The Justice Department announced that the career prosecutors reviewing the independent federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice on Nov. 22, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio, found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. The department notified counsel for Mr. Rice’s family […]
A consent judgment has been issued in the Grundy County Circuit Court regarding a wrongful death suit stemming from a fatality accident May 31A motor vehicle collided with a horse and buggy claiming the life of 57-year-old Elizabeth Hostetler of Spickard and injuring her ten-year-old daughter. Joe Hostetler filed the lawsuit last July against the […]
A wrongful death suit has been filed in Grundy County regarding an accident on Highway 6 in Trenton May 31st in which a motor vehicle struck a horse and buggy. Joe Hostetler of Spickard filed the suit against Christina Airey of Trenton. Hostetler’s wife, Elizabeth Hostetler, drove the buggy and died as a result of […]
When the news has another tragic story about a child accidentally left in a hot car, parents might believe they could never make a mistake like that. “It’s not just negligent parents or indifferent caregivers. When juggling the demands of work, parenting and daily life, it’s easier than you might think to make a simple […]
Two more employees of Ripley Entertainment, Inc. – the company that operated duck boat rides in Branson, Missouri – along with the captain of the duck boat that sank at Table Rock Lake last summer, resulting in the deaths of 17 people, have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Curtis P. Lanham, 36, of […]
The former Missouri State Trooper who was driving a boat when a handcuffed Iowa man fell out and drowned is not giving up a fight to regain his peace officers’ license. Anthony Piercy is suing the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the agency’s director to get back his license. Twenty-year-old Brandon Ellingson of Clive, […]
An out of court settlement has been reached in a wrongful death suit involving an inmate who died nearly four years ago while in custody of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Rodney Herring confirmed a settlement was reached. However, KTTN learned terms of the attorney-client agreement prevent any other information from being revealed. A judge […]
Attorneys for family members who lost relatives in the Duck Boat mishap on Table Rock Lake near Branson have filed a $100 million lawsuit. Jason Taylor with the MissouriNet reports. The suit filed in federal court in Kansas City for family members handling the estates of two people who died in the accident, […]
A former inmate at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution filed a suit Tuesday accusing a correctional center employee and a mental health professional of rape and sexual abuse. Also named in the suit are a Virginia mental health services company and the supervisors of the accused. Jason Taylor with Missouri Net files this report. […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton man Saturday on multiple felony charges. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year-old Matthew John Woody has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, exhibiting, unlawful use of a weapon, handling while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance, third-degree assault: special victim, attempted escape from confinement, and […]
