Chillicothe Police report the arrest of an individual after being called twice on Sunday to a residence in Chillicothe. At about midnight, officers were dispatched to what was described as a domestic disturbance in the 100 block of Webster. Police said this incident was determined to be verbal in nature and no arrests were made […]
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Four area students are finalist in Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation national scholarship
Four high school students from this area are in the running for a national scholarship offered by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Announced as 2019 semifinalists for the scholarship are Werthen Gass of Trenton, Kylie Willett of Princeton, Mardee Sadowksy of North Harrison at Eagleville, and Sydney Baxter of Chillicothe High School. Those four are among […]
Portion of Mercer County placed under boil order
Following repairs to a water main break, a portion of rural Mercer County has been placed on a precautionary boil order. Affected are rural water customers on Mercer County Route Double C. The precautionary boil water notice will be in effect until 9 o’clock Wednesday morning unless there’s other notification made by the Mercer County […]
Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled seeks bids for insurance and accounting services
Bids are sought by the Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled board in Grundy County. Bids have been requested for 2019 insurance and for accounting services. For insurance, quotes are to cover commercial general liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, commercial property and auto. For accounting, quotes are to include monthly and annual financial […]
Students from Chillicothe take field trip to Papa Charlie’s Pumpkin Patch
Students from all the Kindergarten classes and Preschool at Chillicothe Elementary School had a hands-on learning experience at Papa Charlie’s Pumpkin Patch on October 25th & 26th. The students learned about agriculture in the classroom through their regular curriculum and with assistance from the Litton Crusaders program. During the school year, students learn all about […]
Unionville woman injured in crash on Highway 149
A Unionville resident was injured Sunday in a single vehicle accident on Highway 149 in eastern Putnam County six miles north of Glendale in rural Putnam County. Seventy-five-year-old Barbara Brooks was taken by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Centerville, Iowa with minor injuries. Brooks was southbound when she lost control of the pickup she […]
Dawn teenager injured in Sunday crash southwest of Chillicothe
A teenager from Dawn was injured Sunday afternoon in an accident five miles southwest of Chillicothe. The highway reports 16-year-old Michael Koehl received minor injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to Hedrick Medical Center. He was using a seat belt. The teenager was westbound when the vehicle he was driving failed to make […]
Audio: Centennial coins to be minted for American Legion’s 100th anniversary
Centennial coins are to be minted this Spring to commemorate the American Legion’s 100th anniversary. American Legion National Commander Brett Reistad of Manassas, Virginia talked about the coins during a visit to the American Legion post in Trenton on Saturday. The American Legion was chartered in 1919 and Reistad, during his Trenton speech, […]
Brookfield woman killed in UTV crash on Joel Drive
A Brookfield resident was fatally injured early Sunday when the UTV she was operating went off the road east of Brookfield. Forty-nine-year-old Sharese Tollerton of Brookfield was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 8 o’clock Sunday morning, approximately seven hours after the accident was believed to have occurred two miles east of Brookfield on […]
Green City woman hurt after losing control on ice-covered highway
A Green City resident was hurt early Sunday when the pickup truck she was driving overturned off ice-covered Highway 6 near Green Castle. Thirty-five-year-old April Weaver of Green City was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The accident happened one mile west of Green Castle on Highway […]
One dead, two injured in Nodaway County crash
A Hopkins resident was killed and two others from Hopkins were hurt Saturday night in the head-on collision of a van and a pickup truck on a snow-covered road in Nodaway County. Fatally injured was 34-year-old Sharon Snuffer who was a passenger in the van driven by her 37-year-old husband, Justin snuffer. He was taken […]
Four injured, including two children, in two-vehicle crash south of Eagleville
Snow on Interstate 35 in northern Harrison County on Saturday night contributed to a two-vehicle accident which injured four people four miles south of Eagleville. The highway patrol reports a pickup truck northbound on I-35 went out of control on the snow-covered road, crossed the median, and traveled into the path of a southbound sports […]
Macon man injured when big rig crashes south of La Plata
A Macon resident was hurt when the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed south of La Plata Thirty-six-year-old Richard Koci of Macon was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Macon with moderate injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning two miles south of La Plata on Highway 63 the northbound truck went off the left side of the […]
Spickard man life-flighted after crash on Highway 36 near Brookfield
The Highway Patrol reports a Spickard man was transported to a hospital by air ambulance following accidents west of Brookfield. A car, driven by 20-year-old Triston Walmsley of Spickard, was reportedly stopped sideways on westbound U. S. Highway 36 east of Route TT due to a prior crash when a westbound minivan, driven by 34-year-old […]
Chillicothe Holiday Parade boasts over 70 entries
The 72nd annual Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce Holiday Parade had over 70 entries Saturday morning. The Avalon Busy Bees 4-H club won the Grand Marshal trophy and the club also placed first in the Youth Division of float entries. Others winning trophies were Chillicothe Strength and Conditioning among businesses and organizations, and the Bishop Hogan […]
Carroll County Memorial Hospital appoints new director to Senior Life Solutions program
Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton has a new director for its Senior Life Solutions program. Sheila Rider will be responsible for directing and coordinating activities of program staff to ensure quality patient care and providing community education to create awareness of the program. Senior Life Solutions is an outpatient group therapy program designed to […]
Eight Chillicothe police officers subpoenaed to testify in court
Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples reports eight police officers were subpoenaed to testify in Livingston County Associate Court in four separate preliminary hearings for state testimony for four defendants one day this week. The officers testified to arrests made over the last couple of months for multiple charges ranging from possession of a controlled substance […]
Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled hold awards banquet
Seventy-four attended the Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet for the Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled of Grundy County this week. Executive Director Kayla Graham reports she handed out Candy Awards and a small gift to each person who participated in at least one event hosted by the Families and Friends of the Developmentally […]
Two crashes occur moments apart at same location on Friday evening
The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries in two vehicle accidents in the same area in La Plata Friday evening. A pickup truck, driven by 76-year-old Marvin Swan of Promise City, Iowa, turned west onto Route D and crossed the southbound lanes of U. S. Highway 63 when a car traveling south on U. […]
Members of Grundy County Commission to attend convention
The Grundy County Commission will not hold its weekly meeting at the courthouse in Trenton next week. County Clerk Betty Spickard says the commissioners will be at a convention for the Missouri Association of Counties Sunday through Tuesday.