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A driver from Winston escaped injury while another driver was hurt in a two-vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon in Henry County. The driver of the car, 29-year-old Jordan Johnson of Clinton, received minor injuries and was taken to Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton located in west-central Missouri. The driver...

Trenton resident Mitchell Dane Knapp is scheduled to be in Grundy County Circuit Court Tuesday on two felony counts. Thirty-two-year-old Knapp has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine. Knapp was arrested by the Highway Patrol in Grundy County late Friday night. The weapon was listed in the court information as a 38 caliber Remington firearm. Bond is $20,000 cash.

Ridgeway, MO: Bobby Jay Newman, who lives in Ridgeway, has penned a book about his own childhood growing up in a farming community.

MARYVILLE, MO – The Northwest Missouri Regional Professional Development Center has named two area teachers as Northwest Missouri’s 2022-23 Regional Teachers of the Year. Teachers of the year are Kim Fish of King City and Rachel Luke of Stanberry. Fish teaches Spanish at King City R-I School District. Luke is an Elementary Special Education teacher for Stanberry R-II School District.

Combined high temperatures, thus far during June in Trenton, are averaging about one-half degrees above normal with combined lows averaging nearly four degrees above normal. Official rainfall during June in Trenton is (.79) seventy-nine hundredths of an inch above normal; however, rain and melted precipitation, for the year, is eight tenths (.80) of an inch below normal.

The Northwest Missouri State Fair Board has announced that the Randy Rogers Band and Bailey Zimmerman will be the Grandstand Entertainment for the Saturday night of this year’s Northwest Missouri State Fair. The Randy Rogers Band is a Texas-based Country Group is known for hits like “Kiss Me in...

The Highway Patrol reports two women sustained minor injuries resulting from a van sideswiping a sports utility vehicle near Brimson on Friday afternoon, June 24th. Emergency medical services transported the driver of the SUV, 32-year-old Amy Nguyen of Trenton, to Wright Memorial Hospital. The driver of the van, Felicia Terhune of Jamesport, refused treatment at the scene.

GRUNDY COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 4p.m. Friday in Grundy County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Chrysler Van driven by Felicia D. Terhune, 38, Jamesport, was eastbound on MO 146 one mile west of Brimson. The van crossed the center line...

Two new troopers have been assigned to Troop H, in Northwest Missouri. Troopers Saxton W. Pliley and Jackson D. Schmedding will report for duty on July 11th. Trooper Pliley, is from Jamesport and has been assigned to Zone 10, serving Daviess and DeKalb counties. Trooper Saxton served in the United States Marine Corps from 2017 to 2021, where he obtained the rank of corporal.

A pair of Bethany residents were left with minor injuries in a one-vehicle rollover accident just before 11:30 this (Friday) morning in Harrison County. According to Troop H of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 11:15 A.M. 31-year-old Bethany resident Ethan R. Mann was driving a 1997 Infiniti QK4 westbound on Route H about two miles west of Gilman City when the vehicle went off the north side of the roadway. The vehicle came back onto the roadway but then overturned and came to rest on its wheels off the south side of the highway.

Mt. Moriah, MO: The current members of Mt. Moriah’s town board met on Monday, June 13, to discuss a few issues going on within the town and how best to manage them. No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

The Highway Patrol reports two Bethany residents sustained minor injuries as the result of a sports utility vehicle overturning two miles west of Gilman City on Friday morning. The driver, 31-year-old Ethan Mann, and passenger, 25-year-old Ashley Tucker, were taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital. The SUV traveled...

A Trenton man faces a felony charge in Grundy County Court. Court documents say Matthew Cook faces a felony charge of stealing 750 dollars or more. Records list that charge from June 14. The court set Cook’s bond at 15-thousand dollars cash only Wednesday. Cook will make an initial...

Trooper Saxton Pliley (l) and Trooper Jackson Schmedding (r). Photo by Missouri State Highway Patrol. Two recent graduates of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy have been assigned to Troop H, headquartered in St. Joseph. Trooper Saxton Pliley of Jamesport has been assigned to Zone 10, serving Daviess and DeKalb...

HARRISON COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 11:30a.m. Friday in Harrison County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Infiniti QK4 driven by Ethan R. Mann, 31, Bethany, was westbound on Route H two miles west of Gilman City. The vehicle traveled off the north...

TIF Commission (2) Historic Preservation Commission (3) Animal Welfare Committee (5) Discussions will be held for airport fuel system card reader, a draft drug policy, and consideration for water and sewer rates.

While year-to-date precipitation in Trenton is nearly one inch below normal, other areas of Missouri are beginning to show some drought-like conditions. The drought monitor map, released on Thursday for conditions as of Tuesday, indicates that 29% of the state is experiencing abnormally dry conditions. That figure is up from just 3.66% of the state experiencing abnormally dry conditions in the report last week. This includes Lafayette and Saline counties plus small portions of the adjacent counties of Carroll, Ray, Johnson, Pettis, Cooper, and Howard.

Dorothy Jeane Usher age 77, of Cameron, passed away on June 25, 2022, at Liberty Hospital in Liberty. Dorothy moved to Cameron 23 years ago from Hamilton, where she lived most of her life and raised her children. Dorothy was born on Dec.18, 1944, in St. Joseph, to Lloyd and...

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton residents on June 22nd, one on a stealing charge and another on a probation violation and misdemeanor charges. Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Cook was arrested by the Trenton Police Department and has been charged with felony stealing $750 or more....

Summit Natural Gas customers across the state, including those in the Gallatin area, are about to see rates increase. Summit Natural Gas says the increases are to offset the increase in the wholesale cost of natural gas, and will go into effect on Friday, July 1. Customers in the Gallatin...