The medical marijuana facility application period closed at 4:30 p.m. on Monday and Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services received approximately 2,100 applications by the extended deadline. The application system received over 1,200 applications in the last three days, including over 800 applications in the last 24 hours. Applications are from those hoping to […]
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Missouri Highway Patrol reports 8 arrests over the weekend
The highway patrol reports a Browning resident, 30-year old Bryce Ross, was arrested early Saturday in Sullivan County and accused of felony counts of driving while intoxicated and no drivers license. In addition, Ross was accused of failing to have two headlamps. The patrol also indicated there was a felony Scotland County warrant accusing Ross […]
DHSS extends deadline for medical marijuana facility applications
Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) began accepting medical marijuana facility applications on Aug. 3 and will now accept applications until 4:30 p.m. CST on Monday, August 19. Initially, the deadline was set outside of normal business hours at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17. DHSS has learned during the first several days […]
Five from Jamesport facing drug-related charges plead “Not Guilty”
Five Jamesport residents facing drug-related charges following the execution of search warrants Monday entered pleas of not guilty at arraignment in the Associate Division of Daviess County Circuit Court on Thursday. Online court information shows 39-year-old Amber Clevenger, 35-year-old Charlez Cameron, 25-year-old Ashley Ross, 37-year-old Dustin Kimberling, and 38-year-old Kristopher Simpson made applications for public […]
Judge fields light docket in Tuesday edition of Grundy County court
Among cases on Tuesday in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Laredo resident Adam Cooksey pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. The imposition of sentence was suspended and Cooksey was placed on probation for two years. He’s to pay $98 in a recoupment fee and $100 to the law enforcement fund. Trenton resident Jennifer […]
Livingston County Prosecutor adopts policy of refusing to prosecute misdemeanor marijuana possession
Livingston County Prosecutor Adam Warren announced on Wednesday the immediate refusal to prosecute misdemeanor marijuana possession and plans to dismiss all pending cases regarding the same offense. Warren says the “new policy reflects the new definition of hemp in Missouri Statutes.” The Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 133, which in part gives a new definition […]
Five from Jamesport arrested on drug-related charges
Five Jamesport residents were arrested and face drug-related charges in Daviess County following the execution of search warrants on Monday. Online court information shows 39-year-old Amber Clevenger has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and four misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of […]
Audio: Facilities have until August 17, 2019 to apply for medical marijuana licenses
Facilities can apply for licenses to dispense, grow or test medical marijuana until the end of the day August 17th. DHSS plans to license 60 cultivation facilities, 192 dispensaries, 86 infused product makers and 10 test labs beginning December. 31st. Jack Cardetti of the new state medical cannabis trade association – Mo-Cann – says he […]
Chillicothe officers execute search warrant, arrest woman on drug charges, endangering children
The Chillicothe Police Department reports the weekend arrest of one person following a drug investigation. Just after 1 o’clock Saturday morning, officers were granted a search warrant for a residence in the 1800 block of Borden Street as officers say they had received numerous complaints in the past week of drug activity. A traffic stop […]
Man arrested in Chula with two large knives appears before judge
An arraignment was held in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court Wednesday for a man accused of being armed with two large knives, threatening others outside of a Chula residence, and fleeing from law enforcement Tuesday morning. Online court information shows 32-year-old Todd Grigsby appeared via Polycom video without counsel. Grigsby entered a […]
Two from Trenton arrested on child endangerment and drug-related allegations
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest of two Trenton residents on Thursday on child endangerment and drug-related charges. Sixty-one-year-old Mac Rakes has been charged with the felonies of endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk—first degree—first offense—no sexual contact and delivery of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of […]
Man pulls gun and threatens suicide during traffic stop in Brookfield
The Brookfield Police Department reports officers saw a subject pull a handgun and threaten to harm himself during a traffic stop at the west entrance of the Walmart parking lot near Park Circle Drive in Brookfield Monday night. Officers from the police department, Highway Patrol, and Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, and […]
Missouri man sentenced to 17 years without parole for meth conspiracy
A Warrensburg, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Stacy A. Lyman, 40, of Warrensburg, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to 17 years and one month in federal prison without parole. Lyman was sentenced as an armed career criminal due to his […]
Boyfriend of Leah Dawson charged with murder, abandonment of a corpse
Charges have been filed in DeKalb County regarding the investigation of a missing person found deceased in DeKalb County. Sheriff Andy Clark reports Kenneth Wykert of Maysville has been charged with second-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse. Wykert was previously identified as the boyfriend of 23-year-old Leah Dawson of Maysville who went missing June […]
Cameron woman arrested on drug allegations
A Cameron woman arrested by the Highway Patrol in Daviess County on Friday morning has been charged in Daviess County. Thirty-seven-year-old April Brown faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid as well as misdemeanors of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and failure […]
Patrol reports arrest of Pattonsburg woman
The Highway Patrol arrested a Pattonsburg woman in Harrison County Friday morning on several allegations. Thirty-one-year-old Samantha Giles has been accused of the misdemeanors of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident as well as careless and imprudent driving involving a crash, possession of under 10 grams of marijuana, and failure to […]
Jamesport woman arrested on probation violation
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Jamesport woman on a technical probation violation of supervision strategy. Twenty-year-old Breanna Clevenger was arrested in Harrison County on Wednesday. She is scheduled for Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court August 15th. Clevenger’s original charges were the possession of a controlled substance except 35 […]
Audio: Over 4,000 medical marijuana cards issued in first month of the program
Missourians have been applying to get medical marijuana – in the thousands. By Tuesday afternoon, July 30, 2019, the state health department confirms that 4,546 patients and caregivers have been approved out of 4,806 applications received so far. The new state law says a doctor can approve patients from a list of illnesses and side […]
Trenton residents facing felony drug charges, creating health risk to a child
Two Trenton residents are facing felony charges following their weekend arrests on a drug charge and allegedly creating a health risk to a child. Trenton Police arrested 46-year-old Anthony Deon Brown and 43-year-old Laurissa Ann Wilson. Bonds for each were set at $20,000. Both are charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, marijuana, within two thousand […]