The Trenton Fire Department reports yard waste was being burned at 1436 Merrill Street but got out of control, due to windy and dry conditions on Sunday. A report from firefighter Wayne Brown said the fire extended to the side of the backyard. There was some damage to the siding on the owner’s house due […]
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Chillicothe police respond to call of individual wanted on a warrant, foot pursuit ensues
Chillicothe Police report the arrest of an individual who allegedly fled on foot from officers on Sunday night. Police received information on an individual, wanted on a Missouri parole warrant, who was at a business in the 700 block of Elm Street. Officers located the person who allegedly resisted the arrest by fleeing on foot. […]
Audio: What could Missouri’s lawsuit against school board group mean for other nonprofits?
The state Attorney General’s Office has sued the Missouri School Boards’ Association claiming the nonprofit is withholding open records. The school board group is a nonprofit – and the question is whether it is subject to the state’s open records laws known as the Sunshine Law. The Attorney General’s Office says MSBA is a quasi-public […]
Missouri Attorney General files lawsuit against Rockwood School District for alleged Sunshine Law violations
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the Rockwood School District for alleged Sunshine Law violations. On November 19, 2021, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office sent three Sunshine Law requests to the Rockwood School District seeking public records relating to the Rockwood School District’s decision to publish the FBI’s link to report parents […]
Missouri Attorney General files suit against Missouri School Boards Association for alleged Sunshine Law violations
To kick off Sunshine Week, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit against the Missouri School Boards Association for alleged violations of the Sunshine Law. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office previously requested records from the Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) related to their role in the October 4, 2021 memo from the Biden Administration and […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to fire on Burnam Road
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a reported house fire on Sunday afternoon at 1316 Burnam Road. Upon arrival, fire was seen on the backside of the house, inside a basement door. The department reported a pile of trash was on fire. A two-man team entered and extinguished the fire using approximately 200 gallons of […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 4 arrests over the weekend
A Gallatin resident was arrested late Saturday night in Daviess County. Forty-one-year-old Andrea Middleton was accused of three counts of possessing a controlled substance, as well as being accused of possessing marijuana, paraphernalia, and a firearm. A Cameron resident was arrested Saturday night in Daviess County. Twenty-eight-year-old Taylor Stufflebean was accused of being a felon […]
Stanberry woman rolls pickup on snow-covered Route M
A Stanberry woman was hospitalized following a single-vehicle rollover accident in rural Nodaway County. Thirty-seven-year-old Cassie Edson received serious injuries and was taken by EMS to a Mosaic Life Care facility. The pickup, on Sunday night, began to slide on snow-covered Route M when it crossed the center of the road and went off the […]
Audio: Missouri bills would change the state Sunshine Law
Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing for changes to the state’s Sunshine Law. A measure sponsored by Senator Andrew Koenig of Manchester would shield public records identifying any student under age 18, details about government security measures, and contact information of Missourians who sign up for government communications and public utility bills. Other bills […]
Charges filed against two individuals following law enforcement pursuits in Livingston and Caldwell counties
Charges have been filed following separate law enforcement pursuits Sunday in Livingston and Caldwell counties. Thirty-seven-year-old Truitt Matthew Caudill of rural Chillicothe has been charged with resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony and with felony drug possession. No bond was allowed pending his appearance in Livingston county circuit court. Truitt was taken […]
Man arrested after fleeing from law enforcement near Chillicothe
A 37-year-old man was arrested near Chillicothe on Sunday night, March 6 after he allegedly failed to yield to law enforcement and fled. Chillicothe Police Sergeant Jeremy Stephens reports officers conducted a traffic stop near Mitchell Road and Corporate Drive, but the vehicle continued to the area of the 600 block of Corporate Drive. He says […]
Man from Norborne injured in crash on Highway 10
A Norborne man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a vehicle overturning in Ray County Sunday night, March 6. Emergency medical services took 59-year-old D. J. Talbot to the Liberty Hospital. The vehicle traveled east on Highway 10 before running off the road east of Young Road, overturning, and coming to rest on its […]
Brunswick man injured in crash on Highway 24
The Highway Patrol reports a Brunswick man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a van running off the road west of Brunswick Sunday afternoon March 6. Eighty-year-old Gail Stephenson was taken to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. The van traveled west on Highway 24 before running off the right side of the road […]
Winter Weather Advisory issued for many northern Missouri counties north of Highway 36
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 7 pm Sunday evening until 6 am Monday morning for the following counties in northern Missouri. Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan, and Worth counties. Counties in far northeastern […]
Seven dead, including two children, from tornados that rolled through Iowa on Saturday
Seven deaths, including two children, were reported from tornadoes on Saturday in Iowa. Six of those deaths were in Madison County, which is just southwest of Des Moines. The National Weather Service estimated tornados in the Winterset area of Madison County were an EF-3 based on photos and videos. Video posted on Twitter, which was […]
Parson digs in against evidence absolving reporter he accused of being a ‘hacker’
(Missouri Independent) – Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday once again refused to accept the conclusions of an investigation by the highway patrol and Cole County prosecutor surrounding a reporter who uncovered a security flaw in a state website. Speaking to a gathering of reporters and editors in the governor’s mansion for Missouri Press Association Day, […]
Missouri State Auditor gives Clay County Commission’s office rating of “Poor”; details how commissioners obstructed audit process
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today issued her office’s audit of the Clay County Commission, which was initiated by a citizen petition in 2018. The report follows repeated but ultimately unsuccessful efforts by former county commissioners to impede the completion of the audit. The report, which gave a rating of “poor” – the lowest possible […]
Biden in State of the Union urges ‘unmistakable’ support for democracy in Ukraine
(Missouri Independent) – President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night to reassert America as a leading global voice for democracy and condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for starting an “unprovoked” war in Ukraine. “Throughout our history, we’ve learned this lesson – when dictators do not pay a price […]
Trenton High School Alumni Association annual mass mailing meeting slated for Sunday
The annual mass mailing meeting of the Trenton High School Alumni Association is Sunday afternoon, March 6, 2022, at 1 pm in the THS Commons. After several cancellations, the meeting will take place with nearly 6,000 letters to be assembled for mailing. Classes with special letters that are to be inserted are asked to be there […]