Numerous area students are eligible to receive their Missouri FFA Degrees at a recognition-only ceremony on May 1st during the state convention in Sedalia. The two-day convention on April 30th and May 1st will be held at the Matthewson Exhibition Center on the campus of the state fairgrounds. According to the Missouri FFA Association, state […]
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March 15 last day to complete enrollment for 2021 Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage Programs
Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2021 must do so by March 15. Producers who have not yet signed a 2021 enrollment contract or who want to make an election change should contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) office […]
Suspect identified in suspicious house fire on Jackson Street in Chillicothe
The Chillicothe Fire Department on Sunday night responded to a house fire on Jackson Street and with the help of Chillicothe police, assisted in getting one occupant outside. While in route, Lieutenant and Paramedic Jonathan Nolan reported a dispatcher reported the fire was in the basement where the occupant was located. The initial review of […]
Travel trailer a complete loss after burning on Highway 36 near Mooresville
A travel trailer is considered to be a complete loss after a fire on Highway 36 west of Mooresville on Friday. Chillicothe Fire Lieutenant Jonathon Nolan reports the Chillicothe Fire Department was dispatched to a mutual aid fire call and found the trailer fully involved with fire. Mooresville Fire and law enforcement were already on […]
Enrollment begins for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for 2021
Agricultural producers can now make elections and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2021 crop year. The signup period opened Tuesday, Oct. 13. These key U.S. Department of Agriculture safety-net programs help producers weather fluctuations in either revenue or price for certain crops, and more than $5 billion […]
Chillicothe City Council promotes firefighter, offers full-time job to police officer
The Chillicothe City Council took action in an executive session Wednesday, June 10th on promotions and a job offer. Jonathon Noland was promoted from a firefighter/paramedic to lieutenant/paramedic. Bill Gutshall was promoted from a firefighter/paramedic to engineer/paramedic. Ean Clevenger was given a conditional job offer as a full-time police officer contingent upon graduation from the […]
ATV catches fire after crashing west of Mercer
Two Iowa residents were hurt west of Mercer when an all-terrain vehicle traveled off a country road, hit a ditch, overturned onto its passenger side, catching fire. A passenger, 18-year old Johnathan Akes of Des Moines, was taken to Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa with serious injuries. The driver, a 16-year old Indianola boy, […]
Missouri Attorney General shuts down down dog breeding facility, Little Bit Ranch, in Sullivan County
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has filed suit and obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Little Bit Ranch, a dog breeder in Sullivan County, for violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act (ACFA) and for operating without a license. The lawsuit and application for a temporary restraining order without notice […]
Indianola man injured in crash west of Ridgeway
The Highway Patrol reports an Indianola, Iowa man sustained moderate injuries when the sport utility vehicle he drove overturned four miles west of Ridgeway on Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 48-year-old James Taylor to the Harrison County Community Hospital. The SUV traveled west on Route A before it allegedly failed to stop for a stop […]
Two arrested in Harrison County on drug-related allegations
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two Oklahoma men in Harrison County Thursday night on a multitude of drug-related allegations. Thirty-seven-year-old Lee Xiong of Inola, Oklahoma and 31-year-old Thong Lee of Tulsa, Oklahoma were accused of felony first-degree trafficking drugs, felony unlawful possession of a firearm, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and misdemeanor unlawful possession […]
Kenworth truck runs off I-35 injuring driver
The Highway Patrol reports a Lena, Louisiana man sustained minor injuries as the result of a Kenworth truck running off the road about one mile north of Pattonsburg on Tuesday morning. An ambulance transported the truck driver, 53-year-old Troy Holt, to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The driver of a pickup truck, 44-year-old […]