Chillicothe firefighters yesterday afternoon responded to a grass fire in an open field at 14092 LIV Road number 251. Upon arrival, approximately five acres of grass was burning and it was noted the owners of Koehler Home Sales, as well as neighbors, were using rakes to try and put out the fire but the wind […]
One firefighter sustained injuries at a fire involving three houses in the 400 block of Reynard Street in Chillicothe, which crews responded to early Saturday morning. Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports crews found the houses fully involved when they arrived at the scene. He says that crews had contained the fire as of 5 o’clock, […]
The highway patrol described injuries as minor for a Laredo woman involved in a traffic accident last night at the Thompson River bridge half a mile west of Trenton. The patrol reports 70-year-old Jackie Owens was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The report noted that just past 8:30 Wednesday evening, the eastbound car […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
A Trenton committee promoting the city sales tax issue for the fire department points out home and business owners could see lower insurance premiums once a proposed fire training facility is established at Trenton. Part of the revenue generated by a one-quarter of a cent sales tax is earmarked for firefighter training locally and from […]
The Trenton City Council’s finance committee meets several times during preparations for the city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. That’s also the case this year, with two more meetings announced for Wednesday, February 23, and Friday, February 26, both at noon. Trenton mayor nick McHargue, during last night’s city council meeting, said […]
Fire Friday afternoon at Trenton destroyed a mobile home at 1908 Colt. Nobody was home at the time. The owner of the property was listed as Robert Allen. Trenton Fire Marshall Robert Romesburg said the blaze was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Lieutenant Romesburg reported a faulty meter box caused a short resulting in an […]
