Missouri’s Veterans Recognition Program is now accepting applications from Veterans who served on active duty during recent conflicts in Iraq. The Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn Veterans Recognition Awards are now being offered to eligible Missourians, said retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 James Ortmeyer, the Veterans Recognition Program manager. “The awards […]
Bond has been reduced for a Rothville woman charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of her two-month-old daughter. Online court information shows the Chariton County Circuit Court set 19-year-old Sarah Linebaugh’s bond at $50,000 cash or corporate surety Tuesday. Her bond was originally $100,000 cash only with no surety allowed. A preliminary hearing […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports authorities investigated the discovery of a deceased male Saturday morning. Officers were called to a vacant home in the southeast part of Livingston County where authorities report a relative and emergency medical services were at the scene when the sheriff’s department arrived. Sheriff Cox reports a preliminary investigation and evidence […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of three men Thursday, with two of the men facing charges while attempting to escape from the Grundy County Law Enforcement Center. The Trenton Police Department arrested 52-year-old Alfred Demond Green of Trenton on misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident, driving while intoxicated, and […]
For many, the peace and quiet of country living is the American dream. But that dream can turn into a nightmare for those who become isolated and disconnected from their communities, says University of Missouri Extension safety and health specialist Karen Funkenbusch. May is Mental Health Month. It is a good time to talk with […]
Trenton Police Chief Tommy Wright reports an autopsy will be conducted after the unattended death of a Trenton man. Wright says 22-year-old Drew Dolan died Thursday at a friend’s home in the 700 block of East Fifth Street in Trenton and that an investigation is ongoing. No other information was available.
Chillicothe Councilman at Large Reed Dupy has been appointed Chillicothe’s Mayor Pro Tem, since the death of Chillicothe Mayor Chuck Haney. Chillicothe City Clerk Roze Frampton explains the Chillicothe City Charter states that the person holding the councilman at large position assumes mayor duties if “anything happens to the mayor”. The agenda for Monday night’s […]
The Missouri House has voted to give initial approval to legislation that would allow people suffering from terminal illnesses and debilitating medical conditions to use medical marijuana. Republican State Representative Jim Neely, a physician at Cameron Regional Medical Center is the bill sponsor. Under Neely’s bill, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services would […]
The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced the death of an inmate at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron. Terry Turner died Monday night, at approximately 11:00 p.m., at the prison. The 55-year-old offender was serving a 15-year sentence for first-degree child molestation and first degree burglary. Turner had been in the custody of the Department of […]
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 […]
A single-vehicle rollover accident Thursday night in western Macon County has claimed the life of a northeast Missouri resident. The highway patrol reports 71-year-old Gail Allard of Ethel was pronounced dead at Samaritan Hospital in Macon. He was a passenger in a pickup driven by 45-year-old Rebekah Smith of Ethel. She received minor injuries and declined […]
Two people in Nebraska jails in alleged connection with the disappearance and death of a Nebraska woman have been charged, but not in connection with that case. Federal officials arrested 51-year-old Aubrey Trail and 23-year-old Bailey Boswell on charges of transporting stolen items across state lines. They’re accused of taking stolen merchandise from Hiawatha, Kansas […]
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 […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox and his staff have been busy throughout the month of October with investigations and incidents. Several arrests are also in his report. A registered Sex Offender Violation Investigation has taken place on an area offender for allegedly refusing to list accurate vehicle and address information on the required registration forms. […]
Former Seventh District State Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe died Tuesday at the age of 71. Lair was first elected State Representative in November 2008, representing Missouri’s 7th District which included all or portions of Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, and Livingston counties. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and served until he reached term […]
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 […]
A Funeral service for 27-year-old Jeffrey Carl Bowman of Chillicothe will be Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Calvary Baptist Church of Chillicothe with burial in the Plainview Cemetery of Chula. A scheduled family visitation will be Tuesday night from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock at the Lindley Funeral Home of Chillicothe. Survivors of […]
A vehicle accident one mile north of Cameron early Tuesday morning claimed the life of a Maysville man. The Highway Patrol reports 43-year-old Brian Miller traveled eastbound on Rogers Road when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with Harris Road. Miller’s pickup truck struck the passenger’s side of a pickup […]
Authorities responded to an apparent suicide Tuesday morning at the Country Home Inn in Trenton around the noon hour. Trenton Police Chief Tommy Wright reports a Smithville, Missouri man was found with a single gunshot wound at Country Home Inn in Trenton Tuesday morning. Wright says the 66-year-old man was in a room by himself when […]
Agriculture workers are 20 times more likely than other workers to die from the heat. Heat deaths are 100 percent preventable with water, rest and shade say University of Missouri Extension health and safety specialist Karen Funkenbusch. That is why she encourages everyone to support the “Summer 2017 Beat the Heat” campaign from the U.S. […]
