Gallatin City Hall

Gallatin Board of Aldermen accept ordinances, move forward with plans for county fair

The Gallatin Board of Aldermen accepted several ordinances at a meeting Monday evening. One added a new chapter to city code regarding regulations for medical marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, testing, transportation, and dispensaries. The board voted in April to draft a city ordinance reducing the medical marijuana dispensary distance requirement from 1,000 feet to 100 feet […]

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Cameron man seriously injured in UTV crash

A Cameron resident was hurt Saturday night when the utility terrain vehicle he was operating overturned onto him north of Cameron. Fifty-seven-year-old Eldon Cahill was taken to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The crash happened on private property three miles north of Cameron off Route EE as the UTV was climbing a creek embankment and […]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson

Governor Parson announces first phase of “Show Me Strong Recovery Plan” beginning May 4, 2020

Governor Mike Parson announced the first phase of the “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan outlining how Missouri will gradually begin to reopen economic and social activity on Monday, May 4, 2020.  Governor Parson was joined by Missouri Hospital Association President and CEO Herb Kuhn, MO HealthNet Director Todd Richardson, Missouri Department of Economic Development Director […]

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Trenton woman hits deer with car on Highway 6

A car struck a deer Tuesday night on Highway 6, five miles west of Galt. Twenty-five-year-old Sierra Deane of Trenton was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The car was westbound when a deer entered the highway, the car struck the deer, then traveled off the north side of […]

Boynton pump returned, refurbished and to be on display at Sullivan County Historical Society

North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission approved for Regional Conservation Partnership Program funds

The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced on Thursday that the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission was approved for $506,494 in Regional Conservation Partnership Program funds. The funds will be matched with $515,000 of local funding or in-kind contributions to prevent non-point source runoff from contaminating the East Locust Creek Reservoir in Sullivan County. The […]

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Brookfield woman injured in 3-vehicle crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield woman sustained minor injuries in a three-vehicle accident involving a farm tractor in Carroll County on Friday morning. A private vehicle transported 32-year-old Briannie Stephens to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. The driver of the tractor, 56-year-old Jeffery Harper of Carrollton, and the driver of the other […]

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Kirksville man injured in crash on Route V

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained minor injuries when the car he drove struck an embankment in Adair County Monday night. A private vehicle transported 72-year-old Ernest Lafferty to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The car traveled north on Route V before running off the right side of the road at […]