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Nestle Purina investing $115 million in southeast Missouri plant; 30 new jobs coming

(Missourinet) – One of the largest employers in southeast Missouri’s Bloomfield received a visit Tuesday from the governor, highlighting a major multi-million dollar expansion. Governor Mike Parson traveled to Bloomfield to tour a Nestle Purina plant that’s undergoing a $115 million investment. Nestle is the world’s largest food and beverage company. Nestle’s Bloomfield plant employs about 340 […]

Wright Memorial Hospital

Senior Life Solution program raising awareness during National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness month and Wright Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program is working to raise awareness.  According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, an average of 129 deaths by suicide occur per day and there are an estimated 1,400,000 suicide attempts per year. Talk of suicide should never be […]

Trenton Missouri Police Department (TPD)

Trenton Police Department arrest two teenagers on assault allegations

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports several area individuals arrested Saturday were charged Sunday. The Trenton Police Department arrested two Trenton residents following an incident allegedly involving assault. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Wayne Hinkle has been charged with felony third-degree assault. Eighteen-year-old Zane Wolf Rottman has been charged with the misdemeanors of unlawful possession of an illegal […]

Virginia Wainwright

Troopers arrest woman in Daviess County on drug allegations

The highway patrol reports the arrest Monday night in Daviess County involving a Lee’s Summit resident amid several allegations. Twenty-two-year-old Virginia Wainwright was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail on a 24-hour hold. Wainwright is accused of felony possession of methamphetamine and marijuana, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, driving while intoxicated involving drugs, as […]

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Unionville man injured in Saturday crash

A Unionville resident was hurt when the car he was driving went off a road northwest of Unionville and hit a ditch. Twenty-two-year-old Mark Dollins was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Centerville, Iowa with minor injuries. The accident happened late Saturday afternoon ten miles northwest of Unionville on Route E as the westbound car […]

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SUV strikes agricultural sprayer east of Gallatin

The Highway Patrol reports a Bartlesville, Oklahoma man sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle in which he was a passenger struck an agricultural sprayer one mile east of Gallatin around noon on Thursday. An ambulance transported 80-year-old John McCollum to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. SUV driver 79-year-old William Estes of Bartlesville, Oklahoma […]

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Chillicothe man injured in in Carroll County crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe man sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck a sports utility vehicle and ran off the road in Carroll County Wednesday evening. Twenty-nine-year-old Jamie Stoner was transported to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. SUV driver 38-year-old Cynthia Farris of Ludlow was not injured. The pickup traveled […]

Flood of 2019

NRCS offering more than $9 million to restore flood-prone lands in 69 Missouri counties

In response to flooding in Missouri and across the country this year, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing the availability of $9 million to fund conservation easements in 69 Missouri counties damaged by flooding and other natural disasters. Funds are available through the floodplain easement component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP-FPE). […]

Milan teenager hurt in Saturday crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Milan resident sustained minor injuries as a result of the sports utility vehicle she drove when it ran off the road and hit two guardrails three miles south of Browning early Saturday morning. Nineteen-year-old Mackenzie McDanel was transported to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The SUV traveled north on Highway […]

Chillicothe Fire Department

Eric Reeter hired as Chillicothe FIre Chief

The Chillicothe City Council approved hiring the interim fire chief as the fire chief and director of emergency services during an executive session this week. Eric Reeter’s hiring will take effect on September 16th. The council appointed Reeter as the interim fire chief in June due to Fire Chief Darrell Wright taking what was described […]