Fire Saturday afternoon destroyed a home on Route C in southern Mercer County. Mercer County Fire Protection District Chief Tony Johnson said members of the Begley family got out safely. Although the cause of the fire was not determined, Johnson quoted a resident as saying it was believed the blaze started as a flue fire. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a pickup truck striking a van and the van overturning about six miles north of Cameron Thursday morning. An ambulance transported van driver 62-year-old Allen Reed to the Liberty Hospital. No injuries were reported for pickup driver 44-year-old Jeannie Little of […]
Chillicothe Police on Wednesday evening notified firefighters regarding a propane tank on fire at 1414 Clay Street. Officers on the scene advised it was a 40-pound bottle laying in the front yard. When firefighters arrived, they found the bottle laying on its side with the shut-off valve towards the house. Captain Tracy Bradley reports a […]
The Unionville square will be the site of fun and magical activities on Saturday, December 7, 2019, when the annual Winterfest provides free activities for all ages. Events begin Saturday morning with both the Quilt Show and Art Show opening at 10 a.m. The Quilt Show will be held in the museum on the southeast […]
A former Kansas City-area man, who claimed self-defense after fatally shooting another man during a drug deal, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking and to illegally possessing 52 firearms he stole from a local pawn shop. Kameron M. Bynum, 24, of Wilson, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lajuana M. Counts […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports nine people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period, from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2019, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 1, 2019. : Patrol’s Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Statistics for 2019 Crashes ─ 404 Injuries ─ 166 Fatalities ─ 7 DWI ─ 94 Drug Arrests ─ 63 During the 2018 Thanksgiving […]
The Highway Patrol arrested a Marceline man in Saline County Tuesday night on several allegations. Fifty-seven-year-old Allen Scott is accused of driving while intoxicated, alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner involving an accident, and consumption of an alcoholic beverage while driving. Scott was transported […]
Trenton Fire Chief Brandon Gibler reports a fire caused minor damage to the front porch of a house on Tuesday morning. The fire was out but still smoldering at 1433 Norton Street when firefighters arrived, as occupant Lance Horton had used a fire extinguisher. Burning contents were removed from the porch, and the burned area […]
The Wright Memorial Hospital Spiritual Wellness Team will be hosting the third annual Live Nativity on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The event will begin underneath the Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group entrance awning and will conclude inside the hospital’s Education Center. The live display will feature five simple scenes that illustrate […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department Monday evening respond to the Chillicothe Country Club at 1900 Washington for what Captain Tracy Bradley called an illegal burn. Upon arrival, Captain Bradley reported a 400 square foot area had some debris burning. A two and a half-inch hose was attached to the fire hydrant behind the city swimming pool […]
A Ridgeway man was arrested late Sunday night on multiple allegations in Harrison County. The highway patrol reports 53-year-old Kenneth Grashorn was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Harrison County law enforcement center. The patrol has accused Grashorn with felony driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, property damage, as well as […]
A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court to the arson at the Columbia Health Center (operated by Planned Parenthood Great Plains) on February 10, 2019. Wesley Brian Kaster, 42, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr. to one count of maliciously using explosive materials to damage a building owned by […]
A traffic stop in the western part of Livingston County last Thursday led to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest and the arrest of a driver. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports 38-year-old Ivan Othoniel Sevilla-Baker of Mexico was arrested at the request of Homeland Security following a search of a van. He was taken […]
Twenty defendants have been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield, Missouri, area. Many of the defendants were arrested in a coordinated law enforcement sweep that began Thursday, November 14 and continued into the weekend, after five criminal complaints were filed under seal on […]
An accident involving a sports utility vehicle sinking into an ice-covered pond five miles north of Winigan on Friday evening claimed the life of a New Boston man. The body of 65-year-old James Cook was transported to the Ruschmeier Funeral Home in Milan. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Sullivan County Coroner Bob […]
A Hannibal man died and a Pittsfield, Illinois woman sustained moderate injuries as the result of a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles near Carrollton on Friday afternoon. The body of 57-year-old Bradley Griggs was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was pronounced dead on the scene by Carroll County Chief Deputy Erik Dempsey about five minutes […]
The Trenton Police Department reports two Trenton teens sustained injuries, and a utility pole broke off at the ground, as a result of a car accident near East 15th and Mable streets on Thursday morning. The driver, 17-year-old Camryn Michele Willey, was reported to have an injury to her left wrist, and passenger 17-year-old Sabastian […]
A Chillicothe man was injured Thursday night when the car he was driving struck a deer on eastbound Highway 36 in Caldwell County, approximately two miles southeast of Breckenridge. Twenty-six-year-old Matthew Nefferdorf received a minor injury and was taken by another vehicle to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. Assistance at the scene of the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Mercer man sustained serious injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck the rear of a farm tractor one-quarter of a mile east of Mercer on Wednesday morning. An ambulance transported 45-year-old Shawn Sims to the Liberty Hospital. Tractor driver 60-year-old David Stark of Mercer was not reported hurt. Both […]
A Milan boy was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle, rollover accident Tuesday night six miles south of Green City. The 16-year-old was driving south when the car went out of control on a patch of ice, traveled off the left side of Highway 129 and overturned. The youth was taken by private auto […]
