The Mercer County Fire Protection District responded to a report of hay bales on fire Sunday with a brush truck, tanker, and engine. The fire department reports crews found multiple bales on fire when they arrived on the scene at the junction of U. S. Highway 65 and Idle Loop. The bales were cooled, and […]
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Grundy County Local Emergency Planning Committee tackles busy agenda
The Grundy County Local Emergency Planning Committee this week discussed preparations for the Missouri Day Festival. Preparations will be similar to past years with volunteers staffing the Emergency Operations Center and assist with traffic and the parade route. Bill Brinton with Region H Hazmat brought lights for use at the festival as requested. He reported […]
Crash northwest of Cameron sends one to hospital
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville man sustained moderate injuries when the sports utility vehicle he drove was struck by a pickup truck ten miles northwest of Cameron Thursday afternoon. Emergency medical services transported 50-year-old James James to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Pickup driver 17-year-old Marshall Kennedy of Cameron was reported as not injured. Both […]
Fire destroys home at Roach Lake south of Chillicothe
A residence at Roach Lake is considered a total loss after a fire on Wednesday morning. The fire is under investigation by the Missouri State Fire Marshal. Chillicothe Fire Chief Eric Reeter reports the residence, owned by Tracy Englert, was fully involved in fire when the Chillicothe Fire Department arrived and requested Dawn, Hale, Wheeling, […]
“Battle of the Badges” slated for October 19 in Chillicothe
The Fifth Annual Battle of the Badges Charity Softball Game will be held in Chillicothe to raise funds for the YMCA Backpack Buddies Program and local programs benefiting children. Family activities will begin at Danner Park of Chillicothe on the evening of October 19th at 6 o’clock. The Chillicothe Police Department will play the Chillicothe […]
Chillicothe firefighters respond to vehicle fire near Utica
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle fire Monday along Highway 36, one mile east of the Utica Junction. Upon arrival, just past 11 o’clock on Monday morning, there were two sheriff’s deputies and the vehicle owner standing on the passenger side of the truck. Several items had been removed. Firefighters quoted the […]
Governor awards Missouri Public Safety Medals to first responders and civilians for heroic actions in 2018
Governor Mike Parson awarded Missouri Public Safety Medals to a total of 18 first responders and 6 civilians for heroic and life-saving actions in 2018. The awards are the state’s highest recognition for first responders working as individuals and as members of teams during critical incidents. The civilians were honored for taking on extreme risks […]
Fire destroys vacant house near Trenton
Fire over the weekend destroyed a vacant house southwest of Trenton. Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District, among others, responded to 225 Southwest Highway W which is owned by Tim Blozvich of Trenton. Just after 12 noon Saturday, firefighters arrived at the scene to find the house fully-engulfed with fire. They deployed a hose line […]
47-year-old Livingston County man dies in Friday night fire
Chillicothe Fire Department Chief Eric Reeter reports human remains were found in the debris of a single-wide trailer that burned Friday night in rural Livingston County. Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 9 o’clock to 9803 Livingston County Road 228 and discovered a single wide trailer fully involved in fire. Reeter said the blaze was extinguished, and […]
SUV hits big rig broadside at intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 5
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline woman sustained moderate injuries when the sport utility vehicle she drove struck a Freightliner truck in Linn County on Thursday afternoon. An ambulance transported Darien Bloomfield to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. Truck driver 73 year old Gary Frenzel of Shubert, Nebraska was reported as not injured. The SUV […]
Grundy County Commission takes part in Incident Command System training
A class was held in Trenton this week covering the National Incident Management Command System. Grundy County Emergency Management reports chief elected officials, emergency response personnel, dispatchers, and emergency managers from the state attended the multi-day class. Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard previously said the Grundy County Commission attended the training at the North Central […]
Unionville woman crashes after car strikes trash can in roadway
The Highway Patrol reports a Unionville woman sustained moderate injuries in an accident involving a minivan three miles north of Lancaster on Wednesday morning. An ambulance transported 49-year-old Colleen Klingsmith to the Davis County Hospital. The van traveled north of Highway 63 when it struck a plastic trash can in the road, traveled off the […]
Chillicothe Fire Department rescues woman from high-water on Third Street
Chillicothe Fire Captain Tracy Bradley reports the department rescued a woman from a truck in high water on Third Street before Old Highway 190 on Monday night. Medic 1 arrived on the scene at Third Street to LIV 256 and saw a light about 100 yards down the road. Rescue 1 proceeded down LIV 233 […]
Trenton Police Department seeking tips regarding “suspicious fire” on Main Street
The Trenton Police Department is seeking tips regarding what it calls a “suspicious fire” early Monday morning. The police report a fire damaged a vacant house at 1437 Main Street in Trenton. The Trenton Police and Fire departments, as well as the Missouri Division of Fire Safety, are investigating the fire. Anyone with information is […]
Woman from Unionville hurt in rollover crash
A Sullivan County rollover accident Tuesday night has injured a Unionville resident. Thirty-six-year-old Sarah Robbins was taken by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with moderate injuries. Robbins failed to halt the car at an intersection of Routes B and N, three miles north of Green City. The southbound car traveled off the […]
Two injured when truck overturns on I-35 in Daviess County
Two men from Texas were injured Tuesday night when their International truck overturned onto the driver’s side on I-35 three miles north of Cameron in Daviess County. The driver, twenty-seven-year-old Omar Flores-Castro of Garland, Texas received minor injuries and a passenger, 48-year-old Juan Martinez of Grand Prairie, Texas received moderate injuries. Both were taken by ambulance […]
Trenton Fire Department responds to suspicious fire on Main Street
In what Fire Chief Brandon Gibler described as suspicious, Trenton firefighters and other agencies responded Monday morning to a house fire at 1437 Main Street. The house is located on the southwest corner of the intersection at 15th and Main Streets. Upon arrival just after 4 o’clock Monday morning, September 23, 2019, firefighters observed heavy […]
Trenton City Council adopts three ordinances, accepts four bids
Three ordinances were adopted and four bids were accepted during Monday nights meeting of the Trenton City Council. All votes were unanimous among the 8 members. Boone Construction Company of Columbia received formal approval for the 17th Street Bridge replacement project. The company is to be paid $2,339,736.00. Funding comes from the city of Trenton […]
Big rig overturns on Highway 36 killing driver
A man from Avon, Illinois died as the result of a Mack truck overturning one half mile south of Meadville on Friday night. The Patrol reports an ambulance transported 61-year-old William Simmons to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield where he was pronounced dead approximately one hour after the crash. The big rig traveled east on […]
Brookfield man life-flighted to Columbia after motorcycle strikes deer
The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield man sustained serious injuries when the motorcycle he drove struck a deer and ejected him from the vehicle on Friday night. An air ambulance transported 29-year-old Douglas Palmer to the University Hospital in Columbia. The motorcycle traveled south on Route M one and a half miles north of Brookfield […]