The following Chillicothe FFA students received first place in the Area 2 proficiency award selection. These students competed at the state level against fifteen other area contestants. Liberty Cox – Agriculture Education – Related to education and extension, including, but not limited to: youth mentoring, agricultural education departmental assistants, PALS mentors and student coordinators, students […]
Chillicothe will host the 2018 State Convention of the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri. The decision was announced at the end of the 2017 convention which was held this past weekend in Sedalia. At the convention, Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright and Tourism Director Amy Supple made a presentation inviting the organization to hold their […]
Third graders from Field Elementary received an opportunity for hands-on learning about agriculture. Students at the Litton Agriculture Campus taught the lessons and conducted the lab activities through the Litton Crusaders program. There were 6 sessions with 5 lab activities. The student instructors were Clayton Campbell, Sheridan Guilford, Kristina Hamilton, and Kaylee Peel. Agriculture Education […]
Twenty-five Chillicothe High School seniors that have an agriculture career pathway traveled to Show-Me Ethanol of Carrollton and Quixotic Fish Farm of Chillicothe. Show Me Ethanol LLC produces approximately 60 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol annually. We produce ethanol through a dry mill process that includes fermentation, processing, and distillation. The ethanol is primarily blended in […]
Fifteen members of the Chillicothe FFA received their State FFA Degree, in Columbia, MO on April 21. Before receiving this degree they had to meet a number of qualifications and fill out an application that followed their SAE and leadership skills. Before receiving this degree they had to meet a number of qualifications and fill […]
As in the television program Lemony Snickets, it hasn’t necessarily been a period of unfortunate events, it has, however, seemed to be a period for a couple of interesting events for the Livingston County Sheriff and his staff of officers. Here listed then, is the Livingston County Sheriff’s report of incidents, arrests, and other information. […]
Members of FFA chapters at Trenton, Chillicothe, and Brookfield have learned what their roles will be as 2017-18 state officers of the FFA. Mariah Fox of Galt has been selected as the First Vice President of the student organization. That’s the number two position, just under President, on the state officer team. Madelyn Warren of Dawn […]
The Livingston County Commission will meet Tuesday and Thursday. The Commission will attend the Solar Panel Farm groundbreaking on East Third Street in Chillicothe Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. The Commission may enter into an executive session to discuss privileged communications between a public governmental body and the auditor Thursday afternoon at 1:30.
Officials from the state, Carroll County, Carrollton, and Chillicothe, as well as past Councilman-at-Large David Moore, spoke during a groundbreaking ceremony for Tara Industries near Tina Monday morning. Senator Denny Hoskins and State Representative Joe Don McGaugh also attended. The company converts a variety of plant and animal derived products into clean bio-fuels and glycerin, […]
A “Handling Propane Gas Emergencies” course will be held in the Chillicothe Fire Department Training Room May 6 from 1 to 4 o’clock in the afternoon and from 5 to 11 o’clock that night. The course will cover how to safely respond to, mitigate, and control an emergency incident involving propane or liquefied petroleum gas. […]
A funeral service for 25-year-old Cameron Lollar of Chillicothe will be at 10 o’clock Friday morning at the First Baptist Church in Chillicothe. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens of Chillicothe. Visitation will be held from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock Thursday night at the First Baptist Church, Chillicothe. Cameron Lollar was killed in […]
Continuing education was completed recently for three members of the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Sheriff Ryan Ford attended training last week in Crawford County, Missouri for Certified Criminal Investigator. The training covered several topics including death investigations, Blood Splatter Evidence, Crime Scene Investigations, Autopsies, Deaths related to Suicide, Drug and Poisoning, Fire and Drowning, […]
A Chillicothe resident, 25-year-old Cameron Lollar, was killed in a single-vehicle, rollover, accident Monday afternoon in rural Sullivan County. Cameron Lollar was southbound when the vehicle he was driving traveled off the west side of Highway 139, he then over corrected causing the vehicle to go off the east side of the road where it […]
An accident south of Chillicothe Monday claimed the life of an infant child from Springfield and injured three other individuals. The location of the crash was on Highway 65 was about three miles south of Chillicothe as two vehicles were southbound. The highway patrol reports a sports utility vehicle driven by 26-year-old Warren Nichols of […]
Bishop Hogan Memorial School in Chillicothe will host its 14th Annual Dinner Auction at the school April 29. Mike Miller will auction off over 60 items in a live auction and there will also be more than 100 silent auction items. Rick Williams and Angie Ciccarello of Hy-Vee and Master Chef Jeff Frampton will provide […]
The University of Missouri Extension will hold parent education workshops at the North Missouri Center for Youth and Families in Chillicothe starting April 25. The five-week Building Strong Families series will run Tuesday mornings from 9 to 11 o’clock. The workshops will focus on learning to identify and build upon family strengths to make families […]
Ten members of the Chillicothe FFA have received their Area FFA Degree, in Chillicothe. Before receiving this degree, members had to meet a number of qualifications as well as fill out an application that followed their SAE and leadership skills. The Area FFA Degree is the highest degree that the Area II FFA Association can […]
Chillicothe FFA members attended the Area II FFA Awards Recognition Night held at the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center in Chillicothe. The awards recognition night is held each year to recognize members of the 28 area schools that make up the Area II FFA Association for their outstanding achievements during the year. The items for […]
Officers were dispatched to a report of fraudulent use of a credit device in the 1000 block of Graves Street. The incident remains under investigation. Officers were dispatched to a report of a theft from a business in the 1200 block of Washington Street. Officers arrested Tammy Stark and Joseph Storey for stealing. Story and […]
The Chillicothe FFA Chapter participated in the Northwest District FFA Contest. The results are as follows: Agricultural Issues, 1st place (state) –Elena Boon, Isaiah Boon, Marley Anderson, Gracie Ellis, Austin Case, Adler Marshall, Liberty Cox; Parliamentary Procedure, 1st place (state) Molly Jones, Sarah Mason, McKenna Poling, Kim Roney, Claire Shipp, Madelyn Warren, Alt. Elitza Crouch, […]
