For one half on Saturday afternoon in Hamilton, the Wellington-Napoleon Tigers played toe-to-toe with the top-ranked Penney High School Hornets, only to have the Hornets take the lead on the first drive of the third quarter, and roll to a 35-14 win, putting the Hornets two wins away from a third state football title in the last four seasons.
A Fort Smith, Arkansas resident was hurt when the car she was driving went off Interstate 35 and overturned south of Bethany. Sixty-six year old Sandra Hibbs was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries.
A 74-year old Humphreys man, Keith Smith, was killed late Wednesday afternoon in a farm accident just northeast of Humphreys. Sullivan County Sheriff Roger Smiley said Smith was using a farm tractor and disc mower when the tractor ran out of fuel.
The Share the Harvest program in Grundy County has funds available to process 50 deer donated for the Community Food Pantry. Hunters wishing to participate should take deer to J&M Process, in rural Jamesport at 618 Southwest 65th Street.
A Stanberry woman received what the Highway Patrol called MODERATE injuries in a Gentry County rollover accident on Wednesday morning. The Highway Patrol said 54-year old Vicki Eiberger was taken by ambulance to Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph.
The North Central Missouri College basketball games traveled to Creston, Iowa on Wednesday night to battle the Spartans of Southwestern Community College, and while both Pirate teams trailed at the half, both rallied for victories, improving to 2-1 on the season.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is working with hunters, taxidermy shops and deer processors to collect tissue samples from adult deer harvested during the fall archery and firearms deer seasons.
The Spickard School will hold a Veteran's program on Friday morning at 10:30 in the school gymnasium. Retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Ruth Ann Shipps is the speaker. She is a former teacher and administrator at the Spickard School.
Maintenance crews will be working this week in the WESTBOUND lanes of U.S. Highway 36 from Bob Griffin Road to U.S. Highway 69 in Cameron. The work will include closing the cross-over west of the Interstate 35 overpass.
A fire on Saturday night destroyed a car along Northwest Third Street just west of the Trenton city limits. The Highway Patrol said the vehicle previously had been involved in an accident at that location, and the driver left the scene. The driver's name was not immediately determined.
Fifteen agriculture students from North Central Missouri College in Trenton participated in the Missouri Post-Secondary Agriculture Student Organization State Conference last week in Sedalia. The conference was hosted by State Fair Community College, with students and advisors from seven Missouri community colleges attending.
The North Central Missouri College women's and men's basketball teams continued their strong starts to the 2012-2013 season, both claiming victories on Friday night at the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton, with the Lady Pirates drilling Graceland University's JV 100-51, while the Pirate men beat the Culver-Stockton JV 86-76.
North Central Missouri College is among colleges nationwide participating in the National "Roll Call" on Monday. This event is Monday at 12 noon in front of Geyer Hall on the campus in Trenton. President Dr. Neil Nuttall will give brief remarks and North Central employee Chelsea Woodard will sing the national anthem. There will also be a recognition of Missouri's "Fallen Heroes".
A west central Missouri man was hurt when the car he was driving went off Highway 13 and into a ditch north of Kingston. Thirty-two year old Jeremy Kirk of Bates City was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center, with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries.
A Princeton woman was injured on Wednesday night when authorities say her car struck a deer on U.S. Highway 65. The location was five miles south of Princeton.
A total of 49 high schools sending a record number 91 ball clubs will converge on the campus of North Central Missouri College next month for the 8th annual High School Holiday Hoops. Considered the largest high school holiday basketball event in the entire state, the North Central Missouri College Foundation will host the event with all games played at the Ketcham Community Center on the campus of NCMC.
The Family Readiness group for the 1-129th Field Artillery National Guard unit will host a pancake breakfast in Chillicothe on Saturday, November 17th. The all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast and drink at Applebee's is $5.00.
