Changes are coming in the business structure of GFG Ag Services that will include a temporary closing later this week of the office location in Trenton to prepare for the changes. According to Troy Smith, ownership of the GFG feed division will be changing effective March 1st. The new owner is Consumers Oil and Supply […]
The patrol reports a Hempsted, Arizona man, 35-year old Fue Xiong, was arrested early Sunday in Daviess County and accused of felony tampering with a motor vehicle and operating a commercial motor vehicle without an endorsement. Xiong was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. A northeast Missouri man, 28-year old Laurentino Rios Hernandez, was arrested […]
The Grundy County Commission made an appointment to the Grundy County Health Department Board on Tuesday morning. Taylor Ormsby was appointed to fill an unexpired term until the April 7th election. Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray says the position was previously held by Bev Hooker who resigned on good terms and was no longer eligible to […]
Six employees of the Kansas City, Missouri, public works department have pleaded guilty to their roles in a nearly three-year-long conspiracy to collect $58,000 in fraudulent overtime pay. Prentis M. Rayford, 37, Eric McKamey, 47, and Edward Lee Ellingburg, 48, all of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty today in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge […]
United States Attorney Tim Garrison praised the cooperation of state and local law enforcement agencies in the Western District of Missouri today, as U.S. Attorney General William Barr addressed the problem of sanctuary cities elsewhere in the nation. “We appreciate the cooperation in this district among state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies,” said Garrison. […]
The Braymer farmer charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Nick and Justin Diemel from Wisconsin appeared in the Associate Division of Caldwell County Circuit Court on Thursday morning. Online court information shows that upon motion of Garland Joseph Nelson, the case was continued to March 24th (at 9 am) […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office is continuing an investigation of a Carrollton man who allegedly tried to flee from law enforcement on Sunday evening, February 2, 2020. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports law enforcement arrested 21-year-old Jeffery Lee Smith the Third after a deputy saw a vehicle without a working brake light or lights […]
A two-vehicle crash in Ray County has claimed the life of a man from Polo and seriously injured a resident of Rayville. Twenty-five-year-old Justin Hicks of Polo died at North Kansas City Hospital Wednesday after being injured in the 6 am crash. The other driver, 49-year-old Larry York of Rayville, was taken to North Kansas […]
Grundy County Commissioners adopted a deficit budget for the calendar year on Wednesday, however, as in recent years, commissioners hope expenses will be less than projected and revenues come in higher than anticipated. That combination has allowed Grundy County to finish the calendar year with a balanced budget. Such was the case for 2019 when […]
Twenty-four cases of Influenza B and four cases of Influenza A in Grundy County have been reported to the Grundy County Health Department in Trenton as of Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Epidemiology Specialist Kelli Hillerman expects the actual number of cases of flu in the county to be higher because not everyone who has it […]
The sea of native warm-season grass on Gene Cowherd’s Barry County farm is a reminder of a time when buffalo grazed tall prairie grasses. Cowherd’s first-year grasses stand more than 6 feet high with thick, green undergrowth. The grasses are part of a diverse grazing system that also includes alfalfa, Bermuda grass, orchardgrass, red clover, […]
A long-duration winter storm system will approach the area overnight, with snow starting across western Missouri around midnight to 3 AM Wednesday morning. This snow will move east over the entire area Wednesday morning, with a switch to a rain/snow mix then rain in the afternoon hours of Wednesday, for all but northern Missouri. Rain, […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Polo man in Ray County Wednesday on multiple allegations. Sixty-nine-year-old James Boyle was accused of felony driving while intoxicated, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway resulting in a crash, no insurance, and two counts of assault. Boyle was taken to the Ray County […]
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Storm Watch that will go into effect late Thursday night, January 16 and continue through Friday evening, January 17, 2020. According to the weather service, A mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will overspread the region from south to north as a strong […]
Two brothers were sentenced in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court on Wednesday on sex-related felony charges. Online court information shows Enos Ray Yoder of Bloomfield, Iowa was sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections for seven years on incest, four years on sexual misconduct involving a child under 15—first offense, 12 years on […]
The Braymer farmer charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two Wisconsin brothers appeared via Polycom in the Associate Division of Caldwell County Circuit Court on Thursday morning. Online court information indicates that upon motion of Garland Joseph Nelson, his case was continued to February 6th for a preliminary hearing […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports his office received 447 prospective juror questionnaires to deliver, and they were to be sent in Friday’s mail. Livingston County Circuit Clerk Jane Gann is required by law to provide the selected names and forms to the sheriff to deliver. The next jury term runs February 10th through June […]
The Chillicothe Police Department requests community assistance with an investigation into reports from Thursday of someone getting into unlocked vehicles, breaking into vehicles, and spray painting vehicles parked along several streets. The department notes the crimes took place in the 1000 block of Cooper, 1400 block of Calhoun, 1200 block of Jackson, 100 block of […]
The Jamesport City Council this week approved purchasing a new door to replace the walk-in door at the former fire station. Also approved was the purchase of a handheld radio read device to program GPS and a salary ordinance. The ordinance involved Superintendent Trent Brewer and utility personnel Ray Bontrager receiving a raise of $1 […]
A Raytown, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal jury of drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms. Victor Rodriguez Kessel, 63, a Cuban national, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, attempting to manufacture crack cocaine, possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute, […]
