol, a sport utility vehicle was hit in the rear by by a pickup truck. The driver of the pickup, 17-year old Marcus Harrison, and a passenger, 14-year old Michael Harrison, were taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. The Patrol said they had minor injuries.

Begin 2013 in a healthy and invigorating way by participating in America’s State Parks First Day Hikes in one of 13 Missouri state parks. The free guided hikes on Tuesday, January 1st will offer individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year connecting with the outdoors and getting great exercise.

Three Marceline residents, in their 80's, were injured when an SUV overturned south of Marceline late Sunday morning. A passenger, 82-year old Leona Payne, received what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries. The Patrol said the driver, 84-year old Eva Anderson, and another passenger, 87-year old Eva Beckstead had minor injuries.

A Browning resident was injured in a Christmas DAY accident five miles west of Meadville. The Highway Patrol described injuries as SERIOUS for 45 year old Ernesto Constantino-Meza of Browning. He was taken by medical helicopter to Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph.

It should be a merrier Christmas for lots of Trenton and Grundy County children thanks to the efforts of the Trenton Kiwanis, KTTN, Trenton Fire Department, Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce and many others.

Thursday morning's snowstorm that rolled across northern Missouri CANCELLED all games scheduled for that day at the annual NCMC Holiday Hoops event. The games, including the Trenton girls against St. Joseph Lafayette, and the Chillicothe boys against Council Bluffs, Iowa, will NOT be made up.

Two residents of Ludlow were injured in an accident yesterday in Livingston County that involved their pickup and two tractor trailers. Taken to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe were 21 year old Shawn Schuyler with minor injuries and 23 year old Samantha Schuyler with MODERATE injuries.

A winter storm warning has been issued for 6 o'clock tonight (Wednesday night) until 12 noon on Thursday, for the threat and likelihood of snow and blowing snow across the NORTHERN portions of our listening area. This warning affects these counties: WORTH, GENTRY, HARRISON, MERCER, DEKALB, DAVIESS, AND GRUNDY]. This area is specifically, north of a line from St. Joseph to Kirksville.

In Monday night basketball action from Hale High School, the Grundy R-5 boys picked up their THIRD win in a row, defeating the host Cardinals by a final score of 64-46. The Panthers had momentum coming into the win, with wins over Gilman City and Pattonsburg earning Grundy the consolation hardware at the HDC Conference's annual basketball tournament.

The Highway Patrol says a Norborne resident was hurt early Saturday night in southwestern Carroll County after failing to yield. Sixteen-year old Cody Wiesz of Norborne was taken to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond, with what the Highway Patrol described as MODERATE injuries.

South Harrison won the Trenton High School Wrestling Tournament by 44 1/2 points over second-place Trenton on Saturday. South Harrison and Trenton each had three individual champions, but South Harrison's lead, and team win, was gained by the Bethany team having five runner-up finishers, compared to Trenton's two. South Harrison accumulated 178 points, Trenton 133 1/2, and third place Stanberry 109. Marceline had 99, Maryville 98, St. Joseph Central JV 78, Gallatin 75 1/2, South Holt 61, and Southwest Livingston 40. There also were a handful of JV wrestlers from Marceline, S.J. Central, and Trenton.