Missouri Department of Conservation finds CWD in Adair, Franklin, Jefferson and Macon Counties

The Missouri Department of Conservation has concluded its 2016-2017 sampling and testing to find chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer. MDC tested more than 25,500 deer during the season in its CWD Management Zone, with the cooperation and support from hunters, private landowners, and taxidermists. It found nine cases of the deadly disease: one […]

Highway Patrol plans DWI saturations across northeast Missouri in July

The Missouri State Highway Patrol, sometime during the month of July, will conduct a DWI Sobriety Checkpoint in Adair County, with additional DWI saturations coming to Adair, Chariton, Monroe, Ralls, and Randolph Counties.  The checkpoint will be conducted by the Highway Patrol, with cooperation from area law enforcement agencies. The Patrol, as always, is asking […]

Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year applications due May 1

Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year applications due May 1

(KHQA) – Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year. Applications are open to residents from any of the following counties in northeast Missouri: Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Randolph, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, or Sullivan. The individual receiving this award must have […]

Novinger woman injured, faces DWI charges, following Saturday afternoon accident

A Novinger resident was hurt on Saturday afternoon when the sport utility vehicle she was driving went off a road north of Novinger and hit a tree. Forty-three year old Julia Connelly was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, with what the Highway Patrol called moderate injuries. The accident was three miles north […]