One person was killed and another injured in the head-on collision of a pickup truck and a sports utility vehicle west of Unionville on Saturday night. The driver of the sports utility vehicle, 20-year old Holly Hydorn of Unionville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was transported to the Playle-Jones Funeral Home in […]
The Highway Patrol arrested a Grant City man in Worth County on March 26th at 3:41 am on multiple allegations. An arrest report shows 43-year-old Eric Hunt was accused of driving while intoxicated with alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident involving a hit and run, and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and […]
An elderly man was killed Saturday evening in Gallatin when the sports utility vehicle he was driving traveled through the highway 13 and 6 intersections. Eighty-nine-year-old Guy Stanley of Higginsville was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. His body was transported to Stith Funeral Home in Gallatin. The sports utility vehicle was northbound […]
Two downtown Brookfield buildings were among properties destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Joining Brookfield in fighting the blaze were fire departments from Marceline and Chillicothe. The fire was reported around 7:30 am at 305 North Main Street in Brookfield. A space heater is suspected as the cause of the fire. One of the buildings was […]
A Ridgeway man has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing an individual on March 15, 2022 Forty-one-year-old Travis William Gilliland has been charged with armed criminal action. Bond was set at $250,000, and an initial arraignment is scheduled in Harrison County on March 17th. A probable cause affidavit from Harrison County […]
A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that, in total, distributed more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million. Matthew John Fabulae, 33, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Friday, […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a reported house fire on Sunday afternoon at 1316 Burnam Road. Upon arrival, fire was seen on the backside of the house, inside a basement door. The department reported a pile of trash was on fire. A two-man team entered and extinguished the fire using approximately 200 gallons of […]
No injuries were reported from a mobile home fire in Trenton that started Friday morning, March 11th. Randall Allen is the homeowner. Trenton Fire Lieutenant Jeremy Summers says when firefighters arrived at 1914 Colt Street, they found fire outside and underneath the home near the rear door. A one and three-quarters-inch attack line was deployed […]
A Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for the armed robbery of a female Z-Trip driver whom he shot approximately 26 times with a rifle from the back seat. Derron D. Nevels, 21, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs on Wednesday, March 9, to 13 years in […]
A tractor is considered a total loss after a fire near Leisure Lake on Tuesday afternoon, March 8. The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District and Trenton Fire Department responded to the fire at 731 Northwest 25th Street. Firefighter Alex Lovell reports the Massey Ferguson GC1715 tractor was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Firefighters deployed […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing the firearm he accidentally fired in a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Zoo. Anthony R. Meneses, 29, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to four years in federal prison without parole. On Aug. 9, 2021, Meneses pleaded guilty […]
The Highway Patrol reports a King City woman sustained serious injuries after she fell asleep, causing her sports utility vehicle to run off the road south of Grant City on Tuesday afternoon, March 8th. An ambulance transported the driver, 46-year-old Amanda Pawling, to Mosaic Medical Center of Albany. The SUV traveled north on Highway 169 […]
The Saint Charles County Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at 10 Fiddlecreek Ridge Road at 3:30 P.M. on March 7, 2022. Missing is seven-year-old Piper Johnson a white female, height 3’0″, 55 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, wearing a white t-shirt with a […]
A Norborne man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a vehicle overturning in Ray County Sunday night, March 6. Emergency medical services took 59-year-old D. J. Talbot to the Liberty Hospital. The vehicle traveled east on Highway 10 before running off the road east of Young Road, overturning, and coming to rest on its […]
A Polo man was sentenced March 3rd to life in the Missouri Department of Corrections on second-degree murder. Online court information shows 36-year-old Kevin Lynn Barnett Junior was also sentenced in Livingston County Circuit Court to seven years on unlawful possession of a firearm. The sentences are to run consecutively to each count and all […]
Changes have been made to the Mid-America Music Festival at the Black Silo Winery in Trenton. Spokesperson Andrea McKown says the biggest changes for this year were moving the dates of the event and having country music both days. She explains the date change to August 5th through 7th was not made lightly. The festival […]
Two drivers were killed and one passenger injured in a Highway 116 crash Wednesday afternoon in Clinton County. The highway patrol identified the fatalities as 36-year-old Christopher McCubbin of Polo and 73 year old Lance Romig of Kansas City. A passenger in the Romig pickup, 74-year-old Cory Day of Gladstone, received moderate injuries and was […]
A trailer house in Reger is a total loss after a fire on February 28th. Milan Fire Chief Rick Gardner reports the owner and occupant, Jeff Ledford, was burning grass around the trailer house at 26689 Delta Drive, and the house caught on fire. When the Milan Fire Department arrived, the west end of the […]
Fire Saturday morning destroyed a garage and its contents approximately four to five miles east of Chula. Chula Rural Fire Chief Jeff Gillespie said, when firefighters arrived at 16573 Atom Drive, the roof of the garage was starting to collapse because of the flames. A side by side, a lot of tools, and an air […]
A Carrollton man died as the result of a car overturning into a pond seven miles southwest of Kirksville on Friday morning, February 25th. Seventy-two-year-old Gerald Craig was pronounced dead at the scene by the Adair County Coroner two hours after the accident. Craig’s body was transported to the Travis Noe Funeral Home. The car […]
