Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
ALBANY, MO — The 5th Annual Focus on Forages will be held at 6 p.m. July 30 at the Hundley-Whaley Center. Topics include a tour of fescue and legume plots, a tour of novel endophyte fescue plots, fescue toxicosis, managing pasture weeds, double cropping hay...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
TARKIO, MO — One lucky little KC Royals fan (a first time Royals’ game attendee) stole the show when the Royals hosted the Oakland Athletics recently. During the baseball game, Oakland A’s Coach Mike Gallego gave a foul ball to someone in the stands...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
CHILLICOTHE, MO — Donna M. Preszler, 60, faces a 20-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury for a wire fraud scheme in which she embezzled nearly $4 million from her employer. Preszler worked as an accounting manager from 2004 until June,...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
Elk hunting could begin in Missouri in 2016 if the herd grows from its current size of about 100 to 200 by then, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Elk were reintroduced in Missouri in 2010 with about 50 elk trapped each year in Kentucky and...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
CAMERON, MO — The Cameron Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a commercial site plan review for the Washington Street Food & Drink Company. The new restaurant has announced plans to operate in the former Ma & Pa’s Kettle Restaurant near the...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
MERCER COUNTY, MO — Marshall resident Gene Pattie waived formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to five charges in Division I of the Mercer County Circuit Court. Pattie, a former Trenton resident, made his first appearance in Division I in front of Judge Jack...
Jul 13, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Over half of the flags for the upcoming Missouri Day Festival Parade have been sponsored, according to the Trenton Rotary Club. In an effort to display both the U.S. and the Missouri flag, individual flags are available for sponsorship and will be...
Jul 8, 2013 | Regional News
MARYVILLE, MO — A criminal case that began in Gentry County ended in a bizarre death following the defendant’s sentencing in Maryville. Steven Parsons, 48, of Stanberry died following a sudden seizure in the Nodaway County Courthouse. Parsons had just...
Jul 8, 2013 | Regional News
DeKALB COUNTY, MO — The State Tax Commission of Missouri issued final ruling on the property tax protest lodged by Lost Creek Wind, LLC against the corporation’s tax rate. The commission ruled unanimously in favor of DeKalb County Assessor Ruth Ross and...
Jul 7, 2013 | Regional News
CHILLICOTHE, MO — As a health system, Saint Luke’s ranks among the top 10 in the nation in patients’ perspectives in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey of...
Jul 7, 2013 | Regional News
POLO, MO — The Polo Board of Aldermen is making plans to establish a park surrounding a historic jail located in Polo. But the jail itself will have to wait for some funds to materialize before it can be restored. The board has received a $20,000 bid for a new...
Jul 7, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — One Trenton man is dead while another is in custody following a shooting over the holiday weekend. Jameson Read, 24, is being held in the Grundy County Detention Center, charged with second degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
SAVANNAH, MO — Noah Jermain, a high school senior at Savannah, won the 2013 National Championship for humorous interpretation in competition held at Birmingham, Alabama. Speech and debate Coach Daniel Strang helped Jermain prepare for the event. Jermain gave his...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
FAIRFAX, MO — John Gilbert is one of 12 men selected to compete at the 2013 Americas Zone Qualification Tournament to be held Aug. 4-11. The USA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team will travel to Bogota, Columbia, to compete. Gilbert is a graduate of Fairfax...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
ATCHISON COUNTY, MO — The inaugural Business Improvement Grant cycle is underway, sponsored by the Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC). To date, ACDC has awarded 15 grants for a total of $13,756 for business improvements where grant funds equal up to...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
TRENTON, MO — Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation Development Officer Matt Osterthun knew he had set an extremely lofty goal when he challenged the golf tournament committee to raise $20,000 from this year’s tournament. After months of hard work and promotion,...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
ST. JOSEPH, MO — Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) agents in the state’s northwest region recently cited 16 people for illegally taking catfish by hand fishing methods. The misdemeanor citations were issued as several conservation agents working in teams...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
MERCER COUNTY, MO — Eugene Pattie Jr. has been bound over to Division I of the Mercer County Circuit Court following a hearing in the associate division. Pattie, formerly of Trenton who has been residing in Marshall, is charged in the May 10 shooting of former...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
PLATTE CITY, MO — The third trial for a northwest Missouri man charged in his neighbor’s 1990 death will move to another county, a judge said Monday. Platte County Circuit Judge Owens Lee Hulls Jr. agreed to defendant Mark Woodworth’s change of...
Jul 6, 2013 | Regional News
JAMESPORT, MO — What’s in the box? That’s always the big question. In this box happens to be a chicken processing plant put together by David Schafer, along with the help of several others. This box plant sets in a warehouse along 190 highway just north of the...
