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Missouri State Auditor finds a lack of transparency in how Jackson County spent taxpayer dollars

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit of Jackson County government that found a lack of transparency in how the county spent millions of taxpayer dollars on legal, lobbying, and other professional services. The audit identified $2.7 million in contracts that were not competitively bid and another $1.3 million in contracts that went years […]

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High-speed pursuit starting in Carroll County ends in Linn County with arrest of St. Louis woman

A St. Louis woman was arrested in connection with an alleged high-speed pursuit on Wednesday afternoon that began in Carroll County and ended in Linn County. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office was notified about 3:30 regarding a Carroll County deputy attempting to stop a northbound white-colored SUV that was reportedly driving in excess of 100 […]

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Worth County investigation closes as body of deceased Grant City woman is located

The Worth County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announces a missing person investigation has come to a close. Prosecuting Attorney Janet Wake Larison reports that the Worth County Sheriff’s Office received a tip of the location of the deceased, Melissa Lynn Chapman, the evening of Monday, September 14th. An ongoing homicide investigation continues. Law enforcement assisting includes […]

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Texas man arrested in Daviess County

The highway patrol reports a Texas man was arrested on Sunday morning in DeKalb County and accused of driving without a valid license, failure to display valid plates, and failure to restrain a child under eight years old in a child restraint. Twenty-six-year-old Juan Maravilla Leos of San Juan, Texas had a Daviess County warrant […]

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Three from Utica injured in crash on Highway 65

Three residents of Utica were injured late Tuesday night when the car they were in allegedly failed to halt for a stop sign, traveled across Highway 65, and into a ditch on Carroll County Route WW at Highway 65. The driver, 22-year-old Trista Neal as well as passengers 18-year-old Gage Deshazier and 19-year-old DeQuaila Mayfield […]

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Independence man injured in UTV crash near Callao

The Highway Patrol reports an Independence man sustained moderate injuries when the utility terrain vehicle he drove had a mechanical failure and he was ejected from the vehicle six miles northwest of Callao the afternoon of Friday, September 4th. A private vehicle transported 44-year-old Edgar Madrazo to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The UTV traveled […]

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Missouri court says redistricting plan’s summary language has ‘major problems’

The Missouri Court of Appeals says part of the summary language for the Amendment 3 November ballot measure has “major problems” and needs new wording. In a written court decision Monday, the three-judge panel says the description, written by the Republican-controlled Legislature, “fails to acknowledge” what the amendment would do, which is to “substantially modify, and reorder […]