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Area organizations receive grants from Hy-Vee

Several area organizations received $1,000 One Step Garden Grants from Hy-Vee recently. The Harrison County Health Department of Bethany, Pass the Taters Community Gardening Project of Chillicothe, and the North Missouri Center for Youth and Families of Chillicothe received the grants to be used to purchase seeds, plants, garden tools, and food preservation equipment for […]

Traffic accident

2 hurt in Daviess County crash north of Coffey

The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Daviess County Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-four-year-old Isaac Smith of Bethany drove west on 400th Street five miles north of Coffey when he failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection with Missouri 13. Smith pulled into the path of 23-year-old Samantha […]

Arson

Bethany man charged with arson

Following an investigation by the Missouri Division of Fire Safety, a criminal charge has been filed in connection with a house fire that occurred in Bethany April 10. Bethany Fire Department responded to an early morning fire that damaged a house at 2607 Grand Avenue. The Bethany Fire Department then requested the Division of Fire Safety investigate the cause […]

Rollover accident

Bethany woman seriously hurt in Wednesday afternoon crash

A Bethany woman was injured yesterday afternoon in a rollover accident about a half mile south of Bethany. The highway patrol said 71-year-old Sharon Johnson was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital for the treatment of serious injuries. The patrol report noted a northbound pickup skidded off the side of 205th Avenue. The driver […]

Accident

KC woman hurt in crash near Bethany

A Kansas City woman sustained minor injuries when her vehicle overturned seven miles south of Bethany Wednesday afternoon. The Patrol reports 38-year-old Jacquelyn Spencer traveled north on Interstate 35 when she lost control of her car. She overcorrected, which caused the vehicle to slide down an embankment off the east side of the road, overturn, […]

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Bethany man arrested on multiple warrants

The highway patrol reports a 34-year old Bethany man, Jay Parker, was arrested Saturday afternoon in Buchanan County. Parker was arrested on a Buchanan County warrant accusing him of felony child neglect; Harrison County warrants accusing him of misdemeanor counts of failure to appear, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana as well as […]

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650 acres burned in grass fire in Harrison County

Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to two grass fires on Tuesday. Bethany Firefighter Jacob Denum says Grundy County Rural Fire provided mutual aid for a large grass fire in Harrison County off of Route CC from around 330th Street to near 350th Street. Firefighters used three tanker trucks and a few brush trucks […]

Rollover Accident

Bethany man hurt in rollover crash

A Bethany man was injured in a rollover accident early last evening near his hometown. 30-year-old Jarod Hillyard was taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The highway patrol listed his injuries as moderate. He was wearing a seat belt. The patrol noted the pickup was eastbound on Route F when it […]

Traffic accident

Two injured in crash on I-35 at Cameron

Residents of Bethany and Kearney received injuries in a single vehicle accident at Cameron yesterday afternoon. The highway patrol reports a car driven by 56-year-old Marla Williams of Bethany was southbound when it traveled into the median of Interstate 35. The driver over-corrected causing the car to travel across the road and strike a guard rail. […]

Accident

3 area teens hurt in Harrison County crash

Three teenagers were injured and taken to hospitals following a single vehicle accident last night in Harrison County, at Mount Moriah. The highway patrol said 18-year-old Hunter Brown of Princeton was southbound on Route B when the car he was driving allegedly failed to halt for a stop sign. The vehicle crossed U-S Highway 136, […]

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Bethany man dies in I-70 crash near Boonville

A Bethany man was killed Thursday night in central Missouri when the pickup truck he was driving went off interstate 70 west of Boonville. 54-year-old Robert Johman Junior of Bethany was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened about five miles west of Booneville on Interstate 70 when the eastbound pickup went off the […]

Motorcycle Accident

Motorcycle crash injures Bethany woman

A motorcycle accident late yesterday afternoon injured a woman from Bethany. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 21-year-old Alexandria Sullenger who was taken by private vehicle to Harrison county Community Hospital in Bethany. The accident in Gentry County happened two miles northeast of Albany as Ms. Sullenger was eastbound on Route J, the […]

Accident

2 hurt in Saturday crash near Bethany

Bethany and Princeton residents were hurt east of Bethany when, according to the highway patrol, a car attempted a left turn and collided with an oncoming crossover-type vehicle. The driver of the crossover vehicle, 58-year-old Brenda Stout of Princeton, was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with serious injuries. The driver of the car, 53-year-old […]