As you plan your Labor Day weekend, incorporate safety into every facet, choosing your route, making sure your equipment is in good working condition, being aware of and following Missouri’s traffic and boating laws, driving your vehicle or vessel courteously, and wearing a seat belt or a life jacket. Help ensure a safer Labor Day […]
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Trenton City Council, Building and Nuisance Board set to meet on Monday evening
Meetings are scheduled Monday night at Trenton City Hall for the Building and Nuisance Board as well as the Trenton City Council. The 6 o’clock agenda for the building board lists ten addresses of concern. To be reviewed are 604 Linn, 812 Grant, 1113 to 1115 Main, 1109 Main; 1814 Hillcrest; and 813 Olive. New […]
MoDOT planned road work in north Missouri for the week of August 24, 2020
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of August 24 through August 30. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
Missouri man involved in nightclub shooting sentenced to 15 years for illegal firearm
A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Keyshaun Isaiah Jackson, 23, of Springfield, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Wednesday, Aug. 19, to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Jackson was sentenced as an armed career criminal due to his prior felony […]
DHSS seeks guidance regarding confidential medical marijuana information
On November 6, 2018, Missouri voters passed Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, establishing a medical marijuana program in Missouri. Article XIV requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to protect the trade secrets of medical marijuana businesses as well as patients’ information by keeping that information confidential. Article XIV Section 1.3.(5) of the […]
Bethany man extradited to Grundy County
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the extradition of a Bethany man from Harrison County to Grundy County. Twenty-one-year old Treigh Michael Fehring was arrested Wednesday, August 19th on felony third-degree assault. His bond is $10,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court Tuesday, August 25th. Court […]
Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors continue energy improvements
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors approved Tuesday, August 18th the purchase of ionization units for heating and air conditioning units. Sunnyview Nursing Home Administrator Jerry Doerhoff reported the board does not have final pricing on the units yet. The units are to reduce viral and bacterial infections and are to be […]
Chillicothe police arrest individual on kidnapping and auto theft; continue investigation of child endangerment
A 45-year-old Chillicothe resident was arrested after the Chillicothe Police Department responded to a report of male acting suspicious in the 1900 block of Polk Street the morning of Wednesday, August 19th, trying to open a vehicle door. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel says officers searched the immediate area and located a subject who ran […]
Three children, ages 7, 3 and 1, escape injury in crash on Livingston County Route D
A resident of Bosworth was injured but three children, ages seven and younger escaped injury in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday on Livingston County Route D, two miles north of Avalon. Injuries were moderate for 25-year-old Maddison Schenk who was taken by emergency medical services to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The patrol listed three […]
Trenton and Independence residents injured in ATV crash near Tindall
Residents of Trenton and Independence were injured Wednesday night in an all-terrain vehicle accident three miles east of Tindall. Forty-five-year-old Ralph Turley of Independence was the driver of the ATV that was westbound when it went off the south side of Route O and overturned. Both he and a passenger, 33-year-old Sarah Whitt of Trenton, were […]
Missouri panel to request temporary removal of districts serving as MOCAP gatekeeper
The Missouri Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education is drafting a letter to send to Gov. Mike Parson to request temporary removal of school districts serving as the gatekeeper of Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program, or MOCAP. Due to COVID-19, more families are choosing to move their kids to virtual learning. During a committee […]
Missouri monthly jobs report shows Missouri labor market continues to recover
The Missouri labor market continued to recover in July 2020, following major job losses due to COVID-19 shutdowns earlier in the year. Employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 52,200 jobs over the month. Over-the year job losses, though still substantial, have diminished as the economy has gradually reopened. Missouri’s smoothed seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to […]
Missouri Attorney General’s office makes changes as to how human trafficking is reported in Missouri
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is changing how human trafficking is reported in Missouri to help decrease response time and aid cross-jurisdictional cooperation, removing barriers to reporting human trafficking. Instead of using the Missouri-specific hotline, the Attorney General’s Office instead will be using the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and urges citizens of Missouri to also […]
Inspectors checking scene in Jamesport unsure why building collapsed
Officials on Wednesday evening, August 19, were at the scene of the building collapse in downtown Jamesport that included much of the post office. This included Postal Service inspectors and deputies of the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department. It’s still unknown what caused most of the brick building to collapse at the intersection of Broadway Street […]
Carrollton teenager crashes on County Road 280
A Carrollton teenager was injured Tuesday afternoon when a vehicle left the road, struck an embankment and overturned. Eighteen-year-old Hannah Acklin received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle for medical attention. Acklin was using a seat belt and the vehicle, a 2001 Toyota, received moderate damage in the accident on Carroll County Road […]
KC woman pursued by police crashes on Highway 116 near Lathrop
A Kansas City woman early this morning was taken to the hospital in Cameron after a single-vehicle pursuit resulted in a crash near Lathrop. Forty-three-year-old Angela Portell received minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Portell was being pursued by Lathrop Police when the sports utility vehicle she was driving […]
Candidate for Livingston County Coroner charged with election violations
The Republican candidate for Livingston County Coroner has been charged with misdemeanor committing class four election offenses. Online court information shows an initial appearance is scheduled for 37-year-old Joshua Michael Dennis of Chillicothe in the Associate Division of Circuit Court September 30th. A probable cause statement from Chillicothe Police Officer Whitney Murdock claims Dennis said […]