A Missouri man appeared before United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark late Friday afternoon and was sentenced to 179 months in prison for carjacking a Domino’s Pizza driver in February 2021. According to the plea agreement, on or about February 5, 2021, Ryan McDaniel, 25, of St. Louis, approached the victim who was […]
A shed in Trenton is considered a total loss after a fire on Thursday night, February 24. Trenton Firefighter Alex Lovell reports that, when the fire department arrived, the shed built to enclose a wood stove at 705 West 12th Street was fully involved in fire. Firefighters deployed a one and three-quarter-inch attack line and […]
Chillicothe police on Thursday afternoon responded to the railroad overpass on Highway 36 and Mitchell Road where a large piece of farm machinery had become wedged underneath the bridge. Railroad officials were notified and are to check the structural integrity of the bridge, but the machinery did not appear to have inflicted extensive damage. Officers […]
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa woman sustained injuries when the car she drove ran off the road in Daviess County on Thursday afternoon February 24. An ambulance transported 26-year-old Maria Sandoval-Diaz to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The car traveled south on Interstate 35 before reportedly losing control at the 76.2-mile marker, running […]
Milan Police Chief Gail Hayes reports the arrest of a Milan resident on February 23, 2022. The arrest was on a warrant that stemmed from a domestic disturbance investigation by the Milan Police earlier this month. Twenty-two-year-old Cameron Wayne Bozman has been charged with the felonies of unlawful use of a weapon involving exhibiting and […]
The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a barn fire at 89 Northwest 10th Avenue on February 20th. Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports nothing was in the barn owned by Don Brittain at the time. No one was injured, and no other buildings were damaged. The cause of the fire is unknown, but […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Carrollton residents sustained serious injuries when a pickup truck struck a ditch in Carroll County Thursday night, February 17th. Passengers 18-year-old Triniti Gibson and 18-year-old Chrissy Wheeler were taken to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. No injuries were reported for the driver, 21-year-old Chance Wadley of Sandia, Texas. The truck […]
A Trenton man has been charged with felony second-degree arson after a fire at 213 East Crowder Road in Trenton on January 29th. Forty-one-year-old Joshua Phillips’s charge came after an investigation by the Missouri Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Safety. A probable cause statement from Fire Safety Investigator Tyler Anderson accuses Phillips of […]
(Missouri Independent) – On the Friday before a drawn-out confirmation battle ended with his ouster from office, Missouri state Health Director Donald Kauerauf wrote an impassioned letter meant to convince conservative legislators who were on the fence about his appointment. The message: While he believed in vaccines and data and science, he didn’t believe in vaccine […]
Fire late Saturday afternoon destroyed a barn at 662 Northeast 45th Street in rural Galt. According to Assistant Chief Brian Smiley of the Galt Fire Protection District, approximately 200 bales of hay, one lamb, and two ewes were also lost. A nearby metal barn, which was approximately ten to fifteen feet from the barn that […]
A house fire on Saturday at Leisure Lake caused moderate damage to a portion of the attic at 73220 Catalina Drive. Firefighters from the Grundy County Rural Fire Department and Trenton Fire Department arrived to find light smoke showing from the eaves of the structure. According to a report from firefighter Derek Hert, firefighters gained […]
(Missouri Independent) – U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler scored a major victory on Saturday in her quest for Missouri’s open Senate seat, winning the endorsement of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in the crowded GOP primary. Hawley made the announcement at the Missouri GOP’s annual Lincoln Days event in St. Charles. Hartzler is part of a six-way primary, […]
On February 8, 2022, federal charges were filed against Chuny Ann Reed, age 46. Reed is accused of the distribution of crack cocaine (cocaine base) and fentanyl. These charges were a result of an investigation that began after a series of fatal overdoses that occurred at 4451 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri on February […]
A man who was involved in a shooting, which resulted in injuries to several people, was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing ammunition. Dyqwon Deonte Brown, 28, of Kansas City, Kansas was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to eight years in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 20, 2021, Brown pleaded […]
A vacant house in Milan is considered a total loss after a fire early in the morning of February 8, 2022. Milan Fire Chief Rick Gardner reports the fire at Fifth and Elm streets was reported around midnight, and the house was fully involved in flames before the fire department arrived on the scene. The […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a call of a brush and tire fire approaching a structure on Wednesday morning, February 9, 2022. Captain Tracy Bradley reports that, after firefighters were en route to 107 East Second Street, dispatch said officers on scene advised a shed was on fire. Firefighters advanced 200 feet of hand […]
United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk accepted a plea of guilty from Jarvis L. Fields for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Fields in December 2020. Judge Pitlyk set sentencing for May 3, 2022. According to the plea agreement, on April 10, […]
A Missouri, man who is a registered sex offender was identified in two separate investigations and pleaded guilty in federal court to sending obscene materials to minors. Brent Deadmon, 45, of Raytown, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor. Deadmon, a registered sex offender, […]
Arson charges have been filed against two suspects in connection with a fire Saturday morning at the Days Inn Motel in the one thousand block of South Washington Street in Chillicothe. Chillicothe firefighters reported damage occurred to an exterior wooden staircase and siding. Occupants of the motel were alerted by smoke detectors and by motel […]
A fire Saturday morning damaged an exterior wooden staircase and siding at the Days Inn Motel in Chillicothe. Captain Derrick Allen reported smoke and flames were coming from two levels of an exterior staircase when firefighters arrived. The fire was on the second level and a first level porch. About 500 gallons of water were […]
