The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Carrollton sustained serious injuries when the vehicle he drove hit a fence and two trees in Carroll County on Friday morning, March 24th. A medical helicopter transported the 16-year-old boy to the Research Medical Center. The vehicle traveled east on County Road 280 before running off the right […]
Two men from Polo face multiple felony charges in Carroll County of burglary and stealing. Online court information shows 30-year-old Jonathon David Oster has been charged in one case with one count each of stealing $25,000 or more and second-degree burglary. The charges stem from August. No bond is allowed in that case. In another […]
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a public hearing at its meeting on March 27th to discuss the proposed budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The meeting will be at the Chillicothe City Hall at 5:30. Ordinances will be considered to accept the 2023-2024 budget and amend the 2022-2023 budget. Community Promotion Service Agreements for […]
A Trenton man has been charged in Grundy County with two felony charges after he allegedly had sexual intercourse with a child less than 14 years old. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports that 31-year-old Robbie Davis has been charged with first-degree statutory rape or attempted rape with a person less than 14 years old […]
Hay producers can learn strategies to grow, harvest, and store high quality hay at the University of Missouri Extension’s upcoming Hay Production School, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Schuyler County Community Center. MU Extension specialists will teach how to get more quality and quantity hay production during this one-day workshop, says Darla Campbell, […]
The Trenton Building and Nuisance Board will meet before the Trenton City Council on March 27th. Both meetings will be held at Trenton City Hall and be available on Zoom. The Building and Nuisance Board meeting will be available at this link and the city council meeting will be available at this link. The Building […]
(Missouri Independent) – Republican lawmakers rejected an effort Thursday evening to spend $900 million to assist hundreds of Missourians with developmental disabilities who lack proper residential support, including dozens languishing in hospitals, jails, and homeless shelters. State Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Manchester, asked the House Budget Committee for $910 million, all from federal tax dollars, to push […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces Corporal Kyle E. Easley is being promoted to the rank of sergeant effective April 1, 2023. Easley will be the designated zone supervisor of Zone 10, Randolph, and Monroe counties. Easley was appointed to the Patrol on January 6, 2006. After graduating from the […]
The Gallatin FFA Chapter had one team and three individuals take top honors in one of the judging contests hosted on Wednesday by the North Shelby FFA Alumni. Gallatin placed first in the nursery category. Team members Emma Christopher, Anasen Wayne, and Abigail Burns were ranked first through third as individual judges. Among other results […]
Less than two months since recreational marijuana sales launched in Missouri, a shortage has emerged, causing prices to skyrocket. KCTV 5 reported that cultivators have struggled to meet the overwhelming demand, resulting in higher costs of production for manufacturers and steeper prices for consumers at dispensaries. A major factor contributing to the surge in demand is […]
(Missouri Independent) – Congress’s Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing the economic repercussions of defaulting on the nation’s debt, adding fuel to the fire as Democrats pressed Republicans to address the nation’s borrowing limit without tying action to spending cuts. The report, from Democratic staff on the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee, says that […]
(Missouri Independent) – A bill that would stop physicians from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors who have not already begun treatment passed Missouri’s Senate Thursday in a party-line vote. The legislation originally sought to ban all gender-affirming care, but after negotiations was amended to allow transgender youth to continue their treatment if they started […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has launched an online form where those who have experienced harm from gender transition interventions or witnessed troubling practices at transition clinics in Missouri can submit their concerns. This tip line stems from an investigation that Attorney General Bailey launched into a St. Louis pediatric transgender […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained seven felony convictions against 56-year-old Robert Lee Sims, Jr. of Madison, Missouri, for sexually abusing and exploiting a minor victim over many years. “As a former prosecutor and a father of four, I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children, […]
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has released his office’s compilation of 2022 federal forfeiture reports. Law enforcement agencies that participate in the federal asset forfeiture system must file information regarding federal seizures and proceeds with the State Auditor’s Office. Law enforcement agencies can seize money and property from individuals and organizations involved in illegal activities. […]
A man from St. Louis County, Missouri on Wednesday admitted defrauding business customers of Lowe’s of over $1 million. Michael W. Burrus, 44, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of bank fraud. Burrus acknowledged that the conspiracy caused a […]
U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man caught with methamphetamine and fentanyl to 10 years in prison. Antoine Demetrius Meeks, 31, was caught by the O’Fallon Police Department with 208 grams of methamphetamine and 26 grams of fentanyl during an August 19, 2022 traffic stop. Meeks pleaded guilty in U.S. District […]
A Kansas City, Kansas, man, and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Alonso Alfredo Nunez, also known as “Bullet,” 19, and Jaloany Garcia-Medina, also known as “J. Lo,” 20, were charged in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas […]
A former Harrisonville, Mo., man was convicted at trial after his testimony in a previous trial for Social Security fraud resulted in an additional charge of perjury being filed against him. Michael Sylvara, 37, who currently lives in Ozark, Mo., but lived in Harrisonville at the time of the offense, was found guilty of one […]
A resurfacing project on several routes in Mercer, Grundy, Harrison, and Worth counties is scheduled to begin soon. Herzog Contracting Corp., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, is scheduled to resurface 12 routes beginning Monday, April 3. The project is expected to be completed in late June 2023. The project will be split with […]
