The Highway Patrol reports a Newtown teenager died and two area residents sustained minor injuries as the result of a pickup truck and sport utility vehicle involved in a nearly head-on crash two miles northwest of Newtown Wednesday morning. The body of 16-year-old Coy Miller was taken to the Roberson Funeral Home in Princeton. Fifteen-year-old […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office has released information about recent incidents. One incident started with an investigation on a possible burglary in the Avalon area on July 23rd. Sheriff Steve Cox reports the suspect vehicle was seen pulling on to private property near a building or buildings without headlamps about 3:30 in the morning. The […]
Missouri residents may receive disaster assistance from both FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration. After registering with FEMA, most residents are automatically referred to SBA to be considered for low-interest disaster loans. SBA’s disaster loans are the largest source of long-term federal disaster recovery funds to residents, businesses of all sizes and private nonprofit […]
Northwest Foundation Inc., the fundraising arm of Northwest Missouri State University, awarded its second-highest level of scholarship distributions and secured $5.3 million in donor funding during Fiscal Year 2019, a 15 percent increase over last year’s total and adding to a record $21.5 million during the last three years. As scholarship support remains a central […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation announces changes to its reservation system for managed waterfowl hunts – starting this hunting season. MDC offers managed waterfowl hunting on more than a dozen conservation areas specially managed with a focus on wetlands. Hunters can apply for a reservation or participate in a daily morning drawing for opportunities to […]
A Chillicothe teenager received minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident late Sunday afternoon (5:00 pm), one mile north of Chillicothe. Nineteen-year-old Tiffany Maples was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. A car driven by 17-year-old Tucker Burtch of Chillicothe was southbound on LIV Road 239 when the collision occurred with the […]
A Pattonsburg man was injured when he fell out of the bed area of a utility vehicle as it was traveled down a large rock pile. Twenty-two-year-old Jared Teel received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care of St. Joseph. The driver of the UTV, 19-year-old Tanner Teel of Pattonsburg, was […]
Missouri Main Street Connection Inc. (MMSC) presented downtown revitalization awards on July 25, 2019, recognizing revitalization excellence during the annual Missouri Main Street Conference in St. Louis. The event was hosted at The Westin St. Louis. Missouri Main Street Connection is a non-profit designed to help communities preserve their historic commercial districts through economic revitalization. […]
A Trenton teenager was injured Sunday morning just one-half mile west of Trenton. Nineteen-year-old Nathaniel Carter was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. A trooper reported Carter was eastbound when it traveled off the south side of Northwest Third Street, down into a ditch, and struck a tree. Vehicle damage […]
Individual homes and businesses in area counties of Livingston, Carroll, and Chariton have qualified for assistance in President Trump’s disaster declaration because of damage from serious flooding and severe storms since late April. A total of 20 counties across the state qualified for temporary housing, housing repairs, replacement of household items, low-interest disaster loans, and […]
Three teenagers from Bethany received moderate injuries Monday night when the car they were in ran off a rural road in Harrison County and struck an embankment. Taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany were the driver, Cade Davidson; and two passengers, Collin Haffey, and Dalton Hudlemeyer, both of who are […]
A Colorado man was sentenced in federal court for traveling to Kansas City to meet an undercover FBI agent, whom he believed to be a mother with her 7-year-old daughter, for illicit sexual activity. Ryan Edward Mausner, 43, of Basalt, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 14 years in federal prison […]
Twenty-five years ago, Brian Pemberton bought acreage filled with thorn trees, scrub brush and multiflora roses. The only water source was a frog pond. The land needed four things: a road, buildings, fences, and water. Thanks to hard work and cost-share programs, those goals were met. Grazing Acres Farm is now complete with a solid […]
GUANGZHOU, CHINA – After decades chasing the enormous China market, a sale of U.S. rice was confirmed here last week. “This sale marks a turning point for the U.S. rice industry and its relationship with China as it is the first ever of U.S. rice to a private importer and is truly historic as it […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cowgill man sustained minor injuries when the Peterbilt truck he drove overturned into a barbed wire fence six miles east of Cameron Tuesday morning. A private vehicle transported 32-year-old Christopher Ray to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The truck reportedly attempted to turn south on to Crow Road from Route […]
Aging in Place Livingston County is hosting a Needs Day on Wednesday, July 24th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., including the noon hour, in the Classroom at the Livingston County Health Center, located at 800 Adam Drive. Area residents 60 and over or their caregivers should benefit from the agencies on hand to get […]
The Highway Patrol reports an eight-year-old boy from Hamilton fell from the tailgate of a pickup early Sunday evening while on private property off Route CC five miles north of Hamilton. Alex Rich received moderate injuries and was flown by LifeFlight Eagle to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Investigators report the boy was sitting […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shared its initial plan for a limited elk-hunting season with the Missouri Conservation Commission at the Commission’s public meeting June 28 at MDC headquarters in Jefferson City. The Commission gave its initial approval of the proposed plan, and MDC is asking for public comments. According to MDC Elk and […]
A Gilman City resident was injured when a utility vehicle that she was driving, and a van, collided three miles west of Gilman City Saturday evening. Sixty-six-year-old Connie Ward received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The operator of the van was 30-year-old Mallory Miles of […]
The operator of a westbound motorcycle was injured Saturday afternoon when at a hillcrest in rural Livingston County, the driver’s side mirror of an eastbound car, driven by 44-year-old Tina Hemsher of Hale, struck the left hand of the motorcycle driver. Sixty-two-year-old Raymond Peel of Chillicothe received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle […]
