The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Catherine man sustained minor injuries when he lost control of the pickup truck on snow-covered Highway 36 two and a half miles east of Meadville on Tuesday morning, December 29th. A private vehicle transported 71-year-old William Bryan to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. The truck traveled east before […]
An Albany woman sustained moderate injuries when she lost control of the sports utility vehicle on an icy road four miles north of King City on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. An ambulance transported 66-year-old Esther Criger to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph. The SUV traveled north on Highway 169 before running off the west […]
A Trenton woman sustained minor injuries when a car went too fast on ice and overturned one mile west of Jamesport on Tuesday night, December 29th. A private vehicle transported passenger 30-year-old Jomelle Baker to the Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. No injuries were reported for driver 33-year-old Colby Baker of Trenton. The car traveled […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Columbia man died and another Columbia man sustained serious injuries when a box truck slid off the road and overturned one mile north of Excello on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. The passenger, 62-year-old John Linder, was pronounced dead by the Macon County Coroner at the scene and was taken to […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Florida man sustained moderate injuries when the Freightliner big rig he drove struck a tree in northern Carroll County Wednesday. Forty-year-old Steven Oberheim was transported to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. The truck traveled west on Route J east of Highway 65 before it reportedly crossed the center […]
The Livingston County Library in Chillicothe will present a man that BBC Radio called the “greatest living exponent of the electric violin” in a New Year’s Eve virtual concert. Tracy Silverman can be seen on the library’s YouTube channel, LCLReads, on the evening of December 31st at 6 o’clock to view the pre-recorded mini-concert. A […]
Trenton’s emergency snow route ordinance will go into effect the night of December 29th, so snow can be cleared from streets designated as emergency snow routes. Vehicles are prohibited from parking on streets designated with signs as emergency snow routes during the hours the ordinance is in place from midnight until 7 o’clock on the […]
The Grundy County Commission approved an employee classification change and accepted a resignation involving Grundy County Ambulance on December 29th. The employee classification change involved Sarah Crosson. She completed her paramedic training/certification to allow for the change. The resignation was from Emergency Medical Technician Lilly Simmons. Ambulance Director Steve Tracy and Billing Clerk Beth Leeper […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance approving the city budget at a meeting Monday evening. Anticipated revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2021 are $5,413,717.67, and expected expenditures total $5,227,634.53. That leaves an anticipated surplus of $186,083.14. The ordinance will go into effect on January 1st. The board also approved resolutions […]
The Trenton Police Department reports 123 nuisance incidents had been filed for the year so far as of December 26th. A nuisance summary indicates the largest number of incidents filed involved grass and weeds with 59. Thirty-one incidents involved trash and debris, 19 unregistered vehicles, and 14 open storage of disabled vehicles. The summary shows […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces the following assignment effective December 27, 2020. Corporal Justin S. Dunn was assigned as the Troop B Public Information and Education Officer. Dunn was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 2008, and after graduating from the Patrol Academy was assigned to Troop B, […]
The Trenton VA Shuttle is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. The shuttle is the transportation service that takes veterans to medical appointments. Spokesperson Wayne Kleinschmidt says the shuttle plans to reopen on January 13th. Kleinschmidt is asking veterans who have appointments at the VA to call and ask to be seen through VA Community Care. […]
Wright Memorial Hospital reports the first administration of the COVID-19 vaccine was Monday to a healthcare worker. Darrin Moulin is a registered nurse in the emergency department and received the first COVID-19 vaccination at Wright Memorial in Trenton. Staff have been preparing for the day and employees were described by a spokesman as “eager to […]
The northwest Missouri troop office for the Highway Patrol has announced results of a driving while intoxicated saturation conducted Saturday, December 26 in Gentry and Harrison counties. Results show one arrest for driving while intoxicated, ten drivers were issued traffic citations, 62 motorists received warnings, and a dozen were assisted by troopers of the Missouri […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents to a scam involving concealed carry permits. Sheriff Steve Cox reports a citizen received an electronic message saying his or her concealed carry permit was about to expire. The message wanted the person to download something to renew the CCW permit. Cox notes his office and other […]
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board Monday evening took action on five properties of concern. Five members of the board attended the brief 10-minute meeting at 5 o’clock at Trenton City Hall. A business building at 1117 Main Street was moved to the category “Findings of Fact.” Bricks have fallen in the past from the upper […]
The Trenton Police Department has released additional information about the tractor-trailer truck overturning into the ditch near Landes Oil Amoco on December 28th. Lieutenant Larry Smith reports the truck with one unit was unoccupied at the time it overturned. Aaron Bunnell was identified as the operator prior to parking it. Bunnell advised he parked the […]
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, in a late afternoon update, has now presented a timeline for the wintry weather that will move into northern Missouri Tuesday. In the same update, they have also expanded the Winter Weather Advisory to include all counties north of Highway 35 with the exception of Lewis, Marion, and […]
Drivers of two pickup trucks received minor injuries in an early Monday afternoon (12:55 pm) accident in Green City. Both 66-year-old Dennis Foster of Green City and 77-year-old Susan Pace of Milan were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Foster was northbound when he allegedly failed to yield at the Highway 6 intersection […]
Three northeast Missouri residents died in a head-on crash early Monday morning one and a half miles west of Novinger. The two drivers were killed at the scene while one passenger died nearly three hours later at a hospital. The state patrol identified the victims as 36-year-old Nicholaus Ford of Kirksville and his passenger, 30-year-old […]
