Two people from Cameron have been arrested in DeKalb County. The Highway Patrol reports 47-year-old Juan Fernandez was taken late Monday night to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail in Pattonsburg. Fernandez was arrested on warrants from Independence which include unlawful possession of a firearm, as well as resisting arrest, obstructing police, interfering with police, and fleeing […]
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Mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic to be held in Princeton
A regional mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held in Princeton two days next week. Individuals who are at least 65 years old and those with underlying conditions who live in Region H will be vaccinated with the initial primer dose at the Smithfield Education Center on February 24th and 25th from 8 to 6 […]
Daviess County Health Department reports active COVID-19 cases trending down
The Daviess County Health Department reports active COVID-19 cases are trending downward. Active cases have dropped by 51 from February 1st to 44. In an effort to keep active cases trending down, the health department asks residents to continue to social distance, wear masks, and stay at home when they are sick. Total cases went […]
Farmers Electric Cooperative restores power to Daviess County area
The Farmers Electric Cooperative reports all power was restored to Daviess County members around 11:20 Tuesday morning, February 16th. The customer outage lasted approximately four hours. Communications Manager Brent Reeter said earlier this morning that about 900 members were without power in the Gallatin and Lake Viking area. The outage was cold weather-related, and it […]
Wind Chill Advisory issued for most counties in northern Missouri
A Wind Chill Advisory will be in effect from midnight tonight until noon on Friday, February 12, 2021 Flurries and light snow return on Friday with a dusting to 1″ expected in most areas. Northwest Missouri may see 1-2″ of new snow accumulations. Bitterly cold temperatures persist through next week. Dangerously cold conditions are expected […]
Judge hands down prison sentence for former Coffey City Clerk on stealing and forgery charges
Sentencing was held in Daviess County on February 10th for a former Coffey city clerk who pled guilty in November to felony stealing and forgery charges. Online court information shows Mary Lou Browning was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for five years each on stealing $750 or more and two counts of forgery. She […]
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports almost 700K vaccinated, 160K with both doses
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 690,072 total doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in the state through February 6th. Five hundred twenty-nine thousand seven hundred four persons had received at least one dose. One hundred sixty thousand three hundred sixty-eight persons had received both doses. Eight point seven percent of […]
Chillicothe police arrest man on domestic violence allegation
Chillicothe police were dispatched to a disturbance in the 1000 block of South Washington Street on Saturday night and, according to Sergeant Curtis Hays, arrested a male for domestic assault. The individual was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail pending the filing of formal charges. No name was released at the time of the arrest.
Daviess County Health Department administers 480 doses of COVID vaccine; Sullivan County 100 doses
The Sullivan County Health Department administered 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to residents at the North Central Rural Electric Coop in Milan on February 5th. The residents vaccinated were previously registered and met Phase 1A and Phase 1B Tiers 1 and 2 descriptions. The Moderna vaccine requires a second dose after 28 days […]
Patrol reports the arrest of two on Thursday evening, February 4th
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two Cameron residents Thursday evening, February 4th. Seventeen-year-old Kyson Blackburn was arrested in DeKalb County. Online court information shows he has been charged with the felonies of possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and delivery of a controlled substance […]
Trenton woman dies, three others injured in fatal crash east of Jamesport on Highway 6
A Trenton woman died and three other area residents were injured as the result of a three-vehicle accident four miles east of Jamesport Thursday morning, February 4th. An ambulance transported pickup truck passenger 56-year-old, Valerie Johnson, to Cameron Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead approximately two hours after the crash. The pickup driver, […]
GEC Community Foundation awards over $5,000 in grants
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met on January 27, 2021, and awarded 8 grants totaling $5,249.00. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to North Harrison R-III School […]
Hamilton man charged with murder enters plea of “Not Guilty”
A Hamilton man charged with second-degree murder after a traffic stop in Jamesport in October waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty on February 1st. Thirty-seven-year-old Frank Randall Allen Bostic’s motion for change of venue was sustained, and the case was transferred from Caldwell County to DeKalb County. The case was continued […]
Grundy County’s unemployment rate almost doubles in December
Grundy County’s unemployment rate has risen to four-point four (4.4) percent in December, up from the November rate of two point seven (2.7%). In December, the Missouri Division of Employment Security reported Grundy County had a civilian labor force of 4,361, with the number of unemployed listed at 191. That compares to 118 unemployed in […]
Freightliner crashes on snow-covered I-35 injuring driver
The Highway Patrol reports a Pennsylvania man sustained minor injuries when he lost control of the Freightliner he drove on snow-covered Interstate 35 in Daviess County, causing the big rig to overturn on Wednesday morning. Emergency medical services transported 49-year-old Keith Holecki of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The truck traveled south […]
Gallatin Board of Aldermen approve upgrading electrical system as well as electric rate study
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen on Monday evening, January 25th approved two ordinances authorizing engineering service contract agreements. City Clerk Hattie Rains reports one with Finley Engineering Company involves upgrading the 2400 electrical system. The other agreement is for electric cost of service and standard rate design with Toth and Associates and involves an electric rate […]
Patrol arrests out-of-state drivers in Linn and Gentry counties on a multitude of allegations
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of out-of-state residents in Linn and Gentry counties the afternoon of January 24th on multiple allegations. Forty-six-year-old Ruby White of Jacksonville, Illinois was arrested in Linn County. She was accused of speeding, two counts of failure to restrain the child, and misdemeanor possession of fewer than 10 grams of […]
Daviess County adds 18 new cases of COVID-19, Livingston County 3
Eighteen COVID-19 cases were added in Daviess County on January 21st since January 15th while active cases decreased by 20. The health department reported 618 cases and 98 active cases. There were14 COVID-19-related deaths for Daviess County. The Livingston County Health Center reports three new COVID-19 cases and a drop of 17 for active cases. […]
Jury Trial scheduled in Livingston County on February 16th for Trenton man who shot police officer Jasmine Diab
A jury trial is scheduled in Livingston County next month for a Trenton man accused of wounding Trenton Police Officer Jasmine Diab in June 2019. Forty-year-old Jamey Aaron Griffin’s trial is set to begin on February 16th. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for February 4th. Ninety jurors were to be ordered. Griffin has been charged […]
Missouri Department of Conservation reports final deer harvest numbers for the season at 296,500
Missouri’s 2020-2021 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 296,516. Of the deer harvested, 140,468 were antlered bucks, 28,587 were button bucks, and 127,461 were does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 5,786 deer harvested, Howell […]