Candidate filing begins Tuesday, February 27, 2018, subject to the August Primary Election in Missouri. Area courthouses will be the location for candidates to file if they are seeking a county-wide office. For Grundy County, this includes the offices of presiding commissioner, county clerk, associate circuit court judge, clerk of the circuit court/recorder of deeds, […]
A drug possession charge has been filed in Grundy County Circuit Court against a 25-year-old Trenton resident. Kyanna Maleia Merritt has been accused of felony possession of methamphetamine Saturday in Trenton. Bond has been set at $15,000 pending her appearance March 13th in Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court.
Additional charges have been filed in Grundy County against 37-year-old Bobby Morgans the second of Trenton who was arrested following the theft of a Grundy County ambulance on Tuesday, February 20th. Authorities have accused Morgans of two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of tampering with a motor vehicle last Tuesday. Documents were filed […]
A resident of Greenwood, which is near Kansas City, was arraigned Tuesday in the Clinton County Circuit Court after his arrest Monday in connection with a reported law enforcement pursuit on Interstate 35. 29-year-old Kyle James Kidwell has been charged in Clinton County with two felonies and one misdemeanor. Online court information shows Kidwell is […]
Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Boonville, Mo., woman who fired at law enforcement officers and other motorists during a high-speed pursuit pleaded guilty in federal court. Victoria Ann Buol, 25, of Boonville, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr., to the charges […]
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 […]
While the whereabouts of 19-year-old Tanner Ward of Trenton remains a mystery, local authorities have now issued a warrant for his arrest. Online court information shows a probation violation report was filed Tuesday by the Missouri Probation and Parole. The information also shows a capias warrant was issued July 6 at the request of the […]
One firefighter sustained injuries at a fire involving three houses in the 400 block of Reynard Street in Chillicothe, which crews responded to early Saturday morning. Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports crews found the houses fully involved when they arrived at the scene. He says that crews had contained the fire as of 5 o’clock, […]
A change of venue from Harrison County to Grundy County was granted for an Eagleville man Tuesday. Michael John Welling’s bond is set at $25,000 cash or corporate surety with special conditions and he is scheduled to appear in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court July 13. Welling was originally charged with the felony […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court panel says utility regulators had no authority to grant conditional approval for a high-voltage power line across northeastern Missouri. The ruling Tuesday overturns an April 2016 decision by the Missouri Public Service Commission, which approved the line on the condition that an Ameren Corp. subsidiary later […]
The Maysville school district reports Instructor Rodney Thomas has been placed on administrative leave from his job as a junior high math teacher and a coach with the wrestling program. The 39-year-old Thomas was arrested on multiple alleged sexual contact accusations and related charges in DeKalb County. A statement from the Maysville school indicates Thomas has […]
Preliminary hearings were waived yesterday in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. These involved cases against 23-year-old Nicholas Martin; 35-year-old Emily Hendee; 42-year-old Christopher Hershberger, and 42-year-old Erick Wattenbarger – all of Trenton. Each was bound over to appear in the March 16th session for Division One of the Grundy County Circuit […]
Numerous cases were processed Thursday in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Trenton resident, 23-year-old Tyler Clayton Ward, pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution. Two other counts were dismissed. Ward was sentenced to four years with the department of corrections […]
A St. Joseph man is scheduled to appear Tuesday, January 10 in circuit court at Gallatin on charges of parental kidnapping. 32-year-old Anthony Davis has been accused of failure to return his seven-year-old son, Seth, following a weekend visitation in early December. Both were located in Brownsville, Texas more than a week after disappearing. Anthony […]
Two officers of Rapid Removal Disposal appeared yesterday in Grundy County Circuit Court and entered a not guilty plea, and had their cases continued for a court appearance next month at Trenton. 57-year-old James Watje and 47-year-old Cheri Kelley, both of Kansas City, are facing multiple criminal counts after an investigation led by an Assistant […]
A Trenton man, 55-year-old James Lewellen, has been charged in Grundy County with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Lewellen is accused of possessing a digital scale with intent to use it to introduce a controlled substance into the human body. Lewellen posted $2,500 bond and is to appear November 22nd in Associate Division of Grundy […]
Several waived preliminary hearings in Associate Division of Grundy County circuit court and were bound over to Division One of circuit court in Trenton. 44-year-old Rhonda Howard of Trenton is charged with possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute, deliver or sell it. She’s also accused of two other counts of possessing a controlled […]
The Associated Press reports a pending court decision on a Grundy County appeal could bring more clarity to a Callaway County case involving concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals heard the Grundy County case arguments, as well as three other cases, at the MU School of Law in Columbia Tuesday afternoon. That case […]
It was a busy day in the latest session of Grundy County circuit court. 46-year-old Kimberly Maxwell of Trenton waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to Division One of circuit court on charges accusing her of unlawful use of a firearm, armed criminal action, second-degree assault on Tyler King, and stealing a handgun belonging […]
18-year-old Jeffrey Corbin of Trenton pleaded guilty to driving while revoked or suspended and was sentenced to 13 days in the Grundy County Detention Center, given credit for serving those days, and was required to pay $116 in court costs. Corbin also pleaded guilty to another count of driving while suspended or revoked and an […]
