An Overland Park, Kansas resident received serious injuries when a car went off Highway 36 near Brookfield striking a utility pole. Twenty-three-year-old Meghana Doram was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. She was a passenger in a car driven by 23-year-old Mohan Gampala of Overland Park, who was not reported hurt. The accident happened […]
A Bethany resident was hurt when the van he was driving went off Highway 136 and hit a tree just east of Bethany. Sixty-eight-year-old Harold Fordyce was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. The accident happened late Saturday afternoon when the eastbound van went off the right side of Highway […]
The Mercer County Public Water Supply District has issued a precautionary boil advisory for a portion of western Mercer County. The boundaries of the precautionary boil advisory are the Iowa state line on the north, the Weldon Fork of the Grand River on the east, Highway 136 on the south, and the Thompson River on […]
The Galt Board of Aldermen approved the tax rate at a meeting on August 10th. The rate was set at $1 per $100 of assessed valuation, which City Clerk Ashley Bonnett reports is the same as last year. The assessed valuation for Galt is estimated at $996,029 for the current tax year. That is $137,987 […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce and Mercer County Recreation Board will hold a Back to School Bash later this month. There will be prizes, games, and inflatables on the Princeton Square on August 27th from 4 to 8 pm. A kids-only spaghetti eating contest will be held. The FFA will sell funnel cakes and there […]
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 12th Annual Jailbreak Poker Run next month. Registration will start at the former Grundy County Jail on Eighth Street in Trenton on September 10th at 9 am. Kickstands will go up at 10 am. The poker run will travel a 200-mile route through North Missouri, including […]
A Tina man was arrested by the Highway Patrol in Clay County the morning of August 12th on a felony warrant and other allegations. An arrest report shows the warrant for 40-year-old Lawrence Hart was from Probation and Parole of Jefferson City on property damage. The Patrol also accused him of tampering with a motor […]
Miss Elsie Kigar was named the 2022 Missouri State Fair Queen in a ceremony held yesterday, Aug. 11. Miss Kigar received the highest score of 41 contestants vying for the title in the two-day competition, held in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. Miss Kigar will reign over the remaining State Fair events and be an ambassador […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved increasing substitute teacher pay and set the tax rate on August 10th. The substitute teacher’s pay will be $85 per day. It was previously $75 per day. The substitute teacher list was approved, which included Cindy Hartman. Superintendent Doctor Matt Copeland reported that, due to relaxed substitute teacher […]
The Trenton Park Department is accepting applications for Assistant Park Superintendent. Salary will be dependent on qualifications. Questions can be addressed by Park Superintendent David Shockley. Applications can be obtained at the Trenton City Hall Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 4:30. The City of Trenton is an equal opportunity employer. Park Board President Curtis […]
Grant Owen, son of Laura and Abe Owen, is the exhibitor of the 2022 Grand Champion Bacon at the Missouri State Fair. Grant is from Carrollton and is a member of the Bosworth Fireballs 4-H Club. Grant‘s prize-winning bacon weighed 9.16 pounds The Reserve Grand Champion honor went to Summer Wagoner of Harrisonville. She is […]
Missouri State Parks reports that, after consultation with law enforcement officials, Thousand Hills State Park near Kirksville reopened on August 12th at 8 am. This includes the campground, store, marina, dining, and lodging operations. The park had been closed due to law enforcement searching for Jesse Rongey, a Kirksville man wanted for murder. Law enforcement […]
Several defendants were sentenced to prison and/or probation when they appeared Thursday in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. A Trenton resident, John Mayes Burman, pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree domestic assault and unlawful possession of a firearm as of July 25th. Burman was sentenced to seven years on each count with the Department of Corrections. […]
One person was injured when two pickups collided late Thursday afternoon on a rural Gentry County road. Forty-five-year-old Jill Daly of Fredericktown, Missouri received serious injuries and was flown by a medical helicopter (Life Net) to Mosiac Health Care in St. Joseph. She was riding in a pickup driven by 52-year-old Jerry Mercer of Bethany. […]
Preslie Strader, daughter of Willie and Stephanie Strader, is the exhibitor of the 2022 Grand Champion market lamb at the Missouri State Fair. Preslie is from Salem and is a member of the Salem FFA Chapter. Payton‘s prize-winning market lamb weighed 147 pounds. The Reserve Grand Champion honor went to Payton Rodgers of Savannah. She […]
(Missouri Independent) – In the tiny town of Edgar Springs, Rebecca Varney recently won a small victory in her fight to access city records, though a final resolution of the long-running dispute isn’t in sight. In another Sunshine Law dispute, the Southern District Missouri Court of Appeals recently ruled a public health emergency doesn’t suspend the requirement for […]
(Missouri Independent) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the U.S. Department of Justice moved Thursday to release the search warrant a federal judge issued earlier this week that allowed federal agents to enter former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. DOJ, Garland said, has filed a motion in the Southern District of Florida […]
(Missouri Independent) – Over the course of the next year, lawmakers on the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture committees will draft a new federal farm bill that will shape food, farm, conservation, and nutrition programs across the country for the next five years. The omnibus law that began 90 years ago as crop support now […]
A Missouri man was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges accusing him of threatening or cyberstalking five people since October. Robert Merkle, 53, of St. Louis, was indicted on three cyberstalking charges and two counts of transmitting a threat. Each charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison. The […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for robbing four banks within a span of about two weeks. Joseph P. Hall, 33, of Lee’s Summit, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Hall was sentenced as a career offender due to his prior felony […]
