Several defendants Tuesday waived preliminary hearings in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Each was bound over to Division One of the circuit court. Jerry Dean Reeter of Trenton waived his hearing on three counts: felony stealing, statutory rape, and sexual misconduct or attempt involving a child under the age of 15. Bradley […]
Authorities report the arrest of a St. Joseph woman for her alleged role in helping Trenton resident James Earl Harding escape apprehension. 31-year-old Cassie Marie Leffler of St. Joseph is charged in Grundy County with hindering prosecution and resisting arrest. Both are felonies. Bond is $10,000 cash pending her appearance December 12th in the Associate […]
A St. Joseph man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet. Jesse James Gaudette, 40, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to seven years and six months in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Gaudette to 10 years of supervised […]
The Great Plains Growers Conference will be held in Saint Joseph at the beginning of next year. The conference will be held on the campus of Missouri Western State University January 11th through 13th. Horticulture Specialist Tim Baker says the event is one of the premier conferences for horticulture producers. Baker says anyone […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., in-home health care nursing assistant has been charged in federal court with stealing bank account information from one of her clients to illegally transfer more than $180,000 out of her account. Ashley N. Garr, 32, of St. Joseph, was charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a complaint filed […]
House Republican Galen Higdon of St. Joseph is planning to introduce a bill in the next session to ban all use of handheld devices behind the wheel. The former 30-year law enforcement officer says although it’s important to do away with texting and handling cell phones while driving, he’s happy to see hands free technology […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A St. Joseph teenager whose infant died after she fell asleep with the child has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation. Eighteen-year-old Kyla Watson was sentenced Tuesday for endangering the welfare of a child. The St. Joseph News-Press reports Watson admitted in September that on June 1 she used Xanax […]
Multiple charges are pending in Harrison County after a St. Joseph man was arrested Monday night. According to the Highway Patrol arrest report, 54-year-old Daniel Church has been accused of manufacturing a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated involving drugs. Church also is accused of operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner resulting in […]
An officer-involved shooting in St. Joseph has left a woman dead in an incident outside of a bar Sunday night. Police in St. Joseph responded to a disturbance call at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday evening at Neighborhood Tavern at the intersection of Pacific and South 10th Street. Upon arrival officers witnessed several subjects fleeing the scene. […]
A St. Joseph, man was indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing a firearm following an 11-hour standoff with law enforcement officers. Terrance T. Brown, 40, of St. Joseph, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. Today’s […]
Numerous cases were processed Thursday in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Trenton resident Dorothy Kathryn Archuleta admitted violation of probation. The court revoked probation and sentenced her to serve five years with the department of corrections. Her original charge was felony possession of a controlled substance. Rural Princeton resident Thomas Lund pleaded guilty to […]
Four defendants have waived preliminary hearings in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Those with cases bound over to Thursday’s docket involve Dorothy Kathryn Archuleta of Trenton, Thomas James Lund of Princeton, and Lila Lea Combs of Trenton. A case involving Scotty Curtis of Altamont, who faces three counts of non-support, was moved […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of several men in unrelated incidents. The Trenton Police Department arrested 35-year-old Christopher James Warren of Trenton Sunday for felony delivery of a controlled substance as well as a probation violation of laws, association, drugs, and special conditions on an original charge of forgery. His bonds total […]
One driver was injured when three vehicles were involved in an accident early Monday evening at a road construction project two miles north of King City. The Gentry County accident took place on U.S. Highway 169, at 430th Street. Taken by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care of St. Joseph was 57-year-old Dennis Owsley of St. Joseph […]
Fruit and vegetable growers can meet training requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) at workshops at several locations throughout Missouri. FSMA includes rules for produce growers intended to reduce the risk of contamination from E. coli, listeria, salmonella and other disease-causing microbes. The rules set standards related to water quality, use of manure […]
In 2018, more than 2,300 Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) athletes, coaches, and unified partners will travel from across the state to compete in the State Indoor Games March 16-18 in St. Joseph. The event will be the first of a three-year term for the Indoor Games, keeping them in St. Joseph through 2020. This is […]
A Lathrop man has been injured in an I-35 traffic accident at Cameron. The highway patrol reports 34-year-old Matthew Carrel was taken by ambulance Monday morning to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious Injuries. Carrel’s northbound pickup went off the east side of Interstate 35 and struck a guardrail. The vehicle came to […]
The northwest district of the Missouri Department of Conservation will hold an open house celebration next week in St. Joseph. MDC will host the event in honor of its 80th anniversary on Tuesday, September 26th. The event is from 5 o’clock until 8 o’clock and is designed for the public to get information and provide […]
An aircrew from the 180th Airlift Squadron returned home Sept. 1, 2017, from providing airlift support in Texas in response to relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey. Part of their mission included transporting six pallets of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supplies including blankets and Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs). They transported some 36,000 lbs of […]
A resurfacing project on Route 6 at Frederick Avenue will close all Interstate 29 ramps at the Exit 47 interchange tonight in St. Joseph. Contractor crews, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will close the ramps for both northbound and southbound traffic at approximately 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 2. The ramps will reopen […]
