A lead on a fugitive investigation in the 200 block of Gale Street led to the arrest of three individuals by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Steve Cox reports 21-year-old Kennadie Nicole Stottlemyre of Chillicothe was arrested on a Livingston County warrant for alleged felony possession of a controlled substance—methamphetamine, and 29-year-old Alicia Marie […]
Two people have been arrested after Chillicothe Police conducted an investigation, and then the search of a home on Monday, following a series of thefts from motor vehicles. Police say 18-year-old Joshua Davis and 23-year-old Melissa Davis were arrested and two others taken into custody were later released pending further investigation. Officers obtained what they […]
Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments Administrator Donita Youtsey’s final day in her current position was Tuesday. Youtsey says she has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and wants to focus more on the accounting side of management and hopes to go back to school and take the certified public accounting exam. She will continue to […]
A Marshfield, Missouri, woman has been sentenced in federal court for multiple fraud schemes totaling more than $1 million that involved Medicaid payments to her dental clinics, failing to pay over payroll taxes and collecting unemployment benefits she wasn’t entitled to receive. Pamela M. Van Drie, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas […]
The Grundy County Local Emergency Planning Committee this week discussed preparations for the Missouri Day Festival. Preparations will be similar to past years with volunteers staffing the Emergency Operations Center and assist with traffic and the parade route. Bill Brinton with Region H Hazmat brought lights for use at the festival as requested. He reported […]
Livingston County Coroner Scott Lindley confirms Joseph Orville Lawson died as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at his residence near Chillicothe Friday. Missouri Department of Public Safety Communications Director Mike O’Connell previously said the 47-year-old was found dead in a mobile home fire at 9803 LIV 228. It was previously reported the […]
A residence at Roach Lake is considered a total loss after a fire on Wednesday morning. The fire is under investigation by the Missouri State Fire Marshal. Chillicothe Fire Chief Eric Reeter reports the residence, owned by Tracy Englert, was fully involved in fire when the Chillicothe Fire Department arrived and requested Dawn, Hale, Wheeling, […]
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors has approved the appointment of a new administrator for Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments in Trenton. Current Sunnyview Administrator Donita Youtsey says Licensed Nursing Home Administrator Jerry Doerhoff is the current administrator at Grand River Health Care of Chillicothe. Doerhoff will begin at Sunnyview on October […]
The deadline to enter the Missouri Day Coloring Contest is Friday, October 11, 2019. Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce President Debbie Carman says Orscheln Farm and Home sponsors the contest for Grundy County youth in preschool through fourth grade as well as Grundy County nursing home residents. Coloring pages have been taken to Grundy County […]
A Kentucky truck driver and prior sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court for transporting child pornography. Gregory Marshall, 58, of Paducah, Kentucky, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool. According to court documents, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper stopped the tractor-trailer Marshall was driving on U.S. Highway 60 in Wright County, […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation offers several options for hunters to obtain the hunter education certification required for firearms hunting. Four-hour hunter education skills sessions will be held this fall to teach firearm safety, hunting ethics, and basic hunting skills to anyone at least 11 years old. Hunter education skills sessions to be held in […]
Parent-teacher conferences will be held at Trenton R-9 schools next week. Trenton High School and Middle School will dismiss October 17, 2019, at 1:07 with conferences at the high school from 2.00 to 7:00 and at the middle school from 2 to 7 o’clock. Parents can pick up grade cards in the respective office prior […]
Governor Mike Parson awarded Missouri Public Safety Medals to a total of 18 first responders and 6 civilians for heroic and life-saving actions in 2018. The awards are the state’s highest recognition for first responders working as individuals and as members of teams during critical incidents. The civilians were honored for taking on extreme risks […]
The state has denied an application from a proposed Sedalia daycare that would have been 12 feet from a nursing home with sex offenders. A daycare facility called Lil Mouse wanted to open next to a Sedalia nursing home with 17 registered sex offenders. State Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) spokeswoman […]
Donna Dixon has pled guilty to one count of class C felony Medicaid Fraud in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Dixon was a licensed professional counselor in the Kansas City area. Dixon repeatedly billed Medicaid for counseling services that she claimed to provide to children in between Fall 2016 and Summer 2017. The […]
A partnership of federal and state agencies will host three public information meetings to present the findings of a study on the Lower Grand River Watershed. The agencies include the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and Missouri Department of Conservation. Possible options to address an array of environmental issues […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the sheriff’s office is seeking tips on a recent burglary and theft of tools and equipment from private property in the area of East Polk Street. There was a forced entry into the home, which was not occupied at the time of the incident. Items stolen include: DW Chop […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces that it has numerous hunting blinds available at its managed waterfowl hunting areas for waterfowl hunters with disabilities. The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) blinds are available on a “first-call-first-reserved” basis. ADA-qualified waterfowl hunters can reserve available blinds during two time periods — Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 15 […]
Like many girls raised on farms in the 1970s, Marcia Moreland learned to cook, clean and iron. Men and boys in the family tended to farm duties. It was no different at school. FFA was for boys. FHA and home economics classes were for girls. Today, Moreland owns and manages Moreland Farms in Barry County. […]
Floodwaters again threaten a small city south of St. Joseph as the Missouri River is on the rise and the levee that protects it remains broken. Floodwaters have already invaded houses along Northshore Drive north of Lewis and Clark Lake and they lap at the doorstep of homes in Lewis and Clark Village. […]
