Body Recovered

18-year-old Chillicothe drowning victim identified

The highway patrol has identified the victim of a weekend drowning at Chillicothe. The patrol reports the body of 18-year-old Michael Cappell was recovered about 5:15 Sunday evening in the Thompson River, two miles north of the Grand River and two miles west of Chillicothe. Authorities stated Cappell was in the Thompson River Saturday when […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol reports two arrests

The highway patrol reports a St. Joseph resident, 37-year-old Amber Durbin, was arrested early Sunday in DeKalb County and accused of possessing heroin, methamphetamine, along with two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Fifty-five-year-old George Green, with an address of South Africa, was arrested early Sunday in Mercer County and accused of driving while intoxicated […]

Accident

Gilman City teen hurt in crash on Highway 146

A Gilman City teen serious injuries when the car he was driving overturned on Highway 146 east of Melbourne. Sixteen-year-old Quentin Hughs was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton after the Saturday morning crash one mile east of Melbourne.  Hughs was eastbound when his car crossed the centerline,  he overcorrected, the vehicle went off the […]

ATV Accident

Princeton woman crashes four-wheeler, later arrested

The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton woman sustained moderate injuries when her four-wheeler overturned and ejected her Friday night, and she was later arrested. Twenty-nine-year-old Tiffany Taul traveled north on Route FF when the four-wheeler ran off the west side of the road about a mile north of Princeton. The vehicle traveled down an embankment […]

Crash and accident graphic

Milan woman crashes in Galt, later arrested by patrol

The Highway Patrol reports a Milan woman sustained minor injuries when her sports utility vehicle overturned Friday, and she was later arrested. Thirty-five-year-old Donna Pigg traveled west on Highway 6 when the vehicle ran off the south side of the road at Chestnut Street in Galt.  Pigg reportedly overcorrected, the vehicle returned to the road, […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway Patrol to conduct DWI saturations in June

Highway Patrol Troop H Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald reports that officers will conduct three driving while intoxicated saturation operations sometime during the month of June. The DWI saturations are mobile operations in which troopers patrol a specific area to remove impaired drivers. Highway Patrol Troop H is made up of 15 Northwest Missouri counties, […]

City of Chillicothe Website

Chillicothe City Council to hold public hearing

The Chillicothe City Council will hold a public hearing regarding an ordinance amending a section of the zoning code. The hearing will be held during the city council meeting at the Chillicothe City Hall Monday evening, June 11 at 6:30. Chillicothe City Clerk Roze Frampton reports the ordinance would eliminate prohibited uses of office space, […]

Crash and accident graphic

Five car crash injures three Wednesday morning

The Highway Patrol reports a Polo woman was one of three individuals injured in an accident involving five vehicles south of Kearney Wednesday morning. Fifty-one-year-old Richard Ojeda of Polo, 23-year-old Amanda Tyne of Lawson, 46-year-old Jacki Ohrenberg of Lawson, and 30-year-old Katherine McClure of Polo all were stopped in congested traffic on southbound Interstate 35 […]

Court Gavel and Scales

Princeton teen waives preliminary hearing on charge of involuntary manslaughter

A Princeton teenager has waived a preliminary hearing in Mercer County Circuit Court on charges stemming from an accident last October that claimed the life of a Lineville resident. Seventeen-year-old Elijah Charles Mandich of Princeton appeared Tuesday before Mercer County Associate Judge Matthew Krohn. The case, with a felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in the […]

Livingston County Sheriff

Investigation in Livingston County results in arrest and seizure of evidence

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports charges are pending on multiple individuals following an investigation that began last week, which resulted in the discovery of a fugitive and the seizure of alleged drugs. The sheriff’s office requested assistance from the Chillicothe Police Department in the investigation on Clay Street in Chillicothe. Officers subsequently arrested 41-year-old […]