The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of May 28 through June 3 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick […]
Bond has been reduced for a Rothville woman charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of her two-month-old daughter. Online court information shows the Chariton County Circuit Court set 19-year-old Sarah Linebaugh’s bond at $50,000 cash or corporate surety Tuesday. Her bond was originally $100,000 cash only with no surety allowed. A preliminary hearing […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of May 21 through 27 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri region planned for the week of May 14 through the 20th from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter […]
Governor Eric Greitens has appointed a Salisbury man as the Chariton County Prosecuting Attorney. Clifford “Cliff” Thornburg will succeed Robert W. Wheeler who died last month. Thornburg is the attorney for the Ninth Circuit Juvenile Office, which covers Chariton, Linn, and Sullivan counties. He is also the principal attorney of his law office in Salisbury.
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
Bridge inspection crews based in Northwest Missouri work to inspect the bridges in our area. This program of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the more than 10,000 bridges across the state ensures the bridges are kept in the best possible condition for as long as possible for all those that travel across Missouri’s roadways. Specialized […]
A Chariton County accident Monday night injured a truck driver from Keytesville. The highway patrol reports 62-year-old William Fox was taken by ambulance to the University Hospital in Columbia with minor injuries. A state trooper reported Fox was driving a tractor-trailer westbound on Highway 24 when he attempted a right turn onto Route F but lost […]
Grundy County’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of this year has remained steady at three and a half percent. The March rate, the latest month available from the state, shows Grundy County had 165 individuals on unemployment. The civilian labor force was listed as 4,707. The Grundy County unemployment rate in February was three […]
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 […]
The Chariton County Sheriff’s office has requested the assistance of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control in a death investigation involving a two-month-old child. A spokesman for the patrol has confirmed that upon arriving at a residence in Rothville, authorities discovered a deceased two-month-old child. An autopsy has reportedly been […]
Three people were injured, two of them from Marceline, in an accident Monday afternoon on Highway 11 in Chariton County with all three taken by ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol reports a pickup driven by 88-year-old Robert Bolzendahl of Triplett was northbound when it went out of control on the icy highway, […]
A midnight single vehicle accident in northern Chariton County injured a resident of Macon. The highway patrol said 32-year-old Jay Patel received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Pershing Hospital in Brookfield then transferred by medical helicopter to the University Hospital in Columbia. The patrol reports Patel was northbound when his car, a […]
A Carrollton resident was injured early this morning when, authorities say, he attempted to avoid a deer on Highway 139 in Chariton county, swerved, and drove off the left side of the road where the pickup hit a ditch. 19-year-old Jordan Stewart Humphrey of Carrollton received what the highway patrol called moderate injuries. He was […]
The highway patrol reports the operator of a farm tractor was killed Thursday when he failed to yield to a moving train at a railroad crossing in rural Chariton County. The accident about 2:30 Thursday happened on Cal Hubbard Avenue about three and a half miles east of Keytesville. The state patrol identified the victim […]
A resurfacing and shoulder improvement project spanning 20.5 miles in both Chariton and Randolph counties, which began last August, is about to start back up for the second and final phase. Crews from Capital Paving and Construction of Columbia, Missouri resurfaced the portion in Randolph County during the last construction season. They are planning to […]
A person of interest in a Daviess County burglary has been arrested in Moniteau, County in central Missouri. The Daviess County Sheriff indicates that Rill is a person of interest in connection with the alleged burglary of a bar in Jamesport, Missouri earlier this month in which the intruder fled. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office reports […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation wants to know what Missourians think about its conservation areas. The department is updating its management plans for the Russell B., Hazel S., and Arnold L. VanDyke Conservation Area southwest of Princeton and the Grand River access areas in Daviess, Gentry, Worth, Livingston, Carroll, and Chariton counties. The plans focus […]
With interest in supporting and growing the agricultural assets of the county, Chariton County has applied for and received Agri-Ready County Designation by Missouri Farmers Care (MFC). This designation recognizes counties actively supporting Missouri agriculture and working to protect the agriculture industry at its roots. “Family farms and agribusinesses form a firm foundation upon which […]
A motorcycle accident Thursday night, July 7th, in Chariton County, injured the driver and his passenger. The state patrol reports 47-year-old Randall Watts of Macon received serious injuries. His passenger, 46-year-old Stacey Sipe of Excello, had moderate injuries. Both were transported to University Hospital in Columbia. The northbound motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve, ran […]
