The Chillicothe Fire Department was dispatched to the south side of LIV 447 and Highway 65 for a natural cover fire. A dispatcher quoted the caller was burning a large brush pile which had gotten out of control. Upon arrival, an approximate 300-foot fire line was assessed outside of the parameter of the brush pile. […]
A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court to the sexual exploitation of a child and to illegally possessing a firearm. Corey Dean Frasher, 42, of Springfield, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to the charges contained in an April 6, 2017, federal indictment. Frasher remains in federal custody. The investigation […]
Chillicothe FFA officer teams recently attended the LEAD conference on the campus of North Central Missouri College. Over 1200 local Chapter FFA officers and 200 chapter officers and advisors attended the annual LEAD training. The LEAD (Learn, Educate, Advance, and Develop) training is designed to help prepare each officer team for their term of service […]
About 1,000 people attended the world premiere in Branson of the movie Bald Knobbers in Branson. Executive Producer Michael Johnson explains the emergence of the pro-Union vigilante group in southwest Missouri in the 1880s in an area that had been without the law. The making of the film included 72 featured actors, more […]
A Weatherby resident was injured early Saturday morning north of Cameron when she attempted to avoid a tree which had fallen across Highway 69. Forty-three-year-old Kiristie Nichols was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The accident happened three miles north of Cameron on Highway 69 when Nichols lost control of […]
The Highway Patrol reports three Maysville residents sustained injuries as the result of a one-vehicle accident half a mile south of Kidder Friday evening. Twenty-three-year-old Jacklynn Hollis drove east on J.C. Penney Road when the car crested a hill, and she reportedly lost control. The car ran off the south side of the road, traveled […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bucklin woman sustained minor injuries when her car overturned two miles south of Linneus Friday afternoon. Thirty-two-year-old Brittany Standley traveled north on Highway 5 when the car ran off the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned. An ambulance transported her to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. […]
A long-awaited project will bring a new, smoother surface to Interstate 35 in Harrison County. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted Herzog Construction Company of St. Joseph to resurface I-35 between Route N at Eagleville and the Iowa state line. The contractor will first complete some concrete patching beginning Monday, June 4. They plan to […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of June 4 through the 10th from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick […]
Officers with the Chillicothe Police Department responded to a vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 65 and 36 on Wednesday. Officers say that Allen Eakins fell asleep at the wheel while driving northbound on Highway 65. Eakins crossed into the southbound lane of Highway 65 and crossed an access road. The vehicle went airborne, […]
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of Sumner will host its first “First Fridays at the Refuge” event of the year Friday night June 1, 2018. David Shuey of Carlisle, Pennsylvania will portray General John Pershing at the event from 5 o’clock to 8:30 and will discuss Pershing’s achievements and his connection to wildlife and […]
Wallace State Park south of Cameron will host a free Kid’s Fishing Day for children ages five to 12. The Missouri State Parks and Department of Conservation sponsor the event to be held at the park’s Lake Allaman June 16th from 9 o’clock to noon. Fishing poles will be provided to the first 40 registrants and […]
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of Sumner reports Ducks Unlimited will begin a major habitat restoration project at the refuge Friday, June 1st. The refuge notes Ducks Unlimited secured a $1,000,000 grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to restore and enhance the refuge’s wetland habitat. The project was bid out to CC […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Jamesport man sustained serious injuries when his motorcycle struck a deer one mile south of Weatherby at 2:40 am Thursday. The Patrol reports 42-year-old Joshua Verhagen traveled south on Route EE at a high rate of speed before the motorcycle hit the deer in the road. He was ejected and […]
The Trenton Police Department reports a Trenton man sustained serious injuries, and a Newtown man received a citation as the result of a pickup truck hitting a utility terrain vehicle Monday. Trenton Police Officer Jeff Spencer reports 79-year-old John Kuttler of Trenton traveled south on Highway 65 in Trenton on his UTV and stopped to […]
Nine people died in traffic crashes over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend which is the same number of those killed during the three-day weekend in 2017. During the counting period of 6 p.m., Friday, May 25, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2018, the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated 294 traffic crashes which included 124 […]
A Milan man was injured when he lost control of a motorcycle and it overturned, sliding off Highway 5 just south of Milan early Monday evening. Twenty-two-year-old Dalton Sizemore received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. The motorcycle received moderate damage in the 6:15 pm Monday […]
The Chillicothe Police Department reports the arrest of two partially-dressed men last weekend. Sergeant Curtis Hays reports officers responded to a male without any pants lying on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of Elm Street early Friday morning at 1:06 am. Officers arrested Milan John Bender of Pattonsburg for trespassing, tampering with the property […]
A Bethany man was killed Saturday afternoon when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating on Interstate 35. 38-year old Jerald McDaniel was pronounced dead at the scene six miles north of Bethany. The motorcycle was southbound on I-35 when it began skidding and overturned, ejecting McDaniel from the vehicle. It was noted […]
The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries when their car struck a tractor-trailer about nine miles south of Pattonsburg at12:30 am Monday morning. Thirty-one-year-old Ray Williams of Davenport, Iowa was northbound on Interstate 35 when he began to overtake the northbound tractor-trailer driven by 39-year-old Arash Ordobadian of Coralville, Iowa. The car crossed the […]
