The Missouri Department of Economic Development is awarding a total of $261 million through the ARPA Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program to fund projects across Missouri. Ten projects from Chariton Valley Communications Corporation in Marion, Macon, Monroe, Ralls & Shelby counties is awarded nearly 43-and-a-half million dollars. Gateway Infrastructure is getting roughly 25-and-a-half million for projects…
A number of area FFA members are recipients of grants to help them with their Supervised Agricultural Experience or SAE. The MFA Incorporated Charitable Foundation donated the funds to make the grants possible from the Missouri FFA Foundation. Area members receiving the grants include Centralia’s Abbygale Asbury, Mason Baumhoer of North Callaway, Kallie Eldridge from…
The woman convicted in the 2017 death of her husband in New Florence is dropping her appeal. Lynlee Renick, convicted in December of 2021 in the death of her husband Ben, a snake breeder in New Florence, voluntarily dropped her appeal as of Monday according to online court records. The appeal was filed October 21st…
Twenty-eight local transportation projects across the state get funding from the Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission. The projects are being funded through a partnership between MoDOT and the Missouri Department of Economic Development called the Transportation Cost-Share Program. Governor Parson approved $75 million for the program to strengthen infrastructure and boost workforce development across the…
Continued work on the Highway 19 / Interstate 70 interchange will requeire lane closures in the next two weeks. Next week, beginning Tuesday, I-70 will be reduced to one lane in each direction between mile markers 174 and 176 while barrier wall construction is done. All ramps at Highway 19 will remain open during the…
Weather-permitting, motorists in Montgomery County will see traffic disrupted on Highway 161 next week. According to MoDOT, Monday and Tuesday, Highway 161 will be closed from 8:00 until 3:00 between Meadowlark Road and Goldenrod Road for bridge maintenance. Signage and message boards will be in place and motorists will need to find a detour around…
A two-county pursuit Friday night ends with an Auxvasse man in jail. According to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, deputies tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation near Highway 54 and Route BB. The 37-minute pursuit began and continued through parts of Callaway County and into Montgomery County…
The 12th Judicial Circuit has a new Chief Juvenile Officer. Presiding Judge Jason Lamb has named Ed Hoover to the position. Hoover, formerly the Chief Deputy Juvenile Officer, has been the interim Chief Juvenile Officer since April when Bruce McKinnon retired. Hoover will oversee a staff of deputy juvenile officers and support personnel in the…
Missourians have four constitutional amendments to decide on when they head to the polls today (Tuesday). Amendment 1 would allow the General Assembly to override current restrictions on investments made by the state treasurer. Amendment 4 would increase minimum funding for a police force established by a state board of police commissioners. Amendment 5 would…
Ricky Dawson, originally from Fulton, is the new Conservation Agent in Montgomery County. He’s been on the job just under a month and stopped by the studios to offer tips to hunters and introduce himself. His interview is below:
The driver of the vehicle involved in Friday morning’s pursuit through Montgomery, Callaway and Audrain Counties is now behind bars. According to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department, a citizen saw Michael J. Brooks come out of the wooded area behind Casey’s in the 1700 block of East Liberty yesterday (Saturday) and alerted officers. Brooks was…
A multi-county pursuit early this (Friday) morning injures an Audrain County deputy and seriously damages a patrol car. According to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department, the pursuit started in Montgomery City when police officers tried to stop a car. The pursuit went through Montgomery and Callaway counties before entering Audrain County and came to an…
A Big Spring man is dead following a motorcycle accident in Montgomery County Monday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 22-year old Caleb T. Berkaw driving a 2010 Kawasaki, failed to negotiate a curve on Route J near Short Road and ran off the right side of the road. Berkaw was ejected from…
The replacement of the Highway 19 bridge over I-70 in Montgomery County could begin as early as next week. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the new bridge will be constructed just west of the existing bridge and will also include interchange improvements in the form of two roundabouts, one on each end of…
More than 1,500 Ameren Missouri customers in Montgomery County were without power Tuesday afternoon from an outage emanating from the Montgomery City substation. The utility’s outage map reported the power cut at about 3 p.m. At about 4:15 p.m., 1,572 customers remained without power. Power was restored before 6 p.m.
