Crime and Courts

Five waive preliminary hearings in Tuesday session of the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court

Five defendants waived preliminary hearings Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Their cases were bound for court appearances either Thursday or next month in Division One. Trenton residents Daniel Brown and Krystal Leanna Martin are charged with trafficking drugs, or an attempt to do so, as of December 24th. Both are to […]

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16-year-old girl injured in crash near Eagleville

An Illinois girl was hurt Saturday evening when the pickup truck she was a passenger in overturned on ice-covered Interstate 35 near Eagleville. The 16-year-old from Round Lake, Illinois was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. The girl’s father, 43-year-old Bernardo Gomez of Round Lake, was the driver of the […]

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Two crashes on Interstate 35 injure drivers

Separate accidents on northbound Interstate 35 in Clinton County Thursday injured two drivers while two others were not hurt. Fifty-two-year-old Gary Young of Cameron was in a MoDOT work truck in the process of repairing the passing lane of I-35 when it was struck in the rear by a pickup driven by 55-year-old William Eaton […]

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Big rig strikes pickup from behind injuring Chula woman

A Chula resident received serious injuries when the pickup truck she was driving was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer unit. Twenty-two-year-old Courtney Wescott was taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The truck driver, 41-year old Cliffon Brown of Forney, Texas was not reported hurt. The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 36 four […]

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Altamont teen injured in crash on I-35 near Winston

An Altamont teenager was hurt when the car he was driving was involved in an accident with a sports utility vehicle on Interstate 35 near Winston. Nineteen-year-old Stephen Youtsey was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The driver of the SUV, 17-year old Morgan Anderson of Blue Springs, was […]

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Woman from Harris arrested for passing bad checks

A woman from Harris was arrested in Caldwell County on Thursday on five counts of misdemeanor passing a bad check has been returned to Grundy County. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 61-year-old Dorothy Gail Vasey’s bond is $1,887.02, and she is scheduled for the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court November 12th. Vasey […]

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Earthquake drills scheduled for today

Earthquake drills will be held Thursday as part of the Great Central United States Shakeout. The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance reports nearly 500,000 Missourians will participate in the shakeout at 10:17 in the morning. The department encourages consumers to consider their plan for financial recovery if a major earthquake event occurs in Missouri. […]

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Drug charges filed in Grundy County on 38-year-old woman

Drug charges have been filed in Grundy County Circuit Court for a woman arrested late Friday night by the Highway Patrol. Thirty-eight-year-old Melissa Brill faces two counts of possession of a controlled substance including methamphetamine and hydrocodone. There’s also one count of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, described as a glass smoking pipe. Bond on […]

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Patrol reports arrest of Jamesport man, Galt woman

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two area residents Friday night on various allegations. Thirty-eight-year-old Melissa Brill of Galt was arrested in Grundy County and accused of two counts of felony possession of a controlled substance, felony unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, and the misdemeanors of driving while revoked, no insurance, failure to have […]