Jul 27, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — North Central Missouri College in Trenton is offering industrial maintenance and manufacturing skills training tuition-free for individuals who qualify. These programs are funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Accelerated training...
Jul 21, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Trenton twins Carly and Kennedy Wanstreet got a chance to “talk” with the animals during their trip to the Orlando, FL, area this spring as part of the Dream Factory program. The girls, who will be fifth graders this fall at Trenton Middle School,...
Jul 21, 2013 | Regional News
RAYVILLE, MO — Jessica Daugherty, 32, of Rayville, was given five years probation and must make restitution in the amount of $5,707.96 to the Lawson Middle School PTO. According to court documents, while Daugherty was president of the Lawson Middle School Parent...
Jul 21, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Forty-seven students of the Practical Nursing Program at North Central Missouri College will receive their pins in ceremonies scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, July 26, at the Ketcham Community Center. NCMC’s Dean of Allied Health is Janet...
Jul 21, 2013 | Regional News
ANDREW COUNTY, MO — John Rotterman, 65, a commissioner for Andrew County, died when his pickup crashed on Highway 169 near Union Star while en route to a 911 committee meeting. The truck was engulfed in flames. Rotterman had only served the beginning of his...
Jul 21, 2013 | Regional News
ALBANY, MO — Little Chase Stooksbury, a cancer patient, shaved the head of his home health nurse, Wendy Wilken, with the assistance of his mother, Tera Stooksburg, following a recent successful fundraiser. Wilken agreed to allow Chase to shave her head if he...
Jul 20, 2013 | Regional News
CALDWELL COUNTY, MO — The Indiana bat can be added to the list of issues causing delays for the Caldwell County Lake project. The migration habits of the bat mean that no excavation or land clearing can begin until after November, when the bats leave the area....
Jul 20, 2013 | Regional News
HAMILTON, MO — The stands were packed for two days and nights of mud racing during the Steam and Gas Engine Show. Vehicles from Florida, Minnesota, Louisiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana came through the gate for the annual event. This year...
Jul 20, 2013 | Regional News
BUCHANAN COUNTY, MO — Tony King of Bethany will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his 7-year-old son, Jeremiah Lamm, under a sentence handed down by Buchanan County Circuit Judge Randall Jackson. King received three consecutive sentences,...
Jul 20, 2013 | Regional News
SULLIVAN COUNTY, MO — Additional charges have been filed against a man who is being held on second degree murder charges. According to Sullivan County Sheriff Roger Smiley, Jameson R. Read, 24, Trenton, and Ryan Vencill, also 24, have both been charged in...
Jul 20, 2013 | Regional News
JAMESPORT, MO — The annual parade held in conjunction with the Jamesport Junior Livestock Show and Fair is scheduled Saturday, July 27 at 10 a.m. Entries will be judged in ten different categories and the “best of show.” Those winning categories will recieve...
Jul 20, 2013 | Regional News
NORTHWEST MISSOURI — Ticks in Missouri can carry several diseases, including ehrlichiosis, tularemia, anaplasmosis, southern tick-associated rash illness, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Lyme or Lyme-like disease. Left untreated, these diseases can be fatal....
Jul 19, 2013 | Regional News
PRINCETON, MO — The 2013 Mercer County Fair is underway. Crowned as king and queen of the fair were Bryce Shipley, son of Saundra Gibson and Kile Shipley, and Shambree Hagan, daughter of Troy and Tomi Hagan. They represented the Mid-River 4-H Club. The prince...
Jul 14, 2013 | Regional News
ST. JOSEPH, MO — The Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee of St. Joseph will host a grand opening of Fort Smith Park, a newly discovered and developed Civil War related, passive park in St. Joseph, at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 2. The event will include a welcome...
Jul 14, 2013 | Regional News
SAVANNAH, MO — Getting teachers to have good attendance is just as important as good student attendance, so the Savannah R-3 School District plans to give cash awards for teacher attendance: $300 for no absences during the contract period, $200 for one absence,...
Jul 14, 2013 | Regional News
TINA-AVALON, MO — The science teacher at Tina-Avalon R-2 School recently received the opportunity to play astronaut for a week. Sheila Hesler spent Jue 14-20 in Huntsville, Ala., as part of the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy program at the U.S. Space and...
Jul 14, 2013 | Regional News
LATHROP, MO — A Lathrop man is being held in Clinton County jail on $25,000 cash bond for Class B Felony charges of child molestation in the first degree. Matthew Arnold Williamson, whose address is listed as 510 Park Street Lathrop, was arrested by Lathrop...
Jul 14, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — The Trenton City Council has approved an ordinance requiring food establishments and restaurants to install an “appropriate grease trap or interceptor device” to prevent discharge of concentrated grease into the city’s sanitary sewer system. Other...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
KING CITY, MO — The King City Board of Aldermen voted to purchase water from the Greater NW Water District. The city, already a member of the water district, committed to purchase “some” water prior to an Aug. 1 deadline. The council will have to...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
BETHANY, MO — The Harrison County Jail is working with a private vendor from Wisconsin to provide services to inmates, including video visitation and commissaries. An agreement with TurnKey Corrections, a company based in Hudson, Wis., will allow services for...
