The Highway Patrol reports three individuals sustained injuries in three separate accidents in Harrison County Tuesday morning. Fifty-year-old Lori Croley of Trenton traveled west on Route H three miles west of Gilman City when her vehicle crossed the center of the road and ran off the south side. Then the vehicle overturned before coming to rest […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources sponsors a pesticide collection event to be held in Harrison County next month. Herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, de-wormers, fly tags, and fertilizer containing pesticides will be accepted at the Orscheln Farm and Home in Bethany March 24th from 8 o’clock to noon. Pesticides from businesses will not be accepted. […]
A new date for the Grand River Conference Band performance has been set. The band will perform at the South Harrison High School in Bethany the evening of March 3rd at 5 o’clock. The performance was originally planned for last weekend, but it was postponed due to South Harrison being closed for illness.
A former paramedic with two northwest Missouri ambulance districts was sentenced in federal court for stealing pain-killing drugs and replacing the vials with water. Joseph L. Comstock, 31, of Bethany, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 12, 2017, Comstock […]
The Trenton Middle School and Trenton High School bands participated in Grand River Conference Band auditions Wednesday. Trenton R-9 Director of Bands Tim Gilham reports 13 seventh graders and eight eighth graders earned a place or were chosen as alternates for the middle school conference band. Seventh and eighth graders named as first chair for […]
The University of Missouri Extension will offer a one-night program on Missouri fence laws at several locations throughout the state on two dates. Locations where the program will be shown January 23rd include the Carrollton Public Library basement. Locations for the program February 13th include the North Central Career Center in Bethany and the Extension […]
The Bethany License Office opened under new management Wednesday morning. The Missouri Department of Revenue reports Gray’s Jewelry and Gifts received the management contract for the office in November. The Department of Revenue reports license offices in Missouri are awarded through a bid process. License offices are operated by independent contractors and overseen by the […]
The Highway Patrol reports two area individuals sustained moderate injuries when their vehicle collided with a semi truck in Clay County Wednesday morning. Sixty-two-year-old Connie Queery of Bethany traveled south on Interstate 35 when she reportedly attempted to pass the semi, driven by 52-year-old Carlton Coleman of Parsons, Kansas. Her vehicle hit the truck’s rear […]
Two area individuals sustained injuries in a head-on vehicle accident about two miles south of Bethany Monday morning. A delayed report from the Highway Patrol states 38-year-old Jeffrey Prince of Gallatin traveled north on Missouri 13 when his sports utility vehicle began to slide on the snow-covered road, crossed the center line, and struck a […]
Two area organizations received Third Quarter GRM Networks Community Improvement Grants. The Bethany Kiwanis Club received $500 to help purchase clothing for children in Harrison County. The Wayne County Fair Board in Corydon, Iowa received $250 to purchase materials needed to build a new open shelter house. The deadline to submit applications for the Fourth […]
Two defendants waived preliminary hearings Tuesday in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Kansas City resident Henry Allen Mullenix is charged with driving while intoxicated causing serious physical injury in an August 24th accident. The case was bound over to Division One docket December 14. Misdemeanor cases were certified to the higher […]
A Bethany man died as the result of one-vehicle accident seven miles south of Bethany Friday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 35-year-old James Redmon traveled west on Route AA when he failed to stop at a stop sign. His car then crossed U. S. Highway 69, struck an embankment, and came to rest in a […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Ridgeway man died as the result of a one-vehicle accident nine miles east of Bethany Friday afternoon. Sixty-five-year-old Mike Sherer traveled north on East 312 Lane when his pickup truck ran off the east side of the road, struck a fence and a tree, and caught on fire. The Harrison […]
While Mariah Fox and Derek Stimpson of the Trenton FFA Chapter are two of Missouri’s ten finalists for a National Proficiency Award, seven others from the listening area earned either gold or silver awards in proficiency categories. Only the national finalists for proficiency awards from each state compete at the Indianapolis convention. According to the National […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has released an audit of the Bethany Municipal Court, located in Harrison County. While the audit was underway, court operations were transferred to the Harrison County Associate Court. The report includes a finding specific to the city’s police department, which remains in operation. The audit found the police department does […]
Bethany and Harrison County, in conjunction with the North Missouri Solid Waste Management District Region B, will sponsor a solid waste collection event. Harrison County residents may dispose of special waste items banned from landfills at the City Street Barn at 301 South 28th Street in Bethany Saturday, October 14th from 9 o’clock to noon. Items […]
Several driver examination stations will be closed October 11th for a mandatory meeting. Closings that day will include the driver examination stations in Chillicothe and Bethany. Highway Patrol Troop H Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald says normal testing hours will resume October 12th.
The Highway Patrol reports an Eagleville man sustained minor injuries due to a single-vehicle accident five miles south of Eagleville early Friday morning. Twenty-one year old Joey McClintock reportedly fell asleep while traveling on northbound Interstate 35. His pickup truck ran off the right side of the road and down an embankment before striking a […]
The Sand County Foundation and Missouri Farmers Care named two area farms as finalists for the inaugural Missouri Leopold Conservation Award. Richard and Renee Fordyce, as well as Matt and Kate Lambert, are up for the award, which honors farmer, rancher, and forester achievement in voluntary stewardship and management of natural resources. Richard and Renee […]
The highway patrol reports a Bethany man, operating a farm tractor was injured late Wednesday afternoon in an unusual accident while he was working in a privately-owned field just east of his home. A trooper reported 59-year-old Ronald Graham’s tractor struck a utility pole breaking it into two pieces, striking him in the face and […]
