The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville woman sustained serious injuries in a one-car accident one mile north of Osborn early Saturday morning. An ambulance transported 45-year-old Amy Gibson to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The car traveled south on Highway 33 before it ran off the west side of the road and returned to the […]
A surge yesterday in absentee voting at the county clerks’ office significantly increased the total for Grundy County in this election. A total of 40 absentee ballots were cast Monday between the office hours of 8:30 and 5 o’clock. That raises the total number of absentees cast to 183. Another dozen absentees have been requested […]
The Grundy County Clerk’s Office reports 111 absentee ballots for Tuesday’s Municipal Election had been returned or voted on as of Friday morning, March 29, 2019. Another 20 absentee ballots had been requested but had not yet been received by the county clerk’s office. Seventy-three voted absentee in Grundy County in last April’s election. Tuesday’s […]
A Kansas City man arrested by the Highway Patrol on Tuesday morning and accused of 12 potential counts has been charged in Clinton County with four felonies and six misdemeanors. Online court information shows 32-year-old Kenneth Sneed has been charged with three counts of felony first degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial […]
Among cases Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, Duane Shiner of Lexington appeared via Polycom video communication and waived a preliminary hearing on five felony counts. The cases were bound over to the May 16th docket in Division One of circuit court. Shiner was arrested following a law enforcement pursuit east […]
Three children were injured and the driver of their vehicle was arrested on multiple counts, including excessive speeding, that ended in a three-vehicle wreck on Tuesday in Clinton County. The highway patrol identified the driver of a car as 32-year-old Kenneth Sneed of Kansas City. Three children in the car, whom the patrol said were […]
Missouri’s unemployment rate remained at 3.2 percent in February, while employment decreased slightly. This marks the 31st consecutive month in which Missouri’s unemployment rate has been lower than the corresponding U.S. rate, which was 3.8 percent in February. Missouri nonfarm payroll employment decreased slightly over the month. The seasonally adjusted jobs estimate was 2,898,600, down […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway recently released a compilation of property seizures made under Missouri’s Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act (CAFA) in 2018. The Auditor’s report shows law enforcement officials seized an estimated $9.1 million worth of property in 699 seizures. Those were increases from 2017 when law enforcement officials seized approximately $7 million worth of […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office has conducted multiple drug investigations this month. Those investigations included one near U. S. Highway 36 and LIV 255 last Thursday. Sheriff Steve Cox reports a free air search around a vehicle by Deputy Nicholas Leadbetter and K-9 Zaki and further investigation led to the seizure of a methamphetamine smoking […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man Monday on an alleged parole violation of laws, association, drugs, and reporting and directives. Twenty-three-year-old Alexander Curtis is to be returned to the Department of Corrections. Court information shows he was originally charged with two counts of conspiracy of burglary and one count […]
The Chillicothe Police Department reports the hiring of a new officer. Brian Schmidt grew up in Chillicothe, graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1981, and retired from the Mexico, Missouri Department of Public Safety as a lieutenant in June 2018 after serving with that department for 28 years. He returned to Chillicothe with his wife […]
Cameron Police report the arrest of a Kansas City man who was alleged to be driving a stolen car Thursday morning. Cameron Dispatch Center received a 911 call of a vehicle that had just been stolen at the Guest House Inn at Highway 36 and Griffin Road in Cameron. Cameron Police, along with the highway […]
Mrs. Evelyn Goodrich Trickel along with two other 2018 Distinguished Alumni, Allan Seidel and Arthur Lawrence (Arnie) Arneson will be honored at the North Central Missouri College Foundation’s 1st Annual Pirates Ball on Saturday, February 23rd at the Red Barn in Trenton. Evelyn Goodrich Trickel was born and raised on a farm in southern Grundy […]
Two Mercer residents were hurt Saturday afternoon east of Mount Moriah when a car traveled off highway 136 and hit several trees. A passenger, 22-year old Lakeisha Meyers was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany and then flown by medical helicopter to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines with serious injuries. The […]
A former teacher in Cameron, Mo., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using three minor victims to produce child pornography. William Derek Williams, 39, was charged in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Williams formerly was a high school language […]
The Livingston County Library has a part-time position available in the Children’s Department for a circulation clerk. Duties include circulation responsibilities, shelving duties, and great customer service. Direct experience with children and adults in a professional capacity is preferred. Good communication and computer skills are required. Availability for evening and alternating Saturdays are a must. […]
Missouri consumers received an additional $16.2 million from their insurance companies in 2018, thanks to the work of the department’s Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section. “One of our primary responsibilities is to protect Missouri consumers and ensure they are treated fairly by insurance companies,” said Chlora Lindley-Myers, Director of the Missouri Department of […]
Missourians are frequently subjected to aggressive collection efforts by air ambulance providers totaling tens of thousands of dollars in a practice called balance billing, according to a detailed report released today by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP). To assess the scope of the problem, the DIFP initiated a data call for […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education accepted a resignation during a special meeting yesterday (Wednesday). Shontel Cross resigned from her part-time music position. The resignation is effective at the end of the first semester. In a closed session, the board voted to hire Julie Peto to replace Cross as a part-time music instructor effective […]
Do the math on temperatures and rainfall for all of 2018. On average, you get “near normal,” says Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension climatologist. “Weather was anything but that,” Guinan adds. Record-setting numbers hide in an average. For starters, look at the “non-spring” of 2018. April was the second coldest on record going back […]
