A former high school teacher and swim team coach has been indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually exploiting seven minor victims. James Russell Green, Jr., 53, of Blue Springs, Mo., was charged in a nine-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. […]
The Food & Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission announced that they had jointly sent thirteen warning letters to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of flavored vapor products, alleging violations of both the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The recipients of the letters include NEwhere Inc. (One Mad Hit […]
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office received a complete autopsy report on a three-month-old child who died in November. Sheriff Ben Becerra reports Everly Hulet’s parents have been cleared of any wrongdoing or involvement with the death based on the report by Frontier Forensics Midwest of Kansas City, Kansas. He says other persons of interest were […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees Tuesday evening approved the reemployment of full-time faculty for the 2018-2019 year. Vice President of Academic Affairs Tristan Londre said the salaries will be determined at a later date. The board also approved the employment of Jeremy Traas of Saint Joseph as an adjunct instructor for Anatomy […]
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 […]
An Arkansas man, formerly of Marshall, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for possessing child pornography. Kenneth Larrechea, 48, formerly of Marshall, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 13 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Larrechea to a 10-year term of supervised release following incarceration. Larrechea, who pleaded […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Texas man Tuesday, February 27, 2018, for non-support. Thirty-five-year-old Jason Christopher Neff of Pottsboro, Texas faces two charges of felony non-support with total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under a support order. Neff posted bonds totaling $11,000 and is scheduled to appear […]
North Central Missouri College will be opening a site in Country Club, Missouri on the North Belt Highway beginning March 1, 2018. The NCMC-North Belt Center will be an extension of North Central Missouri College and will offer the same level of professional attention, quality instruction, and affordability as Main and Barton campus and other […]
A tragic crash in Chillicothe has claimed the life of a Chillicothe woman and injured three others. The crash occurred just after 5:00 pm Saturday evening, when according to a Missouri Highway Patrol crash report, a vehicle heading Westbound on Calhoun Street driven by Danette Rardon, age 39, of Chillicothe the turned right onto Washington […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A St. Joseph teenager whose infant died after she fell asleep with the child has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation. Eighteen-year-old Kyla Watson was sentenced Tuesday for endangering the welfare of a child. The St. Joseph News-Press reports Watson admitted in September that on June 1 she used Xanax […]
The Green Hills Recreation Association will distribute registration forms for its youth recreation basketball league to area schools this week. The league is open to children from age four to sixth grade and consists of boys and girls teams from the communities in the Green Hills region. Boys and girls residing in Grundy County will […]
An investigation by the Chillicothe Police Department, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old Chillicothe man on drug charges. The police department reports a Livingston County search warrant was executed in the 200 block of East Bridge Street in Chillicothe after a report of […]
Below is a synopsis of some of the new legislation the Missouri General Assembly recently enacted that is related to crime and motor vehicles. Governor Eric Greitens has signed the listed legislation into law. Unless otherwise noted, these laws went into effect August 28, 2017. For a complete description of these newly enacted laws, visit […]
Grundy County authorities are investigating an accident Wednesday afternoon in which a young girl fell from a horse-drawn wagon. The four-year-old child was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton where she was pronounced dead. Grundy County Coroner Dwayne Slater explained the operator of a spring buck board wagon was backing it up […]
An accident yesterday afternoon in Harris has injured a young boy when he was struck by a car backing up. The incident happened at 4 o’clock Wednesday on private property in Harris. The highway patrol reports six-year-old Collin Pendergraft of Allerton, Iowa was first taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan and later flown […]
A Laclede resident received the Best in Show in the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest. Marian Frizzell’s photo “End of a Harvest Day” was chosen from among a record-breaking 1,370 submitted photos from amateur photographers from the state. Several other area photographers participated in the five contest categories for those […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department used about 600 gallons of water and two gallons of foam to extinguish a structure fire Thursday night. Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports that the residence at 1413 Lambert Drive showed heavy smoke and flames when firefighters arrived, and all occupants had evacuated. He says that crews made an entry on […]
A Saint Louis County Circuit Court judge has sentenced a Meadville woman convicted of poisoning her son. Thirty-six-year-old Rachel Kinsella was sentenced Friday to 25 years with the Department of Corrections for first-degree assault, as well as seven years for first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The sentences are to run concurrently. The state […]
The Highway Patrol reports a toddler was killed when hit by a large truck last night one-half mile south of Unionville. The highway patrol said two-year-old Madison Roberts of Unionville was a pedestrian in the northbound lane of Highway 5 when the northbound Peterbilt truck crested a hill and hit the young girl. She was […]
A change of venue in circuit court division one has been approved for a Ridgeway resident. The venue for 46-year-old Joan Mueller was changed from Harrison County to Grundy County. She is scheduled to appear in court April 13. Mueller was originally charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child in July 2015.
