Trenton Municipal Utility projects and activities were reviewed Tuesday evening during a committee meeting at city hall. Duane Urich was the only Trenton Utility Committee member to attend the meeting so there wasn’t a quorum. Among reports from Utility Director Ron Urton, the reservoir pump station is under contract. A preliminary engineering report has been […]
A resurfacing project on Interstate 35 will close ramps at the Daviess County U.S. Route 69 and Route 6 intersections beginning Thursday, July 21. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted with Herzog Contracting Corp. to complete the project, which extends from U.S. Route 69 in Daviess County near mile marker 68.6 to just north of […]
Fairgoers can save money when coming to the Missouri State Fair and support a worthy cause! Missouri Farmers Care Food Drive $2 Tuesday, Aug. 16 offers big savings to benefit Feeding Missouri. Give a minimum donation of 2 cans of food or make a minimum $2 donation and pay just $2 for Fair admission. In addition […]
The operator of a 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle was injured in an accident early Wednesday morning at the south city limits of Cameron. Thirty-one-year-old Neil Dodd of Cameron received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Liberty Hospital. The driver of the car, 44-year-old Florence Butcher of Cameron, wasn’t hurt. Both drivers were southbound on […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an arrest Tuesday morning of a resident from the state of California. The patrol accused 43-year-old David Johnson of Stratford, California of felony trafficking of a controlled substance. Johnson was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Harrison County Law Enforcement Center in Bethany.
An important election deadline is upon us. Today (Wednesday) is the last day you can request a mail-in absentee ballot to vote in Missouri’s August 2 primary election. To request a ballot, you can go to the Missouri Secretary of State’s website. To vote absentee in person, go to your local election authority’s […]
(Missouri Independent) – Claims made by campaigns for and against a constitutional amendment undoing Kansans’ right to an abortion look like descriptions of two different realities. The Value Them Both amendment, according to proponents, reverses the state’s “nearly unlimited ‘right’ to abortion.” The campaign’s website says “every reasonable regulation of abortion in Kansas may soon […]
Farmers and ranchers are raising red flags about the need for more regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs, and highlighting sustainable practices which can be used to produce food and fight climate change. A U.S. House subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on regenerative agriculture. Doug Doughty of Livingston County, an independent farmer and livestock […]
A Missouri man who secretly recorded two teenage victims pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to produce child pornography. Craig Michael Glover, 52, of Fulton, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr., to one count of attempting to produce child pornography. By pleading guilty, Glover admitted that he secretly placed a […]
The Mid-America Music Festival will celebrate its fifth year August 5 – 7, 2022 on the grounds of the Black Silo Winery in Trenton. Headlining Friday, Aug. 5 is country music artist, Lauren Alaina. Friday’s lineup also includes country music artists, Matt Stell, Elvie Shane, Restless Road, and Preston Ary Band. Gates open Friday at […]
The Trenton Street Department plans to asphalt part of East 10th Street on July 21st, depending on weather conditions. Work is scheduled to include Normal Street to Harris Avenue from 5 am until 7 pm. That area will be closed to traffic, and drivers are asked to avoid the area during that time. Questions about […]
The Sullivan County Health Department in Milan will hold a Back to School Immunization Clinic on July 21st. No appointment is necessary from 10:30 to 6:30. Children must be accompanied by an adult. A child’s immunization record and insurance card should be brought, if available. Questions can be directed to the Sullivan County Health Department […]
The Grundy County Health Department will hold a Safe Sitter Class on Tuesday, August 9 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Grundy County Health Department office. Safe Sitter is designed to prepare students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they are home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. The course is led […]
Eighteen defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri after law enforcement officers seized approximately 29 pounds of methamphetamine, approximately $57,000, and firearms. Brian E. Hall, 45, of Aurora, Mo., Jacqueline Aldrete Bojorquez, 28, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and […]
Mosaic Foundation in Albany recently received $21,040.55 as a beneficiary of the Robert F. Crockett and Janice S. Crockett Revocable Trust. This gift will be used to support continued quality care in Gentry County. Serena Naylor, Mosaic Foundation, Albany Board of Director’s chair, said the board is thankful for Crockett’s generous donation. “We are thrilled and humbled […]
The Spickard Special Road District Board approved multiple matters on July 18th. A money market account was opened to keep money in and transfer money into the General Fund as needed. The board approved getting a yearly post office box and a roll of stamps. Amy Chapman was made the custodian of records. She was […]
The Trenton Police Department announces a university student from Europe is knocking on doors and selling educational books and apps. Oskar Bookman Koha has been vetted and obtained a City of Trenton solicitors permit. The police department reports the student is doing a summer exchange program in the area and the books and apps he […]
University of Missouri Extension will offer Youth Mental Health First Aid training in Chillicothe for adults who work with youth. The free face-to-face training will be in the basement of the Livingston County Health Center on August 15th from 8:30 to 4 o’clock. The training will teach how to identify, understand, and respond to signs […]
A Chillicothe woman was involved in an accident in Randolph County on Monday evening, July 18th that injured a woman from Lancaster. An ambulance took the passenger of a pickup truck, 60-year-old Deborah Pantry of Lancaster, to University of Missouri Hospital with moderate injuries. No injuries were reported for the driver of the pickup, 61-year-old […]
The Trenton Building and Nuisance Board will discuss multiple properties next week. The board will meet at Trenton City Hall July on 25th at 6 pm. The meeting will be available on Zoom. The agenda indicates three properties are listed under declaration of a nuisance, two for public hearings, three for findings of fact, and […]
