Brookfield will be the site next week for a public meeting to hear information about foster parenting. The Healthy Families organization will present an introduction to foster parenting Thursday, June 23rd at 6 o’clock that evening. The meeting will be at First Christian Church, 1416 North Main, in Brookfield. Organizers say the meeting will focus […]
Platte County commissioners have demanded that county treasurer Rob Willard personally repay more than $20,000 lost after an email scam victimized his office last month.A letter signed Tuesday by the three commissioners also demands that Willard pay more than $1,900 in attorney fees. They set a June 21 deadline for him to repay the county.In […]
Summertime means many people enjoying fun in the sun, however, the risk of skin cancer increases with sun exposure. The Grundy County Health Department is partnering with Cleaver Dermatology to offer free skin cancer screenings to the community. The screenings will take place on Thursday, June 30th from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the […]
Officials of Myers Township this morning submitted a request to borrow money from Grundy County. Commissioners reported Myers township is asking for a twenty-six thousand dollar loan, at zero percent interest, to allow for the purchase of a used road grader. The current Myers township road grader was described as costing more to repair than […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox is reporting that a registered sex offender has moved into Livingston County, specifically, to Chillicothe. Kristopher Dale Grasshorn reported to the sheriff’s office June 2, a move from his previous address in Bevier, Missouri, to a current address of 1221 Walnut Street, Chillicothe, Missouri, 64601. Kristopher Grasshorn, also known as […]
Some people cannot seem to grasp the concept of how law enforcement works. Authorities turn their emergency lights on, you stop. That wasn’t the case in Chillicothe this Thursday afternoon. At approximately 4 pm today, Livingston County deputies were attempting to serve a warrant in the 1500 block of Webster Street. It was then that […]
A total of 24 citations and 48 warnings were issued in conjunction with a “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement operation conducted in Grundy County on June 1, 2016. Totals from this enforcement effort include: 5–speed citations 17–seat belt citations 2–uninsured motorist citations “Motorists traveling on Missouri’s roadways can expect that members of the […]
Under sunny skies, light winds, birds chirping, and approximately 75 people watching, VFW Post 919 at Trenton conducted a flag raising ceremony and rifle salute Monday morning, Memorial Day, to officially open up the Grundy County Museum properties for this season. While VFW members were hoisting the U.S. flag out in front of the Baker one-room school, […]
There’s a display of flags this Memorial Day surrounding the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton. Each flag pole has a brass tag, with a Veterans name on it. The flags were set out by members of the Trenton Kiwanis and Trenton Lions Club. It’s flag display practice that is done on many holidays as long as weather […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has added an individual to the department’s “Most Wanted” list. Wanted is Charles A Webster. He is a 20-year-old African American male. His last known address was 22418 Blair Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63106. He is five feet, eight inches tall, weighs one hundred twenty seven pounds, with black hair […]
Northwest Missouri’s grassland heritage will be celebrated at Prairie Days June 24-25 at Dunn Ranch in Harrison County. Bison, butterflies, birds and native plants that support them will be on display. Experts will interpret prairie ecology at a free event sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), The Nature Conservancy, and the Missouri Prairie […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 44,187 birds during Missouri’s 2016 regular spring turkey season April 18 through May 8. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 961 birds checked, St. Clair with 878, and Texas with 861. Young turkey hunters harvested 4,167 birds during the 2016 spring youth […]
(KRCG-TV) – A Macon man accused of murdering a 92-year-old Moberly woman with a machete 3 years ago on Easter Sunday will not face the death penalty. Christopher Lewis, 21, cut a deal with prosecutors by offering guilty pleas to 19 charges in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
It happened Wednesday, April 27 as a Livingston County Sheriff deputy was on Highway K near Liv 261. The deputy checked a vehicle on radar at 107 mph in a 55 mph zone. The driver from Wheeling, Missouri was stopped, cited for the high speed and posted bond for the violation. The driver is scheduled […]
Wright Memorial Hospital and the Grundy County Health Department are once again working together to offer sports physical exams for all area students planning to participate in athletic/cheerleading activities during the 2016-2017 school year. Free sports physical exams will be offered on May 4 and May 11 from 3 – 5:30 p.m., at Wright Memorial […]
The Livingston County Sheriff is reporting that on April 7th, staff were at a location in Utica following up on an investigation. At that time, staff member(s) noticed the smell of burning marijuana prior to being greeted by the property owner. Two other adults were present and subsequent search of the property resulted in the seizure […]
A Carrollton teen was hurt Saturday evening west of Tina when the car she was driving went through a Highway 65 intersection and off the road. 17-year-old Brittany Stanley of Carrollton was taken by private vehicle to Carroll County Memorial Hospital at Carrollton with minor injuries. The accident happened at the intersection of route Double […]
In the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, 41-year old Toby Street of Trenton has waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to Division 1 of Circuit Court on charges accusing felony possession of methamphetamine and possessing numerous smoking devices, intended to be used with methamphetamine. A charge accusing Street with misdemeanor passing […]
A Bethany resident was injured wen the pickup truck he was driving traveled off Highway 69 north of Bethany, hit a fence, and overturned onto its top. Forty-six year old Isaac Martinez was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, with what the Highway Patrol called moderate injuries. The accident was Saturday afternoon five […]
