Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says a committee he chairs has passed an emergency border funding bill. The 4.5 billion dollar bipartisan deal would shelter and care for kids crossing the southern border illegally and without their parents. Blunt says money to take care of the kids is expected to dry up by the end […]
Fourteen southern Missouri residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Missouri, and elsewhere. Five of the defendants were also charged with illegally possessing firearms. Cheyenne W. Conn, 43, and Johnathon W. Arnold, also known as Jonathan, 38, both of Everton, Missouri; […]
Chillicothe firefighters used equipment to gain access to a person in a car which was on its roof in the median of Highway 36. A hydraulic spreader was used to rove the passenger door to gain access and remove the individual, who was the only person in the car. The patient was transferred on a […]
Various items will be up for auction at the Annual Two-Day Spring Hill School Consignment Auction in July to benefit area Amish schools. The sale will be held at the Raymond Troyer Farm half of a mile west of the Route NN and Highway 6 junction July 3rd and 4th, starting each morning at 8 […]
The Highway Patrol will participate in Operation Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort (CARE) over the July 4th holiday weekend, as well as an Independence Day, Driving While Intoxicated Enforcement operation. The counting period for the July 4th holiday will start the evening of July 3rd at 6 o’clock and end the night of July 7th […]
The approximately 1.4 million children who comprise nearly one-quarter of Missouri’s population are more likely to live in poverty than Missouri’s children in 1990. According to the KIDS COUNT Data Book, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The 30th edition of the Data Book — a comprehensive annual report on child well-being for […]
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has $1 million available for Missouri landowners who apply by July 19 for assistance to plant cover crops on flooded cropland, State Conservationist J.R. Flores said. Flores said that only land in the 13 Missouri counties included in a Presidential Disaster Declaration is eligible. Those counties are Andrew, […]
A possible scam targeting users of Missouri’s food stamp and temporary assistance program has been reported. “The Department of Social Services has issued a warning for users of its EBT card, saying they’ve received reports about fraudulent calls, texts, and email being sent requesting card and PIN information. They are reminding users of […]
Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples has announced street closings for July as several events will be held next month. Several streets will be closed in Chillicothe for Sliced Bread Day including Jackson Street on the morning of July 5th at 6 o’clock until the evening of July 6th at 5 o’clock. Webster will be closed […]
The Mercer County Health Department of Princeton will hold an open lab day next month with lower than usual fees for tests. No appointments are necessary, and no doctors orders are needed to participate in the open lab day at the health department on the morning of July 12th from 8 to 10 o’clock. A […]
A resident of Osborn was injured Monday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Linn County one mile east of Laclede. Twenty-five-year-old Hannah Ford received moderate injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The driver of a second vehicle, 62-year-old Gary Alexander of Linneus, wasn’t hurt. Both vehicles […]
Chillicothe firefighters were dispatched Monday afternoon to a motor vehicle fire in the driveway at 1212 Locust Street. Upon arrival, the engine compartment hood was up on the small black, four-door Ford car with smoke showing, but no flames. According to a report from Firefighter/Paramedic Tyler Bowlen, the reporting party stated he was using a […]
