Growing up in Springfield, Missouri, Sgt. Jeston L. Perryman never envisioned being a skilled operator of foreign military-grade weapon systems. Even after enlisting as a small arms artillery repairman in the U.S. Army, he imagined he would primarily troubleshoot malfunctions of infantry weapons and towed artillery. Perryman’s assumptions would be correct – in a typical […]
A Springfield, Missouri man reportedly refused to cooperate or identify himself during an early morning traffic stop in Chillicothe August 25th. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says a deputy believed the passenger in the stopped vehicle had a capias warrant from Polk County for allegedly failing to appear in court on a driving while revoked […]
An accident south of Chillicothe Monday claimed the life of an infant child from Springfield and injured three other individuals. The location of the crash was on Highway 65 was about three miles south of Chillicothe as two vehicles were southbound. The highway patrol reports a sports utility vehicle driven by 26-year-old Warren Nichols of […]
A former Trenton area resident, 68-year-old Jerry Lynn Roberts of Springfield, died Saturday in a motorcycle accident in Dade County of southwest Missouri. The coroner pronounced Roberts dead at the scene moments after the accident. The highway patrol reported Roberts motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve, ran off Highway 39 and overturned throwing him off the […]
The Trenton High School band was sixth among seven entries in its class in field show competition Saturday at Springfield. Blue valley Southwest of Overland Park, Kansas was first in the class, Raymore-Peculiar second, and Neosho was third. Then came Carthage, Logan-Rogersville, Trenton, and Owensville. Bands from 28 high schools were divided into four classes based […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting several arrests in the Green Hills region over the last few days on a variety of charges and warrants. 25-year-old Jazmyn Black of Trenton was arrested around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday evening for unlawful misdemeanor use of drug paraphernalia and speeding. She was transferred to the Grundy County law […]
A 30-year-old Springfield man, Matthew Metz, drowned late Thursday night at Long Branch Lake in Macon County. The highway patrol reports Metz went swimming, submerged, and did not resurface. The drowning was near the Long Branch Campground.
An all-terrain vehicle accident early today in Mercer injured two occupants, one of whom was arrested by the highway patrol. It happened about 12:20 Monday morning on Brant Street in Mercer. The state patrol said 26-year-old Timothy Bomgardner, with a Springfield address, received serious injuries. A passenger, 27-year-old Benjamin Stark of Mercer, received minor injuries. […]
A Hot Springs man, whom authorities say has four drunk driving convictions in South Dakota during a ten year period, was arrested Friday night while traveling Highway 65 in Grundy County. 60-year-old David Wayne Owen is held at the Grundy County Detention Center on a 25 thousand dollar cash only bond. He faces felony charges […]
The Missouri State High School Activities Association has announced district football pairings for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, with the Trenton Bulldogs remaining in Class 2, District 8, and seeing just one change to the potential playoff field. East Buchanan, a strong program in districts for the past two years in Class 2, is moving […]
The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) has announced that Springfield will be the host city for the 2018-2022 Boys & Girls State Basketball Championships and 2016 State Football Championships. The decision will end, for the time being, the “Show-Me Bowl” at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, and, after next season, the […]
Long-time Grundy R-5 basketball coach Les Jackson has been selected for membership in the 2016 Missouri Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) Hall of Fame class. A ceremony for Jackson and ten others is scheduled on Saturday, April 16th at 12 noon at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield. Tickets for the event may be […]
(Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune) – A Chillicothe firefighter and paramedic is to receive a statewide honor this July. Larry Warren, Commander of the Vern R. Glick Post No. 25, of the American Legion, announced that Firefighter Lieutenant Tracy Bradley was named The American Legion’s Firefighter of the Year for Missouri. The announcement came during the regular meeting […]
