The annual Serve Trenton initiative will be held next month with the event starting at the C. F. Russell Stadium in Trenton the mornings of September 29th and 30th at 8 o’clock. Kevin Harris explained the initiative’s purpose. Anyone interested in volunteering for the initiative can register for one or both days via […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Joplin woman sustained minor injuries when a vehicle ran off of Interstate 35 in Daviess County Wednesday morning. Forty-one-year-old Misty Turpin drove north when the vehicle traveled off the west side of the road into the median at mile marker 74, traveled back onto the road before the driver reportedly […]
The Chillicothe Police Department will play the Chillicothe Fire Department in the annual Battle of the Badges Charity Softball Game next month. The game, to benefit the Grand River YMCA Backpack Buddy Program, will be held at the Red Field of Danner Park in Chillicothe the evening of September 29th at 6 o’clock. Admission is […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a fire at the Hibner Saw Mill on Route CC Monday afternoon. Captain Les Hinnen reports firefighters found light smoke coming from the north side of the building upon arrival. Further investigation led to the discovery of smoldering sawdust along the inside of the north wall. Dry chemical extinguishers […]
Trenton city sales tax receipts in the first four months of this fiscal year are up slightly over 4% for General Purposes and Capital Projects and up approximately 3-1/2% for Parks and Fire Department purposes. The increases are compared to the same period a year ago which runs from May through August. In dollar figures, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph man sustained moderate injuries when a car ran off the road two miles west of Osborn Wednesday morning. Eighty-two-year-old Billie Gilpin drove the car west on U. S. Highway 36 when it ran off the south side of the road into the median and struck a culvert. The […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Decatur, Illinois man sustained moderate injuries when the pickup truck he drove overturned half a mile east of Marceline Tuesday afternoon. Fifty-two-year-old Jerry Atwood traveled west on U. S. Highway 36 when he reportedly lost control coming out of a curve before the pickup overturned in the road causing extensive […]
Two individuals died and three others sustained injuries when a van and a heavy truck collided three miles north of Marceline Friday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 39-year-old Dennis Allen of Brookfield drove the van south on Missouri 5 when the vehicle crossed the center line. The van struck the driver’s side of the northbound […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Des Moines, Iowa teen sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident seven miles south of Cameron early Friday afternoon. Eighteen-year-old Tyler Burton traveled north on U. S. Highway 69 when the vehicle he drove crossed the center line. He reportedly overcorrected, which caused the vehicle to run off the east […]
Brush being burned in a yard at night sent Chillicothe firefighters to 202 East 2nd Street Thursday night. The department quoted a person at the scene as saying he was cutting up the owners’ tree that had fallen in a storm earlier in the year and didn’t realize city ordinance did not allow burning after […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department was dispatched to MFA Oil on Washington Street for a report of a fuel spill just past midnight on Monday. The department, upon arrival, found approximately 20-gallons of diesel fuel spilled on the lot and edge of 2nd Street. Four bags of fuel absorbent was used to soak up the spilled fuel. […]
Residents from Trenton and Blue Springs were injured early Sunday evening in a rollover accident on U.S. Highway 36, three miles west of Osborn. Taken by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph was the driver of the car 21-year-old Drew Tibbs of Blue Springs who was listed with serious injuries. Receiving minor injuries was […]
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a workshop and its regular meeting at the Chillicothe City Hall Monday evening. Topics for the 5:30 workshop may include discussion regarding street projects and equipment, radio bids for police and fire, a new phone system, and finance options for upcoming purchases. The regular city council meeting will start […]
The Trenton Fire Department invites the community to see the city’s new aerial E-One fire truck, which was recently put into service, during an open house Tuesday. The open house for Ladder 9 will be held at the Emergency Services Complex in Trenton from 11 o’clock Tuesday morning until 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
A Bethany truck driver died at the scene of a wreck Thursday afternoon in rural northwest Sullivan County. Twenty-seven-year-old Clare Guernsey of Bethany was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash after the truck he was driving ran off Route E, struck the ground, and overturned. The southbound truck hit several trees and a […]
The Trenton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 3900 East 10th Street in Trenton Wednesday night. Lieutenant Doug Franklin reports firefighters found no smoke or fire upon arrival, but there was light smoke upon entry into the residence owned by Cindy Akers. Crews deployed a water extinguisher and a thermal imaging camera to […]
A hay bale fire was reported Wednesday at Black Silo Winery off Highway 6, just east of Trenton. Lieutenant Doug Franklin of the Trenton Fire Department reported ten large round bales of hay were on fire. Firefighters protected other exposures from the fire spreading to them. The landowner used a tractor to move bales away […]
Trenton city sales tax revenues received this month are running very steady with the amounts reported for July of last year, with the most recent figures shared with the Trenton City Council and news media at Monday nights’ meeting. Trenton has five city sales taxes. The general fund sales tax for July received over $88,000, […]
Grundy County Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs has shared a list of upcoming State Emergency Management Agency training that will soon take place. Courses in the area include an eight-hour Hazmat IQ Training to explain a response tool that incorporates a series of job aids called Smart Charts, which enable responders to handle an incident […]
A crash Saturday morning three miles east of Brookfield closed Highway 36 for several hours while emergency crews cleared the scene. Three area residents were seriously hurt, when according to the highway patrol, motorcycles driven by 40-year-old Jessye Ford of Callao and 29-year-old Russell Watts of La Plata were struck by 61-year-old Carolyn Wolfe of […]
