The North Central Missouri College Upward Bound summer session will be operating online for the summer of 2020 from today through July 10th. Forty-seven students will participate from six area high schools: including Trenton, Chillicothe, Galt, Tri-County, Gallatin, and Hamilton. During the session, students will work online for enhancing skills in math, science, English, and […]
Three individuals have been charged in Livingston County with multiple felonies following an investigation that Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples reports involved stolen and forged checks in Chillicothe and the surrounding area. A child was also removed from a home. Online court information shows 37 year old Lynette Dawn King and 64 year old Jimmy […]
The highway patrol reports a Maysville man was arrested early Saturday in DeKalb County. Forty-year-old Brandon Young and accused of failure to register as a sex offender, displaying plates of another person, no proof of insurance, not wearing a seat belt, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Young was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail.
Sullivan County Health Department has confirmed two additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Sullivan County. Currently Sullivan County sits at a total of forty cases with thirty-eight cases remaining active. The positive cases have been determined to be community-related. To maintain confidentiality, no other information will be provided about the individuals. The Sullivan County Health […]
The Jamesport Community Association has set new dates for the May Days Festival. The event was originally to be held at the Spillman Event Center of Jamesport this weekend (May 8th and 9th) but will now be held on June 19th and 20th from 9 to 4 o’clock both days. A craft and vendor show […]
A resident of Dawn was injured early Thursday evening when the northbound car he was driving struck the rear of a pickup stopped on Ray County Route B. Forty-eight-year-old James Alkire was treated at the scene for a minor injury. The pickup had been operated by 39-year-old Keith Graber of Richmond who wasn’t hurt. The […]
Four people were injured, including two children, in the collision of two vehicles Sunday afternoon one mile to the north of Gower. The Clinton county accident happened at the junction of Highway 169 and Route Double-V at 3:25 pm. One driver was arrested following an investigation. Forty-one-year-old Matthew Schmidt received minor injuries and 37-year-old Elizabeth […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education Tuesday evening approved increases in pay for certified teachers and non-certified employees. The base pay for certified teachers was set at $30,500, which is an increase of $500. Teachers are allowed to move up a step on the pay scale. Forty cents were added to the hourly pay […]
A Bucklin resident was hurt Saturday evening when the motorcycle he was operating overturned on Highway 11 in eastern Linn County. Forty-four-year-old Ronald Eakins was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with moderate injuries. The accident happened five miles west of New Boston on Highway 11 as the westbound motorcycle ran off the right […]
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District’s 2019 decision reaffirming a PSC decision that approved a certificate of need and necessity for the Grain Belt Express Project (GBX). This Supreme Court action ends a long effort by project opponents to overturn the PSC decision on the Grain Belt Express. This […]
The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Hamilton man for alleged illegal drugs. Forty-six-year- old Thomas Holder of Hamilton was taken into custody Sunday morning in Clinton County, then taken to jail on a 24-hour hold. The patrol accused Thomas Holder of felony possession of a controlled substance, felony driving while revoked, along with […]
A La Plata resident received minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she was driving slid off snow-and-ice-covered Highway 63 and overturned south of La Plata. Forty-six-year old Marsha Salassa refused medical treatment at the scene. The crash happened Saturday morning nearly two miles south of La Plata as the vehicle was southbound on Highway […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of area residents on Friday night. Forty-eight-year-old Shawn Howell of Chillicothe was arrested in Grundy County. He was accused of felony driving while intoxicated, driving while suspended, and no insurance. He was transported to the Grundy County Jail on a 24-hour hold. The Patrol arrested 41-year-old Margaret Harryman of […]
A Plattsburg resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off eastbound Highway 36, through the median, across the westbound lanes, and hit an embankment west of Stewartsville. Forty-eight-year-old Nancy Peery was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The patrol accused her of felony driving while […]
A New Cambria man received serious injuries when the UTV he was operating collided with a small tractor on a country road northwest of New Cambria. The patrol reports vision was obstructed by a fire near the road. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Duncan was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The operator of the […]
A Milan resident received minor injuries in a crash on Wednesday afternoon one mile east of Green Castle. Forty-nine-year-old Maria Esquivel was taken by private auto to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 45-year-old Alejandro Lopez Gonzalez of Milan who wasn’t hurt. The vehicle was eastbound […]
A pedestrian walking on a road in Ray County was hurt when she was hit by an unknown vehicle. Forty-year-old Christina Mayer of Lawson was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The accident happened late Saturday night on Route U northeast of Excelsior Springs as Mayer was walking west on the eastbound lane when […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of one individual on stealing charges and one on a domestic assault charge. Forty-eight-year-old Kellie Holtman of Saint Joseph was extradited from Buchanan County and arrested on Wednesday. She has been charged with the felonies of stealing—motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft and stealing–$750 or more. Bond is […]
The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Purdin man as the result of a traffic stop Thursday afternoon in Sullivan County. Forty-year-old Travis E. Clark of Purdin was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Sullivan County Jail in Milan. Clark is accused of felony receiving stolen property, felony driving while his license was suspended […]
A man described as a convicted felon with multiple offenses in his past was arrested on Saturday by members of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Forty-two-year old John Ervin Peterson was reported to have moved into a vacant house at Spickard and now faces two counts of receiving stolen property. Bond is $25,000 cash with […]
