Chautauqua on the Gallatin Square is back this year after not being held in 2020. The event is scheduled for September 17th and 18th. The Caldwell Family Band will perform that Friday evening at 6 o’clock. Spokesperson Kelle Lawson says Fievel Goes West will be shown on the lawn at 8 o’clock. Saturday’s activities will […]
There are a few area winners in the drawing for residents who have received a COVID-19 vaccine and entered a state drawing. The Missouri V I P Lottery held the first of five drawings with 180 winners of a cash prize or education savings account. The cash prize is listed as $10,000 for eligible adults […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $24,000 Drinking Water Engineering Report Grant to the Sullivan County Public Water Supply District No. 1 to evaluate the district’s drinking water system. The grant offers funding to qualified small communities to help cover engineering costs for evaluating drinking water system improvements. The district will use […]
A crash one mile north of Brookfield on Wednesday afternoon injured a teenager from St. Catherine. The 16-year-old boy received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle for medical treatment. The patrol does not release names of juveniles. The teenager was driving northbound when the car went off the right side of Hook Drive […]
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday evening in Caldwell County, four miles west of Hamilton. A Pleasant Hill couple received moderate injuries and were taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. A Hamilton resident, 83-year-old Wayne Vincent, received moderate injuries but declined treatment at the scene. The Vincent car was […]
The latest judge to be announced for the 2021 Missouri Days Marching Festival is a midwest resident with experience in many states as a director, educator, facilitator, musician, and experienced festival judge. Kehan Knapp is a member of the Central States Judges Association and a judge for numerous competitions, including Winter Guard International, Drums Corps […]
The Putnam County Health Department reported on August 25th that it was notified of five additional COVID-19 cases for community members since August 23rd. One of the new cases resides in a home with at least one other positive person. The cumulative total is 584, and seven individuals are actively monitored by public health. There […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved matters on August 23 regarding repairs at Dockery Park. The park board recommended the action. Jones Power Washing Services, LLC was hired to complete power washing and painting on the grandstand and the deck behind the shelter house for $3,100. Matthew Barlow was hired for concrete flatwork at the grandstand […]
Multiple activities are planned in Downtown Trenton on August 28, 2021, as part of the Five Points Festival. The Throwdown for Downtown Cornhole Tournament will be held on Main Street that morning, with warm-ups at 10 o’clock and the first toss at 11 o’clock. Cash prizes will be awarded for the first through third-place teams […]
A fire at a law firm in Kirksville on the morning of August 22 is being investigated as arson by the Kirksville Police Department and fire marshal. Kirksville Police Lieutenant David Grissom reports evidence was found that the fire on the north side of the Frick and Cundiff PC building was not an accident. He […]
An Albany man faces several felonies in Gentry County after he allegedly held a gun to a woman’s head and fired a shot into the ceiling on August 20. Online court information shows 33-year-old Tanner Henry has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon involving exhibiting, third-degree domestic assault, and first-degree endangering the welfare […]
More area schools began classes on August 25, with increases in enrollment compared to 2020’s first day of school. Pleasant View R-6 had a first-day enrollment total of 141 in preschool through eighth grade, which is an increase of seven. Preschool has 20 students, and kindergarten, second, and third grades have 15 students each. The […]
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a special closed meeting on Thursday, August 26, 2021, to consider confidential or privileged communications, real estate, and documents related to a negotiated contract. The meeting will be held in the Chillicothe Municipal Utilities meeting room at 1:30 in the afternoon.
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports his office responded to calls involving a man who allegedly jumped from a moving van north of the Chillicothe Correctional Center the afternoon of August 24. He says dispatch received a call from a woman reporting her adult grandson jumped from the van and walked into a field. The […]
Three defendants waived preliminary hearings on Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each case was bound over to the September 9 docket in Division One of circuit court in Trenton. Clifford Eric Dean Neff of Spickard is charged with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance or synthetic cannabinoid on three […]
One driver was injured when a van struck the rear of a towed unit on Tuesday afternoon in Daviess County, three miles north of Cameron. Sixty-one-year-old Jerry Cook of Hamilton received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Both the van driven by Cook and a dump […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees heard reports on housing and other matters on August 24. Resident Life Director Donnie Hillerman reported one new residence hall is open, and he hopes the other new residence hall will open September 1st. There are some displaced students currently staying in Selby Hall in the wing […]
A man from Maysville received serious injuries in a motorcycle accident Tuesday afternoon in DeKalb County. Fifty-eight-year-old Carl Markle was taken by emergency medical services to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Markle was eastbound when the motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the north side of Highway 6 at Fairmount Road, ejecting […]
A fugitive investigation in Wheeling resulted in the arrest of a Wheeling man on August 22 on warrants for alleged traffic offenses. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports 33-year-old Tye Joseph Evans was found hiding inside a tote inside an outbuilding in the southeast part of the community in which he allegedly barricaded himself inside. […]
The Livingston County Health Center reported August 24 another COVID-19-related death, bringing the count to 77 since the pandemic’s beginning. The health center reminds the public that those individuals who lost their lives were friends, neighbors, and acquaintances and not just a number on a board. Four COVID-19 cases were added since August 23rd, which […]
