One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November. The agency was able to make a one-time […]
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met April 13, 2018, and awarded 14 grants totaling $6,461. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to Grundy County R-V School District, Humphreys; Trenton […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
A Missouri state trooper was involved in a shooting this morning in Daviess County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it all started shortly after 10:30 this morning in Harrison County when the sheriff notified the patrol of a theft in progress at a residence in Ridgeway. Harrison County Sheriff Josh Eckerson reports suspects pulled a […]
North Central Missouri Business Facilitation aids area businesses with development. Facilitator Stephanie Williams explains that the organization is made up of a group of individuals from Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, and Harrison counties. She says its mission is to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs, obtain the information they need, and help them move […]
Beginning the second week of March, contractors from Chester Bross Construction Company of Palmyra, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will begin a bridge deck replacement on Harrison County Route EE over Big Muddy Creek located 0.1 miles south of Route M. The bridge will close the morning of March 12 and will remain […]
Chillicothe Police Department officers were dispatched to a two-vehicle non-injury traffic crash on Washington Street and Locust Street. A vehicle driven by Connie L. Harris collided with a vehicle driven by Barbara K. Maberry after Harris failed to yield the right-of-way. Minor damage was reported in the collision. In yet another accident report, officers were […]
Two Milan residents received minor injuries in an accident Wednesday afternoon at an intersection four miles to the east of Harris. Taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan was the driver 35-year-old Lilian Gonzalez Salmeron and her passenger 21 year old Raul Coronado Aguilar. The highway patrol reports a southbound car […]
An accident yesterday afternoon in Harris has injured a young boy when he was struck by a car backing up. The incident happened at 4 o’clock Wednesday on private property in Harris. The highway patrol reports six-year-old Collin Pendergraft of Allerton, Iowa was first taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan and later flown […]
A change of venue from Harrison County to Grundy County was granted for an Eagleville man Tuesday. Michael John Welling’s bond is set at $25,000 cash or corporate surety with special conditions and he is scheduled to appear in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court July 13. Welling was originally charged with the felony […]
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office and the North Missouri Drug Task Force concluded a year-long drug investigation with seven arrests Tuesday. Sheriff Roger Smiley reports that individuals charged with two counts of distribution or delivery of a controlled substance include 30-year-old Cody Smith of Milan, 48-year-old Wendy Garret-Thomas of Harris, 51-year-old Charles McCabe of Milan, […]
Two teenagers were injured last night when a pickup truck rolled over in an accident two miles west of Humphreys. The highway patrol reports Bryan Whitmire of Harris and Anthony Wisdom of Milan, both 18-years-old, were taken by ambulance to the Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton with moderate injuries to both. The accident happened when […]
The highway patrol reports two people were taken by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan following an accident three miles south of Newtown. The report noted 48-year-old Pamela Spencer of Newtown was driving northbound when the car went off Highway 139, first to the right, then to the left, where it struck a […]
At a meeting this week of the Newtown-Harris Board of Education, Justin Oaks was appointed to fill the remainder of the school board term held by Julie Veach. Oaks appointment runs until the election next April. Amanda Neff was approved as the new bookkeeper. Patti Stark of Mercer was approved as a special education consultant for […]
Sentencing was yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse in Bethany for a man accused of poisoning his wife nearly ten years ago when they lived in Harrison County. Samuel Borntreger was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty June 21st in Division One of the Harrison County Circuit […]
The Newtown-Harris Board of Education has approved a budget for next fiscal year in which revenues are anticipated to exceed spending by nearly 22-thousand dollars. Spending is estimated at about $1,535,000.00. Income is anticipated to surpass expenditures for the current fiscal year ending this June 30th by nearly 22 thousand dollars. Newtown-Harris has a reserve […]
Note: This is an older, archived story, that started trending once again on 5/24/16 HARRISONVILLE, MO (KCTV) – She had just turned 16 years old last week, and her family had allowed her for the first time to drive alone. Savannah Nash was en route Thursday afternoon to the grocery store to pick up items for […]
Northwest Missouri’s grassland heritage will be celebrated at Prairie Days June 24-25 at Dunn Ranch in Harrison County. Bison, butterflies, birds and native plants that support them will be on display. Experts will interpret prairie ecology at a free event sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), The Nature Conservancy, and the Missouri Prairie […]
A Bethany resident was injured wen the pickup truck he was driving traveled off Highway 69 north of Bethany, hit a fence, and overturned onto its top. Forty-six year old Isaac Martinez was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, with what the Highway Patrol called moderate injuries. The accident was Saturday afternoon five […]
The highway patrol reports a 33-year old Bethany resident, Tracy Friend, received minor injuries in a Saturday night traffic accident, four miles south of Bethany. The patrol reports Harrison County Community Hospital called law enforcement to report the accident when Friend sought treatment on Sunday. The patrol reports Friend as saying the accident occurred as […]
