A stolen property investigation lead to the arrest of two men and one woman on Washington Street in Chillicothe Wednesday. The Chillicothe Police Department reports a concerned business owner told police the three individuals had a threatening and suspicious demeanor and has suspicious property they were attempting to sell. The police department notes an investigation […]
A delayed shoulder improvement project in Linn County is set to begin Monday, May 14. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Capital Paving and Construction, LLC to improve the shoulders and replace guardrail from just east of Brookfield to just east of Bucklin and repave the shoulders of the ramps at the Route […]
One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November. The agency was able to make a one-time […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Brookfield woman was extradited to Grundy County Tuesday. Brookfield Police arrested 28-year-old Brooke Nichole Woody Tuesday on a probation violation on an original misdemeanor charge of making a false affidavit to mislead a public servant. Her bond is $1,000 cash only, and she is scheduled for the Associate […]
Nearly 150 third through fifth-grade students from six schools in Linn and Livingston counties attended the Second Farm Safety Day at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus this week. Students went on a 10-stop tour that provided them information about farm, ATV, electrical, tractor, and water and boat safety as well as first aid […]
A fire burned about 1,100 acres of Pershing State Park near Laclede Tuesday. Park Superintendent Tom Woodward reports containment work for the wildfire began around 6:30 Tuesday morning and ended around 10 o’clock Tuesday night. Woodward notes the fire started in the southwest part of the park, and it is unknown how the fire started. […]
Among several cases processed Tuesday in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. The state filed amended information charging Drake Wayne Brown of Trenton with misdemeanor peace disturbance and he pleaded guilty to the new charge. Brown was sentenced to six days at the Grundy County Jail and given credit for time served. Brown also is to […]
Trenton FFA placed 23rd out of 343 chapters in the state, earning a Top Chapter Award at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention. Only ten percent of state chapters receive a top chapter designation each year. Chapter activity awards are sponsored by FCS Financial. Awards go to chapters achieving excellence in student, chapter and community development. […]
FFA students from Trenton, Milan, Gallatin, and Chillicothe have won state proficiency awards during the Missouri FFA Convention underway in Columbia. Mariah Fox of the Trenton chapter won first place in the category of agricultural education. Hannah Persell, also of the Trenton chapter, won first place in wildlife management. Other winners of state proficiency awards […]
The Ady Advantage Economic Development consulting group will roll out a plan next week that will focus on 10 counties that would most likely benefit from the development of the Sullivan County Lake. The public is invited to attend the presentation of the plan in the conference center of the Brookfield Area Career Center behind […]
A Brookfield woman received what the highway patrol called moderate injuries in a single vehicle accident this morning on Route KK five miles northeast of Purdin. The highway patrol said 19-year-old Gabrielle Munsterman was taken to the Pershing Hospital in Brookfield. The car she was driving was northbound on the lettered highway when, according to […]
A planned shoulder improvement project in Linn County is now scheduled to begin April 16. Contractor crews from Capital Paving and Construction, LLC, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will improve the shoulders, replace guardrail, and repave the shoulders of the ramps at the Route 5/Route U interchange near Marceline. The shoulder and guardrail […]
While it was a very light voter turnout in Grundy County for the election Tuesday, the race for the Grundy County Nursing Home District Board turned out to be very close. Three incumbents will return to the Trenton City Council. Three candidates filed for the two open seats on the nursing home district board. The […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of a Prairie Hill resident Thursday on charges related to pornography. Sergeant Shawn Griggs with the Highway Patrol reports investigators contacted 19-year-old Steven Tyler Greer at his residence and located and seized electronic equipment as evidence. He was transported to the […]
Brookfield and Cameron residents were hurt late Friday afternoon when, according to the highway patrol, a car pulled into the path of a sports utility vehicle west of Hamilton. The driver of the car, 22-year-old Slayde Day of Cameron, was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The patrol reported the driver of […]
The Brookfield Police Department is reporting a shooting at a local business. At approximately 11:00 am Wednesday morning, officers with the department responded to Smith Motors at 309 Forrest Drive in response to the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers determined the victim was male, and located outside of his vehicle in the parking […]
Candidate filings began Tuesday for multi-county districts in this area. A 7th district state representative race is shaping up between Republican Rusty Black of Chillicothe and Democrat Dennis VanDyke of Marceline. Both have to be nominated by their parties in the August primary election. After the first day of filings, Republican Danny Busick of Newtown […]
North Central Missouri College recently hosted Math Explorations day to high school students on the NCMC campus February 15, 2018. Fifty-seven students from Osborn, Green City, Chillicothe, Brookfield, Braymer, Stewartsville, Grundy-RV, and Princeton high schools competed in competitions in STEM-related fields. Students also participated in demonstrations from the NCMC Science Department, NCMC Nursing Department, an […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline woman sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident one mile east of Brookfield Tuesday morning. Thirty-five-year-old Terisa Buckner drove west on U. S. 36 when her car began to slide on the ice-covered road. Then the car ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree, […]
Residents of Chillicothe and Brookfield were injured in an accident on a snow-covered Highway 5 in Putnam County. The highway patrol reports 27-year-old Rebeka Carman of Brookfield and 26-year-old Nicole Marte of Chillicothe were taken by ambulance to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville with minor injuries. The patrol reports neither were using a seat belt. […]
