An accident yesterday afternoon on westbound U.S. 36 in DeKalb County has claimed the life of a Kearney resident. The highway patrol reports 30-year-old Paul Binkley was pronounced dead at Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph one hour after the accident occurred. Binkley was driving a dump truck when it traveled off the north side of […]
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Salisbury man dies when his tractor is struck by train
The highway patrol reports the operator of a farm tractor was killed Thursday when he failed to yield to a moving train at a railroad crossing in rural Chariton County. The accident about 2:30 Thursday happened on Cal Hubbard Avenue about three and a half miles east of Keytesville. The state patrol identified the victim […]
2-year-old dies when run over on private drive near Grant City
An accident in Worth County yesterday has claimed the life of a two-year-old boy whom authorities said, died from injuries received when run over by a motor vehicle. The accident, just before 11 o’clock Tuesday, happened on private property three miles to the north of Grant City. The highway patrol said 32-year-old Danelle Head of […]
Services for Jose Barron to be held Sunday, March 26
Jose Sanchez Barron IV, a 19-year-old former Trenton, MO resident passed away at 4:55 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the University of Columbia Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at the Trenton High School Gymnasium. A rosary will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday at […]
Macon, Missouri man killed when tree he was cutting falls onto him
RENICK, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a tree trimmer was killed in north-central Missouri when a tree he was cutting down toppled onto him. KTVO (http://bit.ly/2nHbmwN ) reports that 38-year-old Charles Hamblin of Macon died at the scene of the accident shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday in Renick in Randolph County. Authorities say Hamblin owned […]
Livingston County Sheriff’s Department investigating death in Livingston County
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department reports an investigation is being made regarding the death of a 54-year-old Chillicothe man. Chief Deputy Michael Claypole said a deputy, late Wednesday afternoon, went to north central Livingston County for a well-being check. A short time later, the 54-year old man was found deceased at that location. Claypole notes […]
Obituary for Keith Warren of Trenton
Keith Warren, a 50-year-old resident of Trenton, MO, passed away at 7:03 PM on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at St Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016, at the First Christian Church in Trenton. A scheduled visitation will be held from 5 to […]
Princeton man dies in crash on Highway 136
A Princeton man was killed and a Unionville resident hurt in the collision of a car and a Mack truck on Highway 136 at Ravanna early Wednesday morning. Fatally injured was the driver of the car, 37-year-old Thomas Gavigan of Princeton. The driver of the truck, 44-year-old John Campbell of Unionville was transported to Northeast Regional […]
Name released in death at Lakeview Motel
The Trenton Police Department was dispatched to the Lakeview Motor Lodge on Tuesday in reference to a female staying at the motel who had not paid their account and was not answering the door of her motel room. Upon arrival, housekeeping had accessed the room, where 40-year-old Jennifer Herren of Peculiar, Missouri, was found deceased […]
19-year old sophomore found dead at Truman State University
A psychology major at Truman State University, 19-year old sophomore Jacob “Jake” Hughes of Eureka, Missouri has died. The university confirmed the death on Monday. Hughes is the second death of a Truman State student this summer, after Alex Mullins was found dead on August 8th. Both young men were active members of the Alpha […]
Student drowns at Mozingo Lake near Maryville
Maryville Public Safety and University Police officers responded at approximately 8:00 p.m. Monday to a report of a missing student at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. Maryville Public Safety and Northwest Missouri State University have confirmed that a student attending the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing has drowned. Officers identified the victim as Jae […]
Funeral services for firefighter Edward “Ed” Cosgrove set for Thursday, July 28
Edward Austin Cosgrove, Jr., age 53, a resident of Utica, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Utica, Missouri. Edward was born the son of Edward Austin and Delaine Marie (Curtis) Cosgrove, on February 2, 1963, in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was a graduate of Lockport High School, Lockport, Illinois. Edward worked as a […]
Coroner’s initial report on Elizabeth Jeannoutot-Lafolette and daughter Shannon inconclusive
Grundy County Coroner Dewayne Slater says an initial, or preliminary autopsy report, is inconclusive regarding the deaths of a Trenton woman and her young daughter over the weekend at Trenton. Slater said officials will await the results of toxicology tests. He noted it may take at least two months before toxicology results become available for […]
Individuals found deceased in vehicle identified in Saturday July 16 incident in Trenton
Authorities early this afternoon released the identities of the woman and child who were found dead Saturday night July 16th inside a running vehicle in a parking lot. Officers from the Trenton Police Department responded to McDonalds at 1861 East 9th Street, Trenton, Missouri, in reference to a possible death of a female subject inside […]
Adam Baker of Cameron, Missouri found guilty of murder in death of his wife Holly
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Adam Baker Thursday in the shooting death of his 26-year-old wife Holly Baker in a trial that began Monday, July 11. The Cameron man was convicted of Second Degree Murder and armed criminal action in a trial that lasted just four days in the death of his […]
Samuel Borntreger pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder
Samuel Borntreger, a former Harrison County Amish minister pleaded guilty in Harrison County court today to a charge of second-degree murder. He has been in custody since January after telling authorities in Kentucky that he poisoned his wife, Anna Yoder Borntreger, who died in 2006. Today’s court appearance was originally scheduled to be a bond […]
Woman dies in Chillicothe prison
Officials are reporting the death of a 61-year-old woman Saturday, June 4, in the women’s prison in Chillicothe. Prison officials and medical personnel pronounced Loretta Young dead at 7:49 a.m. June 4 in the Chillicothe Correctional Center. She died of apparent natural causes. Young was serving a 50-year sentence without parole for capital murder from […]
Chillicothe Police Department busy first 6 days of June
The Chillicothe Police Department was very busy during the first six days of June with a myriad of calls. Officers arrested Zachary Kerns in the 200 block of Williams on a Missouri State Probation/Parole violation warrant. Kerns was transported to the Police Department where he was processed and transferred to the Daviess DeKalb Regional Jail. […]
Kirksville woman dies in Highway 6 accident
A Kirksville woman was killed when the car she was driving overturned off highway 6 in northeast Missouri Saturday afternoon. Twenty to year-old Robin Helm of Kirksville was pronounced dead at the scene, four miles west of Edina. Helm’s westbound car went off the left side of highway 6 and overturned, demolishing the vehicle. Ms. […]
UPDATE: Kirksville police identify man killed in early morning shooting
(Kirksville, Missouri) – Kirksville Police have identified the individual who died, from an apparent gunshot wound, in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 14, 2016. The victim was identified as Shane’te Glasgow, 27, of Brookfield, MissouriThe initial incomplete/unofficial autopsy suggests that the cause of death was a single gunshot to the head.Although the investigation is still […]