The Missouri House has given final approval to a 28-billion dollar state operating budget that includes what supporters say is record funding for the K-12 education foundation formula. Hermann GOP State Representative Justin Alferman notes the budget includes a 98-million dollar increase for the formula. While Alferman emphasized several times on Wednesday that […]
Four were injured, including one seriously, when a four-wheeler and a utility terrain vehicle collided Sunday afternoon at a rural intersection nine miles northwest of Chillicothe. Flown by medical helicopter (LifeFlight Eagle) to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City was 61-year-old Orville D. Curtis of Chillicothe, the operator of the UTV. His son, 36-year-old Orville […]
The North Central Missouri College AG Club/PAS chapter has elected officers for the 2018-19 school year. Elected to office were: President Jamee Scearce Stewartsville, MO Secretary Mariah Fox Galt, MO Vice […]
A former high school teacher and swim team coach has been indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually exploiting seven minor victims. James Russell Green, Jr., 53, of Blue Springs, Mo., was charged in a nine-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. […]
Dry conditions have strengthened north of the Missouri River. This week’s USDA Drought Monitor reports that nearly twice as much of Missouri has fallen into moderate drought conditions as was the case two weeks ago when eight percent of the state was in the first stage of drought. Drought conditions now exist from Kansas City’s Northland, […]
Prior to making an appearance in Trenton Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt will be in Kansas City where he speaks at 9:30 in the morning at the Metropolitan Community College. His appearance there is in the student enrollment center on Southwest Trafficway. Senator Blunt is scheduled to be at Cross Hall at North Central Missouri […]
Two teenagers received minor injuries when their vehicle traveled off Highway 13 and overturned Sunday night in Caldwell County. According to the highway patrol, the driver, 17-year-old Wyatt Curp of Polo, was taken to Liberty Hospital. His passenger, 17-year-old Hailyn Park of Hamilton, was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. The report noted […]
A former corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling contraband cell phones and other items to inmates at the Jackson County Detention Center. Andre Lamonte Dickerson, 26, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to two counts of using a telephone […]
Probation has been revoked for a Kansas City man after he admitted to violations. The court set aside a stay of sentencing and ordered Michael Ernest Oleson to serve prison time previously imposed in the Livingston County case. Online circuit court information shows Oleson previously received a four-year prison sentence on original charges of driving […]
The Trenton Police Department has released the results of the complete autopsy report in the Tanner Ward case. Lieutenant Police Chief Rex Ross reports the police and the Grundy County Coroner received the report and the official cause of death. The report was from Frontier Forensics of Kansas City, Kansas and Ross notes […]
Legislation that would establish a Missouri senior farmers’ market nutrition program will be heading to the House floor in Jefferson City. The House Agriculture Policy Committee has approved Kansas City State Senator Kiki Curls’ bill. Curls testified before the committee. Her bill would require the Missouri Department of Agriculture to apply for a […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has extended the testing process for its 106th Recruit Class with the application deadline of April 26, 2018. Testing for prospective troopers will be administered in the following areas: Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO ─ Tentatively scheduled for 04/27/2018 Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO ─ April 18, 2018 Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO ─ To be determined […]
A former employee of a company contracted for services at the Chillicothe Correctional Center appeared this week in Livingston County Circuit Court Division One on felony charges of sexual conduct with a prisoner or offender as well as second-degree sodomy from an incident September 22nd, 2017. John Thomas Dunn of Kansas City pled guilty to […]
The names have been released of the two individuals arrested Tuesday morning following a vehicle pursuit in Carroll and Livingston counties. Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Ferguson of Troop A reports the Patrol apprehended driver 30-year-old John Haun of Kansas City and passenger 27-year-old Devon Davis of Carrollton. Online court information shows Huan was charged in […]
The highway patrol reports the death of a woman when the truck she was driving, hit the rear of a semi truck, two miles to the north of Cameron, causing her truck to overturn. Thirty-two-year-old Constance Huff of Kidder was pronounced dead just after midnight by the DeKalb County Coroner. Huff’s truck and the semi […]
Thousands are expected to march Saturday, March 24 in eight Missouri cities to demand an end to gun violence in schools. Kim Westerman with the St. Louis chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America tells Missourinet the marches have been organized in response to last month’s deadly Florida school shooting. […]
Eight Chillicothe Police officers attended a Street Survival Seminar in Kansas City, Missouri last week. The police department reports the seminar addressed surviving daily threats and prepared officers for making sound, legal, and reasonable decisions under stress in order to preserve citizens’ lives as well as their own. The seminar emphasized the need to understand […]
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 […]
The highway patrol reports two Kansas City residents were arrested late Saturday afternoon in Harrison County and accused of felony possession of a controlled substance. Fifty-three-year-old Lawrence Smith and 52-year-old Laurie Smith were transported to the Harrison County jail. The patrol report notes another Kansas City resident, 35-year-old Tameka Taylor, was arrested early yesterday in […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of three men on Thursday. Thirty-six-year-old Victor Tunnell of Galt was arrested for the felonies of hindering the prosecution of a felony and forgery. His bonds totaling $200,000 were revoked, and he was remanded from the court. Thirty-seven-year-old Bobby Dean Morgans the second was arrested for a […]
