The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved purchasing a tractor and fitness equipment as well as renovation costs at its meeting Tuesday evening. Agriculture Instructor Rustin Jumps recommended the purchase of the new John Deere tractor to be added to the fleet at the Barton Farm Campus. It was purchased from Sydenstricker Implement […]
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Audio: Missouri House passes first abortion bill of 2018 session
The Missouri House passed the first measure dealing with abortion in the current legislative session Monday. The bill would require both parents who have custody to be notified when a minor seeks an abortion. This measure would call for a consenting parent to inform any other custodial parent in writing before the physician […]
Former exotic dancer asks Greitens for pardon; Bases request on governor’s motion to dismiss his own case
A lawyer has cited a motion to dismiss invasion of privacy charges against Governor Eric Greitens as a basis to exonerate his client. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports an attorney has asked Greitens to pardon Paul Henreid, a former exotic dancer of the same charges the governor faces. According to the newspaper, Henreid […]
Audio: Missouri Governor Eric Greitens indicted on felony invasion of privacy charge
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens was indicted and booked Thursday on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking and transmitting a non-consensual photo of his partly nude lover shortly before that campaign started. Greitens was accused of threatening his lover with the nude photo, an allegation that isn’t mentioned in the indictment. He has […]
State Representative Nate Walker: Governor Eric Greitens should resign
Third District State Representative Nate Walker of Kirksville believes Governor Eric Greitens should resign. In a statement released Tuesday, Walker says he was proud to be one of the first supporters of Eric Greitens for governor, and he believes Greitens accomplished many things in his first year that will benefit the state for decades. However, […]
Audio: Missouri governor’s speech overshadowed by admission of extra-marital affair and blackmail accusation
On a night when Missouri Governor Eric Gretiens was set to display leadership and strength, a salacious story overtook his message. Shortly after delivering his State of the State address calling for tax cuts and ethics reform, Greitens, his wife, and their attorney released a Facebook statement confirming an extramarital affair on the […]
Trenton Farms wins bid to open CAFO in Grundy County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Clean Water Commission yesterday voted to allow two new concentrated animal feeding operations in the state after years of pushback from opponents worried about possible pollution, smell and other issues. Commission members voted 4 to nothing in favor of Trenton Farms to operate in southwest Grundy County. RNR Farms […]
4 months later, still no prescription monitoring in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A prescription drug monitoring program for Missouri, the last holdout for a program aimed at curbing opioid abuse, is still not operational, nearly four months after Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order to establish it. The head of the state agency that will oversee the plan told the Kansas […]
Carrollton man appointed Judge of Eighth Judicial Circuit
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens appointed a judge from Carrollton as Circuit Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Judge Kevin Walden will replace Honorable David Miller, who retired earlier this month. The Eighth Judicial Circuit covers Carroll and Ray counties. Walden has been an Associate Circuit Court judge for Carroll County since 2005 and has presided […]
Governor Greitens signs bill decreasing regulations for county governments
Governor Eric Greitens this week, signed a bill into law relating to decreasing burdensome regulations for county governments. Promoters of the legislation noted county commissioners have struggled to keep up with maintenance and other costs associated with public cemeteries, due to restrictive government regulations. House Bill 51 removes these restrictions by expanding investment tools that […]
Audio: Governor Eric Greitens travels to Galt to announce high-speed internet initiative
Governor Eric Greitens came to Galt yesterday afternoon to announce a $45,000,000 initiative to bring broadband, high-speed internet to rural Missouri including schools, businesses, and farms. The Governor said state and federal funds will finance all the infrastructure needed for broadband. After his remarks in the Grundy R-5 school gymnasium, the Governor spoke with the news media including KTTN’S […]
NCMC to make changes to college budget due to Governor’s state budget cuts
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees will have to make changes to the college’s budget due to Governor Eric Greitens’s state budget cut of $11.9 million for Missouri community colleges. President Doctor Lenny Klaver told the board at its meeting yesterday evening the budget cut will amount to about $212,000 in withholdings for […]
Governor appoints area sheriff to Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce
The Governor has appointed Benjamin L. Becerra, of Gallatin; Randee M. Kaiser, of Carthage; and Mark S. Owen, of Parkville, to the Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce. The Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce was established to administer grants in Missouri related to meth crimes across the state. Becerra has served as the Daviess County Sheriff, a position he was first elected […]
Governor Jay Nixon to visit Milan today
The Governor’s office reports Jay Nixon and others are to be in Milan this afternoon to meet with the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission. Governor Nixon is to arrive at 1:45 today to 201 North Market Street in Milan. He’ll be accompanied by the new director of Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources – Harry […]
Candidate for Missouri Governor, Eric Greitens to make campaign stop in Trenton
Republican candidate for Missouri Governor, Eric Greitens is to hold town hall meetings in Trenton, Kirksville, Maryville, and St. Joseph on Friday, October 28. A town hall meet and greet is scheduled at Modine Manufacturing in Trenton with the event open to the general public, doors open Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock with the town hall […]
Public Service Commission sets public hearing schedule in Grain Belt Express case
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in December in a case filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (Grain Belt Express). Grain Belt Express seeks a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, […]
Farm Bureau President visits Trenton for Grundy County meeting
Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst says his organization appreciates the Missouri General Assembly’s override of Governor Nixon’s vetoes of bills considered important to the agricultural interests of Missourians. Hurst spoke Thursday night with KTTN/KGOZ News: In all, the state legislature overrode 13 of the governor’s vetoes. Governor Nixon, in a Thursday response, said special […]
Department of Corrections’ Puppies for Parole program is largest at any U.S. state corrections department
CAMERON, Mo. – During a ceremony at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Gov. Jay Nixon commended the Missouri Department of Corrections’ Puppies for Parole program, in which inmates provide obedience training to shelter dogs once considered to be unadoptable. The ceremony marked the training and adoption of 4,000 dogs through the program since its […]
Missouri Public Service Commission sets intervention deadline for Grain Belt Express
The Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC otherwise known as the Grain Belt Express has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate, and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line, and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe […]
Governor orders flags at half-staff to honor Firefighter Edward Cosgrove
Governor Jay Nixon has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Missouri at all state government buildings in Livingston County be flown at half-staff on Thursday, July 28, 2016. The lowering of flags is in honor of Firefighter Edward A. Cosgrove Jr., of the Green Township Fire Protection District. Firefighter […]