Fentanyl

Audio: Missouri House expected to give final approval this week to Fentanyl and date rape drug legislation

Legislation to increase penalties for trafficking fentanyl could go before the Missouri House Monday afternoon for a final vote. The House gave initial approval to O’Fallon State Representative Nick Schroer’s bipartisan bill last week.     The Missouri Police Chiefs Association and the Missouri State Troopers Association are backing legislation to increase criminal penalties for […]

Missouri Highway Patrol

Patrol arrests Iowa man on drug allegations

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of an Iowa man Friday afternoon on several drug-related allegations. Twenty-four-year-old McClain Mehaffey of Muscatine, Iowa was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. The Patrol also accused him of speeding. Mehaffey was placed under a 24-hour hold […]

Chillicothe Missouri Police Department

Visitor at Chillicothe Correctional Center arrested attempting to smuggle drugs into facility

The Chillicothe Police Department made two arrests Friday afternoon. Sergeant John Valbracht reports one of the arrests involved a Chillicothe Correctional Center visitor allegedly attempting to deliver illegal narcotics to an inmate. Officers arrested Edward Vonthun on possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Valbracht reports Dale Marvin Barker was arrested in the […]

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Three from Chillicothe, including two children, hurt in crash on I-35

The Highway Patrol reports three Chillicothe residents sustained injuries in a one-vehicle accident two miles north of Holt Saturday afternoon. An ambulance transported five-year-old Teriseta Morris to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. Passengers 40-year-old Michael Harbord and nine-year-old Racheal Morris were transported by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center with what the Patrol […]

School Bus Accident

School bus crash near McFall injures 9-year-old

The Highway Patrol reports a school bus accident one mile south of McFall Friday afternoon injured a child. Nine-year-old Kenneth Plymell of McFall sustained injuries. And his parents transported him from the scene to their residence and may have sought medical attention later. Bus driver 38-year-old Billy Goble of Weatherby was not reported as injured. […]

Livingston County Courthouse

Livingston County Commission to attend E-911 meeting

The Livingston County Commission plans to attend an E-911 meeting next week. The meeting will be held at the Chillicothe Police Department on Tuesday afternoon, February 19th at 1 o’clock. The Livingston County Commission will also meet for its regular weekly meetings at the courthouse in Chillicothe Tuesday, February 19th and Thursday, February 21st starting […]

Polar Plunge

Sunnyview Foundation to hold Polar Bear Plunge

The Sunnyview Foundation will hold its first ever Polar Bear Plunge Saturday, February 16, to raise funds for Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments of Trenton. The event will be at the swimming beach at Upper Lake Trenton that afternoon at 2 o’clock. Participants must submit a minimum entry fee of $15.00 with a $25.00 fee […]

Vehicle Crash

KC woman rolls vehicle on I-35

A Kansas City resident was injured Monday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving went out of control on the ice and slush and rolled over on Interstate 35 in Harrison County three miles north of Bethany. Fifty-three-year-old Melody Shoemaker received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. […]