The Community Resource Center in Chillicothe has received a grant for up to $500,000 to reduce homelessness in six counties, including Livingston, Linn, Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy Carroll. The grant will enable the resource center to provide help to eligible persons or families in those counties. Funding is through the CARES Act Coronavirus Emergency Solutions Grant […]
The Livingston County Health Center announced 24 new COVID-19 cases on January 5th for a total of 1,171. Active cases increased by six to 64. Thirty-two of the active cases are in the community, 27 are facility actives, and five are school actives. Current COVID-19-related hospitalizations remained at 12. There have been 36 deaths reported […]
A Ridgeway resident accused of causing physical injury to a Bethany Police officer at the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany on January 2nd has been charged with the felonies of third-degree assault, special victim, and resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony. Thirty-six-year-old Daniel Lee Corrigan, Junior is scheduled to be in […]
Two Mercer residents and a 12-year-old boy from Excelsior Springs sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned and struck several trees six miles west of Princeton on January 4th. A passenger, 24-year-old Kayla Brown, received serious injuries, the child sustained moderate injuries, and the driver, 26-year-old Justin Sharp, had minor injuries. All were transported […]
GRM Networks will sponsor two high school juniors on an all-expense-paid trip to the 2021 Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour June 5-9 in Washington, D.C. Youth representing GRM Networks will join other students representing rural telecommunication providers from across the United States as they learn about legislative and government processes and the importance of […]
Monday morning’s report from the Grundy County Health Department shows an increase of seven cases of COVID-19 from the New Year’s weekend, raising the total since testing began to 890. There are 79 active cases of COVID-19 which is six less than the previous report provided on Thursday by the Grundy County Health Department. The […]
Seven people from Texas, including five children, were injured when the van they occupied was hit by a large truck. The crash occurred on Sunday morning in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 about seven miles north of Pattonsburg. The highway patrol said the Volvo Truck driven by 51-year-old Haysam Elkott of Temple Terrace, Florida […]
The highway patrol reports a Brookfield resident was arrested early Saturday in Clinton County. Fifty-six-year-old Jerry Yochim was accused of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and second-degree assault. Yochim was held by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department.
COVID-19 cases increased by 13 in Linn County since December 30th to a total of 914. Active cases went up by two to 65. The health department notes 64 of the active cases are in the community. Twenty COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Linn County. The Livingston County Health Center reports eight new COVID-19 […]
Governor Mike Parson provided an update on Missouri’s progress with COVID-19 vaccinations at the state capital. “Missouri has now received shipments of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine, and we have been successfully administering vaccines for more than two weeks,” Governor Parson. “We are very pleased with how well the process has gone so far. […]
The City of Trenton is accepting bids for the demolition and clean up of nine properties. Addresses of proposed demolition work subject to cost figures include houses at all of the properties: 1701 Chestnut Street, 200 West Seventh Street, 911 Kumler Street, 1311 Gillmore, 213 West Sixth Street, 1721 Lulu, 2012 Oak Street, 403 Jefferson, […]
The number of COVID-19 cases has increased by two in Mercer County since December 29th. Confirmed cases went up by one to 124, and probable cases also increased by one to 145. The health department reports active cases remain at 17, and COVID-19-related deaths remain at seven. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Grundy […]
The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) released new statewide employer survey results to correspond with its 2020 Missouri Economic & Workforce Report, which was published earlier this fall. The Economic & Workforce Report tracks the state’s economy and workforce by fiscal year (July 2019 – June 2020). The corresponding employer survey results focus […]
The Livingston County Library in Chillicothe will present a man that BBC Radio called the “greatest living exponent of the electric violin” in a New Year’s Eve virtual concert. Tracy Silverman can be seen on the library’s YouTube channel, LCLReads, on the evening of December 31st at 6 o’clock to view the pre-recorded mini-concert. A […]
The struggle is real for Missouri when it comes to a constant shortage of K-12 public school teachers. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) wants to ramp up its teacher workforce by seizing the opportunity in a relevant setting. Dr. Paul Katnik, the assistant commissioner of the Office of Educator Quality, says […]
Grundy County’s unemployment rate for November is down when compared to October and November of 2019. The Missouri Division of Employment Security report shows Grundy County’s current rate is two point six percent, based on 114 unemployed out of a civilian labor force of 4,359. This past October, Grundy County’s rate was three point three […]
Attorney General William P. Barr announced the results of Operation Legend, which was first launched in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 8, 2020, and then expanded to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 22, 2020; to Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 29, 2020; to St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, on August 6, […]
High winds breaking a pole caused a power outage for about 160 Evergy customers in the Spickard area on Wednesday, December 23rd. Gina Penzig with Evergy, reports power was out for about two and a half hours starting at around 9:40 in the morning. Grundy County Emergency Management reported that as of 10:45 on Wednesday […]
The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District returned to a grain bin about two miles north of the intersection of Routes O and Y on Tuesday, December 22nd. Grundy County Rural was called to the bin on the Gary Bunnell property as mutual aid for the Spickard Fire Protection District on December 17th. Grundy County […]
The Grundy County Health Department reports another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total to 28. The number of active COVID-19 cases has decreased the last two days in a row as more cases were released from isolation than added. Active cases went down by seven since December 22nd to 98. Several probable cases were reclassified as […]
