The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Spickard sustained minor injuries when the car he drove overturned one mile south of Spickard Thursday evening. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Marshall drove south on Second Northwest Avenue at an allegedly high rate of speed when he lost control of the car. The vehicle skidded off the west side of […]
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Trenton Fire Department responds to vehicle fire
The Trenton Fire Department reports a passenger vehicle is a total loss after a fire Monday afternoon. Firefighter Lane Beverlin says the vehicle at 202 East 24th Street in Trenton, owned by David Thrun, was fully involved upon the fire department’s arrival. Crews deployed a hand line to extinguish the fire and a lawn mower […]
Blythedale man hospitalized after crash on Interstate 35
A resident of Blythedale was injured Thursday night in a Daviess County accident on Interstate 35 five miles north of Cameron. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 35-year-old Kenneth Utley, who was not using a seatbelt, and who was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Utley was driving a pickup when […]
Livingston County authorities seeking charges in case involving grass fire that was intentionally set
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports an investigation regarding a grass fire in late May lead to the sheriff’s office seeking criminal charges against a Dawn resident Monday. Cox says the sheriff’s office and Dawn Fire Department responded to a call of a large grass fire along LIV 431 south of Route C May 25 […]
Fire Saturday evening in Chillicothe destroys garage
Fire Saturday evening in Chillicothe destroyed a garage and damaged surrounding structures. Firefighters arrived at 1430 Burnam to find an unattached garage with heavy fire in the front and a side of the structure. Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports a power line between the garage and house was burning with fire in an attic vent […]
Lawson woman dies in Clay County crash
A Lawson woman died as the result of a one-vehicle accident in Clay County early Thursday morning at approximately 3:10 am. The Highway Patrol reports 23-year-old Joy Payne traveled north on Salem Road just north of Northeast 166th Street when the car she drove ran off the right side of the road, became airborne, struck […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to two calls overnight
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded Wednesday night to two calls for service. In the yard behind 926 Cherry, a fire was reported when grease was being heated in a propane turkey fryer. The fryer was not near a structure so there was no fire extension. An extinguisher and the lid of the fryer was used to […]
Crash near Chillicothe injures infant and teenager when pickup overturns
The Highway Patrol reports a teen and an infant sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck they were passengers in overturned four miles west of Chillicothe Wednesday afternoon. The Patrol reports 19-year-old William Simpson of Chillicothe drove south on Route Y when he failed to negotiate a left curve, and the pickup ran off the […]
Fire of unknown origin burns two outbuildings and barn near Bethany
Several fire departments responded to a fire near Bethany on Monday that burned several structures. Bethany Fire Chief Jacob Denum reports departments from Bethany, Pattonsburg, New Hampton, and Gilman City responded to the fire south of Bethany on Route AA. He says the fire burned two outbuildings and a barn as well as farm equipment, […]
Temperature readings in June well above average
The June weather summary in Trenton reports temperatures well above average for the second month in a row. Precipitation was below average for the eighth consecutive month which also means precipitation in Trenton has been below average in ten of past eleven months. High temperatures in Trenton averaged 89.7 degrees at the official weather station […]
Bearing failure sparks fire in hay field east of Humphreys
The Galt Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire Wednesday afternoon. Terry Wynne with the fire department reports a bearing went out on a hay baler and caught the grass on fire a few miles east of Humphreys causing approximately 10 acres of grass and several bales of hay to burn. The fire department […]
Norborne man crashes on Route A, later arrested on DWI allegation
The Highway Patrol reports a Norborne man sustained serious injuries when the pickup truck he drove overturned one mile south of Braymer Thursday morning. Twenty-six-year-old Jarrod Green traveled south on Route A when the pickup crossed the center line and ran off the east side of the road. The truck struck a road sign and […]
Chillicothe Fire Department provides assistance to demolition crew
A business building that was in the process of being demolished, Anderson’s TBA in Chillicothe, resulted in a request to the Chillicothe Fire Department for assistance Wednesday night at 801 Locust Street. A report this morning from Assistant Chief Eric Reeter says the city codes officer at 8:20 last night, requested the fire department provide […]
Winston woman dies after car strikes tree inside Wallace State Park
A resident of Winston died after being injured when according to the highway patrol, a car she was driving traveled off a wet road and struck a tree inside Wallace State Park. The highway patrol reports 61-year-old Margaret Welton was pronounced dead at 1 o’clock Monday at Cameron Regional Medical Center just over one hour after […]
Trenton sales tax receipts down for first two-months of fiscal year
Trenton city sales tax receipts in the first two months of this fiscal year are down for general revenue, capital projects, parks, and firefighting related needs compared to the same period a year ago. The reductions are nearly ten percent for parks, more than eight percent for firefighting equipment, training, and services and seven percent […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to fire near airport
The Chillicothe Fire Department Monday responded to a report of hay bales on fire along LIV Road 251 which is near the airport. According to a news release, Harold Dewey was having hay baled in the field by his home when a bearing on the baler failed and over-heated catching two large round bales of […]
Firefighters respond to fire in hay field
Firefighters from Trenton and the Grundy County Rural Firefighters responded to 24th street and Pleasant Plain in Trenton Saturday afternoon where a fire burned less than one-half acre in a hay field. A Trenton Fire Department spokesman said hay was being raked at the time and the cause of the fire was unknown. Firefighters were […]
2 hurt,1 life-flighted when driver strikes deer in roadway near Milan
Milan and Unionville residents were injured Tuesday night when according to the Highway Patrol, a car swerved to avoid a deer, traveled off Highway 5 and overturned in an accident was two miles north of Milan. Twenty-three-year-old Jakeob Stark of Unionville received minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in […]
Surprise homecoming held for deployed 442nd member
Escorted towards the pitcher’s mound, the Laffey family prepares to watch one of their own throw in the honorary first pitch for their favorite Major League Baseball team– the Kansas City Royals. Ty Laffey practiced for this moment for a week but knowing that his father was unable to be there due to being deployed […]
Des Moines man thrown from motorcycle south of Blythedale
The Highway Patrol reports a Des Moines, Iowa man sustained serious injuries when his motorcycle overturned and ejected him about a mile and a half south of Blythedale Friday night. Forty-four-year-old Nick Briner traveled south on Route T when he reportedly failed to negotiate a curve and his motorcycle ran off the west side of […]