Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Missouri DNR awards area communities impacted by drought a total of $1M to assist with water systems

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is awarding almost $1 million to help eight community water systems in northwest Missouri counties hardest hit by drought. The department made this emergency funding available in response to Governor Parson’s Executive Order No 18-05. The funding will assist with construction projects intended to ensure drought-impacted small communities are able […]

Seatbelt on road

Kirksville man hurt in Friday crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained minor injuries when a minivan struck a pickup truck about three miles north of Kirksville Friday evening. Twenty-nine-year-old Erica Speiser of Kirksville traveled north on Hungry Hollow Road when the van she drove reportedly crested a hill near Ivy Road and hit the truck, driven by 41-year-old […]

Accident

Four Milan teenagers hurt in Schuyler County crash

Four girls from a Milan family received minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident early Thursday evening in western Schuyler County. Sixteen-year-old Tahli Salgado-Gray was driving eastbound on Highway 136 when according to the highway patrol, she lost control of the car after the drivers’ side tire blew out. The car struck a bridge before coming […]

Livingston County Sheriff Website

Kansas residents arrested on the way to court

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office reports two Arma, Kansas residents who claimed they were on their way to a court appearance in Linn County Thursday morning have been arrested and charged in Livingston County. Forty-nine-year-old David Loren LaPiere and 33-year-old Ashley Dawn Michelle Watkins were both charged with alleged felony possession of a controlled substance. […]

Senator Dan Hegeman

Hegeman endorsed by Missouri Farm Bureau

Missouri Farm Bureau’s Northern Regional Endorsement Committee has endorsed Dan Hegeman for reelection in Missouri’s 12th State Senate District. Trustees interviewed on September 5 in Cameron and voted unanimously to endorse Hegeman’s candidacy. “As a family farmer, Senator Hegeman knows our issues and has a long history of working with Farm Bureau.  He supports us […]

Chillicothe Missouri Police Department

Two suspects identified, charges filed in Livingston County following Sunday incident

Detective Michael Smith of the Chillicothe Police Department reports two individuals have been arrested and charged in Livingston County following an incident Sunday. Smith explains officers attempted a traffic stop in the 300 block of South Washington Street in Chillicothe, but the vehicle continued west onto South Street, then south on Graves Street, and west […]

Crash and accident graphic

Two from Cameron hurt in Highway 36 crash

The Highway Patrol reports two Cameron residents sustained minor injuries when one sports utility vehicle pulled into the path of another in Stewartsville Friday afternoon. Twenty-five-year-old Amanda Fox of Stewartsville was making a left turn from Route K onto westbound U. S. Highway 36 when she reportedly pulled into the path of 32-year-old Kerra Spicer […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol reports arrest of Gallatin resident

The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Gallatin resident Forty-six-year-old Claudell Bruyer was arrested early Sunday in Daviess County on Clinton County felony warrants accusing her of two counts of possessing a controlled substance. She’s also accused of misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession and use of drug paraphernalia, and possessing marijuana. Bruyer was transported […]

Wright Memorial Hospital

Steve Scheiber named interim CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital

Saint Luke’s Health System announced Thursday that Chief Executive Officer of Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe Steve Schieber has also been named the interim CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. Saint Luke’s reports the appointment will streamline leadership of the two facilities and consolidate management of the health system’s northern Missouri market. Since Schieber […]

Crash and accident graphic

Seven hurt in three-vehicle crash south of Maysville

Seven individuals sustained injuries in a three-vehicle accident one mile south of Maysville Thursday morning. The Highway Patrol reports a sports utility vehicle driven by 23-year-old Derek Schroeder of Maysville and car driven by 77-year-old Floyd Goucher of Winston both traveled south on Highway 33 when the car slowed to make a left turn into […]