The Mercer County Fair will present a Northwest Missouri Tractor Pullers Association truck and tractor pull. There will be several classes at the event at the lower fairgrounds of Princeton on June 12th at 6 p.m. Admission is $10.00 with children 12 years old and younger admitted for free.
4-H clubs across Missouri have raised more than three-quarters of a million meals to feed hungry families over the last three years. The third annual 4-H Feeding Missouri food drive, in partnership with Missouri Farmers Care Drive to Feed Kids, ran from Jan. 1 through April 30. Even though COVID-19 limited in-person drives, fundraising, volunteer […]
An annual statewide report shows Black drivers were 71-percent more likely to be pulled over than white drivers and 25-percent more likely to be arrested in Missouri last year. The percentages improved from 2019, but racial inequalities still exist. Cheryl Clay with the Springfield NAACP tells NewsNation she is still reviewing the numbers. […]
Chillicothe firefighters on Tuesday evening responded to a car fire at 719 Elm Street. Upon arrival, Fire Captain Tracy Bradley reports the engine compartment of the Buick LeSabre was fully involved with occupants outside the vehicle. The fire had burned through the hood, so the department placed the fire hose nozzle in the opening using […]
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has released the annual vehicle stops report, an aggregation of data covering all vehicle stops in the state of Missouri in 2020. The report shows the number of people pulled over and then arrested in Missouri dropped significantly in 2020 but racial inequalities continue. It says the pullover rate declining […]
Four individuals have been charged in Daviess County after the sheriff’s office received a report of a skid steer being stolen from Altamont on May 27th. Online court information shows 35-year-old Patrick Michael Wright of Kansas City, 38-year-old Patience Destinie Giersdorf of Kansas City, 32-year-old John Dale Mackey of Kansas City, and 40-year-old George David […]
The Lucas Oil Tractor Pull Show Me Shootout has been canceled in Milan due to muddy conditions and the weather. The event was to be held at the Expo Center on May 29th. All other events for the Milan Chamber of Commerce’s Market on Main May 29th are still to take place.
The Livingston County Steam and Gas Association will sponsor Old-Time Harvest Days from September 24th through 26th. Steam and Gas Association Member Marie Hinnen says a different tractor is featured each year at the event at the Livingston County Fairgrounds. This year’s featured tractor will be the Massey Ferguson. Anyone with any type […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in southwestern Missouri. Nathen D. Libertus, 31, of Stella, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 21 years in federal prison without parole. On May 20, 2020, Libertus pleaded guilty to participating […]
A man who was a leader of a $56 million criminal enterprise was sentenced in federal court for his role in the conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms (5,732 pounds) of cocaine in the metropolitan area. Jose Luis Armendariz-Rascon, Kansas City, Kansas, also known as “Uncle” or “Rambo,” 40, was sentenced by U.S. Chief […]
(Missouri Independent) – As the case counts of the novel coronavirus began to tick up last March across Missouri, providers who offer tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) found their resources were being pulled in two directions. Swabs were in short supply as they became needed for COVID-19 testing. Contact tracers, who reach out to […]
A Wheeling man has been charged with three felonies after an incident on May 17, 2021, where he allegedly physically assaulted a female neighbor and threatened to kill her. Fifty-year-old Robert Wayne Renshaw faces charges of third-degree assault, first-degree harassment, and resisting arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing. Bond was set at $10,000 cash only, […]
The person behind the wheel in that deadly drive-by shooting in August that killed a St. Joseph toddler has been sentenced to ten years in prison. KFEQ’s Brent Martin has details on Te’Avion Hawkins’ sentencing. Hawkins was the driver of the vehicle last August that pulled up alongside the car in which Raelynn […]
The Milan Chamber of Commerce will hold an event later this month that will include a variety of activities. Memorial Weekend Market on Main will be held on the Milan Square on May 29th. The event will start with a fireman’s breakfast from 7 o’clock to 10:30. The barbecue contest will run from 8 to […]
An out-of-state resident was injured when according to the Highway Patrol, the Freightliner she was driving struck the rear of another big rig Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 35 in Harrison County. Injuries were moderate for 47-year-old Summer Cook of Panama City Beach, Florida, who was taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital in […]
(Missouri Independent) – Lawmakers slammed the Department of Social Services on Thursday for underreporting the number of substantiated cases of abuse and neglect at youth residential facilities during a previous legislative hearing. For nearly an hour-and-a-half on Thursday, the House Special Committee on Government Oversight pressed DSS officials on why the number of findings of […]
A Trenton man faces multiple charges after an alleged incident on Highway 6 in Grundy County on May 4th. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 40-year-old Cole Wright was arrested May 5 and has been charged with the felonies of aggravated driving while intoxicated, aggravated, driving while revoked/suspended, and resisting/interfering with an arrest for a […]
The Missouri Senate worked Monday on a bill that would forgive state and federal unemployment overpayments. During debate on the proposal, an attempt was also made to shrink future jobless payments by eight weeks. Kansas City Democrat Greg Razer says the effort would kick Missourians while they are down. Warrensburg Republican Denny Hoskins […]
A four-year-old Hamilton boy was hurt when he fell from the bed of a pickup truck onto the ground and was struck by a trailer being pulled by the pickup. The boy was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning on private property near Hamilton. The driver was […]
A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court to the robberies (and attempted robberies) of five businesses. Joshua A. West, 28, Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to five counts of robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. By pleading guilty, West […]
