Updated 8:15 pm June 14, 2019 The Trenton Police Officer is currently listed in critical condition at an area hospital. The suspect, Jamey A. Griffin, a white male, age 38, sustained a gunshot wound to the hand and is in stable condition. —————————————————- Updated June 14, 2019, at 6:35 pm A representative from the Missouri […]
Two men accused of restraining someone, causing him to lose consciousness twice, and leaving him laying in the road or ditch in Jamesport Saturday night, have been charged in Daviess County. Twenty-year-old Caleb Kettner of Belton and 20-year-old Connor Monteer of Jamesport face felony charges of first-degree assault or attempt and second-degree kidnapping. Online court […]
Two men have been sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that led to the kidnapping and torture of an Independence, Missouri, man. Gerald L. Holmes, also known as “Jerry” or “Joker,” 27, and Richard M. Phoenix, also known as “Snake,” 77, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Chula woman sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove struck the towed unit of a pickup truck and overturned two miles west of Stewartsville Wednesday morning. An ambulance transported 80-year-old Rita Jacobs to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. The pickup driver, 78-year-old Ronald Nichols of Jamesport, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville woman sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove struck a deer east of Greencastle Tuesday morning. Forty-four year old Crystal Simler was transported to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The SUV traveled west on Highway 6 before it hit the deer in the road, […]
A Kansas City man faces three felony counts stemming from his alleged involvement Saturday that began in the Walmart parking lot at Cameron. According to online information, 33-year-old Michael Clyde David Moses was charged Monday in DeKalb County Circuit Court with first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action, and resisting arrest by […]
One individual was taken into custody west of St. Joseph in connection with an incident Saturday in Cameron in which a Cameron police officer was hit by a car and run over in the Walmart parking lot. The officer was treated and released from a local hospital. Cameron Police Chief Rick Bashor said Cameron officers, […]
The Trenton Police Department reports two Spickard residents sustained injuries in a motor vehicle-horse and buggy crash in the 1700 block of East Ninth Street in Trenton Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported horse and buggy occupants 57-year-old Elizabeth Yoder and her 10-year-old daughter to Wright Memorial Hospital. Yoder was later flown to Truman Medical Center […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports several flood-related incidents Friday morning. The sheriff’s office received information from the railroad crew south of Chillicothe that a man was on a levee south of U. S. Highway 36 and a couple of miles west of Highway 65. The man was reportedly yelling for someone to come tow […]
A southern Iowa man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly using a tractor to spear a county sheriff’s car and push the vehicle more than 100 feet. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says Decatur County Sheriff Ben Boswell and two deputies were called Thursday afternoon to a family dispute at a home […]
A new report finds that Missouri has among the highest uninsured rates for women of child-bearing age. The uninsured rate for Missouri women ages 18-44 is 13.9 percent, compared to an average of nine percent in Medicaid expansion states. Medicaid expansion has played a key role in improving several maternal and child health outcomes, according […]
The Chillicothe Police Department reports a Brookfield man sustained injuries in a one-vehicle accident in the 400 block of Elm Street in Chillicothe Friday afternoon. Twenty-five year old Zach Weaver was transported to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. The vehicle he drove ran off the road and struck a tree which caused the vehicle to […]
