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Chillicothe Police Department begins investigation into sexual misconduct, enticement of a minor

The Chillicothe Police Department began an investigation Tuesday on sexual misconduct, statutory rape, sodomy, and enticement of a minor. Police Chief Jon Maples reports Chillicothe School staff contacted officers in reference to an allegation by a juvenile female in reference to the enticement of a minor while at home. Officers of the police department, Livingston […]

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Fire destroys home east of Bethany

A house located approximately one mile east of Bethany is considered to be a total loss after a fire on Monday afternoon and evening. Bethany Fire Chief David Kinnison reports tankers had to be used to bring water to the residence on U. S. Highway 136 owned by Alan Guernsey because there were no water […]

Traffic Accident

Bucklin woman hurt in crash on Highway 36

A woman from Bucklin was injured when the vehicle she was a passenger in, struck a patch of ice, traveled off the north side of Highway 36 and struck a tree in Macon County one mile to the west of Callao. Seventy-five-year-old Patricia Shawn received minor injuries and was taken by an ambulance to the […]

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Spickard man injured after striking truck west of Galt

The Highway Patrol reports a Spickard man sustained moderate injuries when the car he drove struck a pickup truck that slowed for animals in the road three miles west of Galt on Friday night. Emergency medical services transported 65-year-old Randall Dell to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. Pickup driver 50-year-old Edmundo Garrido-Camona of Kingston, Illinois […]