Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
TARKIO, MO — The Tarkio Chamber of Commerce’s Community Award Banquet attracted 120 persons to celebrate the efforts and dedication of volunteers to promote and improve the small town. Individual awards were announced and an update on improvements...
Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
SMITHVILLE, MO — You could call the second annual FISH Day at Smithville Lake a big splash for anglers. Actually, it was about 130 splashes as big trees were anchored down with concrete weights and shoved off barges into the lake. Each tree sinking to the bottom...
Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
MARCELINE, MO — The Missouri Highway 36 Heritage Alliance is holding a membership meeting on Tuesday, May 7, at the Marceline Community Building, 124 East Ritchie Street. Members, stakeholders and interested members of the community are invited to attend. Lunch...
Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
ST. JOSEPH, MO — The Friends of the Park is pleased to announce it has received a $9,850 grant from the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Friends of the Park will use these funds to purchase a 10” replica mortar artillery piece, which will further...
Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
GRANT CITY, MO — Worth County R-3 Superintendent Mike Rennells has been placed on administrative leave by the Worth County School Board. According to the school website, the school board had three closed meetings during the past week, one on Wednesday, one on...
Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Over 150 individuals kicked off the Wright Memorial Hospital Walking Trail and Memorial Garden project during an event celebrating the receipt of gifts. A ceremonial groundbreaking marked an official start. Announced as donors of acrylic...
Apr 20, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — The Grundy County Friends of the Arts has decided to take a one-year hiatus from the presentation of programs in the community. The announcement was made during the FOA’s final program of the 2012-2013 season at the North 65 Center on April 12....
Apr 19, 2013 | Regional News
CALDWELL COUNTY, MO — A 10-month search for Carol Thompson is over. As television crews and news media crowded into the small office of Star Investigations, LLC in Kearney, Carol Thompson’s family expressed their appreciation for support and love shown to them...
Apr 15, 2013 | Regional News
OSBORN, MO — Barbara shared the story of Shatto Milk as guest speaker at the Lathrop Area Chamber of Commerce meeting on April 5. Mrs. Shatto told how her father’s dairy farm once struggled to make ends meets. A nurse by day, she and her husband, LeRoy, faced...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
HALE, MO — The cause of a fire that left a Hale man dead is still under investigation. Livingston County authorities responded to a possible fatality and vehicle fire at 5:30 p.m. April 5 on LIV 387. The investigation showed that Willard Alvin Silvey, 88, of...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
SAVANNAH, MO — Longtime city attorney Ron Holliday has resigned from his part-time duties as attorney for the City of Savannah. He served in this capacity over 25 years, including counsel for the city’s governing body, the prosecution of municipal court...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
CAMERON, MO — After battling maintenance issues over the past few years, the Cameron Police Department has taken delivery of six new 2013 Dodge Charger Pursuit patrol cars under a lease/purchase agreement. The vehicles are already in use. Last year the...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
HARRISON COUNTY, MO — Eighteen greater prairie chickens have been released at the Nature Conservancy’s Dunn Ranch. Sixteen additional prairie chickens will be released within the next few weeks. This is the first of three releases scheduled over the next...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
CALDWELL COUNTY, MO — Some malfunctioning voting equipment in Kidder Township of Caldwell County has reversed initial election returns for Kidder mayor. Michael Grooms, the write-in candidate for mayor, actually defeated Dave McEwen by a 36-29 count. According...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
MILAN, MO — The Board of Trustees of Sullivan County Memorial Hospital announce the appointment of Jerry Dover as CEO/Administrator of the hospital. Dover has served as interim CEO since March 1. He recently retired from Carroll County Memorial Hospital in...
Apr 14, 2013 | Church News, Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Efforts are under way to have a menʼs multi-denominational revival in Trenton this year. A planning meeting has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the South Evans Christian Church. Mike Smith and David Trickel, who are coordinating...
Apr 14, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — The North Central Missouri College Foundation is pleased to announce a new named scholarship which has been established through a gift of $20,000. The Judge V.C. (Casey) Rose and Dorothy Friedrich Rose Scholarship for Ethics and Good Citizenship...
Apr 13, 2013 | Regional News
An Albany, MO, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to defrauding an elderly Maryville couple. David J. McConkey, 42, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple on April 4 to a federal charge of wire fraud....
Apr 13, 2013 | Regional News
Legislation sponsored by a Northwest Missouri statehouse representative has passed in the Missouri House, and adds protections against drone aircraft invading private space. The Missouri House passed a bill Thursday, April 4, that would prohibit surveillance and...
Apr 13, 2013 | Regional News
JAMESPORT, MO — Jamesport Fire Department will host an Open House on April 19 to celebrate the opening of their new fire station, located southwest of the A.V. Spillman Event Center. The fire department consists of 22 firefighters and 8 of them are EMS-trained....
