Views: 6The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Nigerian citizen in Kirksville on Wednesday morning following the execution of a search warrant. The Adair County prosecuting attorney charged 21-year-old Ifeanyi Nnaji (If-ay-ahn-yee Nah-jee) on Thursday with felony delivery of a controlled substance, six counts of felony possession of a controlled substance, and felony unlawful […]
Views: 0Three Chillicothe men accused of inflicting serious physical injury to someone by punching and striking that person in front of Saale’s Tavern in Chillicothe in December have been charged in Livingston County with assault in the first degree. Bond was denied for Trey Clinton McLemore while Collin Edward Donoho posted an appearance bond, and […]
Views: 0City Administrator Ron Urton reports wind blowing power lines by BTC Bank in Trenton caused a power outage for about an hour on Thursday. The outage affected an area from Highway 6 to 28th Street and Oklahoma Avenue. Urton says two wires were blown together, and one wire burned into two before falling to […]
Views: 0The Spickard and Grundy County Rural fire protection districts responded to a grass fire on Route Y north of 80th Street on Thursday. Grundy County Rural Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports about 40 acres burned as well as part of a shed. Four brush trucks, two pumpers, and a tanker were on scene between […]
Views: 0A man from Braymer was fatally injured when he was thrown out of his overturning vehicle on Thursday afternoon two miles south of Braymer. The highway patrol identified the victim as 71-year-old Russell Coldiron. Coldiron’s pickup was northbound when it failed to negotiate a curve on Route E, he overcorrected, causing the vehicle to […]
Views: 0One-hundred-thirty-five cases of influenza had been reported for this season to the Grundy County Health Department of Trenton as of Wednesday afternoon, March 4, 2020. Epidemiology Specialist Kelli Hillerman says 82 of those cases were Influenza A and 53 have been Influenza B. She calls February the health department’s “busiest month” when it comes […]
Views: 0A Madison, Alabama, man was sentenced in federal court for enticing a 16-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, victim into engaging in illegal sexual activity. James Reece Vance, 46, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Vance to 15 years of supervised […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph man sustained moderate injuries when a pickup truck struck a road grader near Osborn on Wednesday morning. Emergency medical services transported pickup driver 69-year-old Gerald Leake to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. No injuries were reported for road grader driver 81-year-old Loren Sloan. The grader traveled […]
Views: 0A 5K walk/run event will be held in Chillicothe on Saturday, March 7, 2020, to support the Chuck Haney Scholarship. Registration for the Chuck Haney Memorial 5K will start at the Silver Moon Plaza at 7 o’clock that morning. The race will begin at 8 o’clock and end at the Chillicothe City Hall. Participants […]
Views: 0The Trenton Park Board on Wednesday evening approved offering a written agreement with the Green Hills Recreation Association for 2020 regarding park fees. The offer includes the association running concession stands in exchange for field usage at no cost. There would be a $75 fee when a concession stand is not open. The offer […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire that burned about 40 acres on Route A at 363 Northwest 50th Street on Wednesday. Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports Scott Willis started burning some grass, and the fire got away from him and spread to land owned by Teresa Oyler. Roberts […]
Views: 0Chillicothe Fire Chief Eric Reeter reports that, due to the red flag warning for the area, a burn ban has been issued for the City of Chillicothe until further notice. No outside burning will be allowed within the Chillicothe city limits, except for barbecue grills for cooking purposes. A burn advisory has been issued […]
Views: 1An investigation into a motorcycle allegedly fleeing from law enforcement in Caldwell and Livingston County has led to two arrests. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the motorcycle driver and owner was identified as 35-year-old Shaun Allen Mindham of Blue Springs. Mindham had an outstanding arrest warrant from Johnson County on felony possession of […]
Views: 2The Highway Patrol reports a Green City woman sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove ran off the road two miles east of Milan on Tuesday afternoon. An ambulance transported 53-year-old Pamela Dorsey to the Sullivan County Hospital of Milan. The car traveled east on Highway 6 before running off the south side […]
Views: 1Two girls riding an all-terrain vehicle were injured near Farmersville early Monday evening when they were ejected from the ATV. The highway patrol reports the 13 and 14-year-old girls from Trenton were taken by a private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. A trooper said the 14-year-old received moderate injuries while the 13-year-old […]
Views: 0Two southwest Missouri men have been charged in federal court for kidnapping a Webb City, Missouri, woman and threatening to kill her and her family unless she recanted her testimony in another criminal case. Jeffrey Marsh, 32, of Oronogo, and Zaqouri Traves Archer, 31, of Joplin, were charged together in a criminal complaint filed […]
Views: 0Grundy County is requesting bids for CART rack, concrete, and trash pickup services. All sealed bids are due to the county clerks’ office by various times on Tuesday, March 24th. CART rock is distributed to the townships as well as for use by the Grundy County Road and Bridge crew. Approximately 100 to 120 […]
Views: 7Authorities are reporting the arrest of a Princeton man in connection with an alleged felony in Mercer County on the first of February. Thirty-eight-year-old Brian Dean Preszler of Princeton has been charged with sodomy, 2nd-degree rape, and incest. Charges were filed in court Friday by Prosecutor Lauren Horsman. Arraignment and bond hearing is scheduled Tuesday in […]
Views: 0This is Severe weather awareness week for Missouri and as such, Missouri State Emergency Management and the National Weather Service will hold the annual tornado drill Tuesday morning, March 3, 2020. The drill is scheduled for 10 o’clock Tuesday morning and Grundy County’s Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs reports the city of Trenton will […]
Views: 0Chillicothe firefighters responded to a pair of unrelated grass fires on Saturday. Chillicothe Captain Derrick Allen said the Hale Fire Department requested mutual aid to assist in extinguishing a grass fire in the southeast part of the county. Approximately 30 acres of a field were burned. The Chillicothe Fire Department also responded to an […]
