Churchgoers in Chillicothe have reported receiving text messages from their pastor asking for gift cards to benefit cancer patients. Chief John Maples confirmed the text messages were part of a widespread scam, and the Police Department has taken reports of this as well. If a pastor texts or emails asking for money or a gift card, […]
A Chillicothe man faces two felonies after he allegedly stabbed another man earlier this month. Thirty-one-year-old Colbi Dillion Stottlemyre has been charged with first-degree assault or an attempt involving serious physical injury or a special victim and armed criminal action. No bond is allowed. He entered a plea of not guilty on August 25, and […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft released the findings from an investigation pertaining to individuals who allegedly voted more than once in the 2020 general elections. Based on probable cause statements issued by Ashcroft’s office, two individuals, both of St. Charles County, voted at least twice using mail-in ballots sent to Florida and then voted in-person […]
A crash one mile north of Brookfield on Wednesday afternoon injured a teenager from St. Catherine. The 16-year-old boy received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle for medical treatment. The patrol does not release names of juveniles. The teenager was driving northbound when the car went off the right side of Hook Drive […]
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday evening in Caldwell County, four miles west of Hamilton. A Pleasant Hill couple received moderate injuries and were taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. A Hamilton resident, 83-year-old Wayne Vincent, received moderate injuries but declined treatment at the scene. The Vincent car was […]
One driver was injured when a van struck the rear of a towed unit on Tuesday afternoon in Daviess County, three miles north of Cameron. Sixty-one-year-old Jerry Cook of Hamilton received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Both the van driven by Cook and a dump […]
A man from Maysville received serious injuries in a motorcycle accident Tuesday afternoon in DeKalb County. Fifty-eight-year-old Carl Markle was taken by emergency medical services to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Markle was eastbound when the motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the north side of Highway 6 at Fairmount Road, ejecting […]
A Trenton man has been charged in Daviess County with felony second-degree terrorist threat after he allegedly said he was a fugitive and would shoot any cops who tried to arrest him. The alleged incident involving 30-year-old Todd McDowell at the Southside Tavern of Gallatin happened on August 22. Online court information indicates McDowell has […]
A Worth County accident involving a farm tractor and a motor vehicle injured one person Monday morning. Twenty-nine-year-old Justin Beebe of Helena was taken by a private vehicle to the Mosiac Hospital in Albany with moderate injuries. The operator of the farm tractor, 36-year-old Robert Moad of Albany, wasn’t hurt. The sports utility vehicle Beebe […]
A Kansas City woman was taken to a hospital on Monday after the westbound car she was driving crossed the Highway 36 median and the eastbound lanes, striking a concrete bridge rail in Linn County. Twenty-five-year-old Kristina Kunze of Kansas City received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. […]
The Trenton City Council Monday night reviewed a preliminary report on proposed improvements to the aging water treatment plant, including an initial discussion on how to pay for an anticipated loan to finance the projects. The council also endorsed a developer’s application seeking funding for senior citizen housing, the creation of a social district for […]
An early morning wreck in Carroll County has injured a resident of Unionville. Thirty-one-year-old Matthew Whitlock received serious injuries and was taken to University Hospital in Columbia. Whitlock was driving southbound when his pickup left Highway 65, struck an embankment, and came to rest against a tree. The pickup was demolished and towed from the […]
The highway patrol reports ten people, including four juveniles, from Holt and Liberty, were injured in a watercraft collision at Smithville Lake Saturday at 4:05 pm. All of the injured were taken by ambulances to either North Kansas City Hospital or Children’s Mercy Hospital. One occupant, 26-year-old Haven Brende of Holt, was listed with serious […]
Two Cameron residents were present when a man from St. Charles died due to drowning, with carbon monoxide exposure indicated as a contributing factor. The incident happened Saturday night at 9:45 pm at a Lake of the Ozarks location. The highway patrol identified the victim of drowning as 66-year-old Steven Sutton of St. Charles. Sutton […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Montezuma, Iowa resident was arrested Saturday night in Clinton County. Thirty-nine-year-old Ryan Major was accused of felony unlawful possession of a firearm, resisting arrest for a felony and misdemeanor counts of unlawful use of a weapon, fourth-degree assault, driving while intoxicated, and operating a vehicle without a valid […]
A Kansas City resident was hurt in southern Clinton County when the pickup truck he was driving hit a sports utility vehicle from behind on Interstate 35. Fifty-two-year-old Leonard Jordan was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The patrol said he was released from the hospital and arrested on allegations of felony […]
The highway patrol reports a northwest Missouri man was arrested on Friday afternoon in Harrison County. Forty-year-old Chad Corcoran of Oregon was accused of a felony count of possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance, plus possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to display registration on a motor vehicle, […]
A resident of the Hale community was hurt Saturday afternoon in Nodaway County in the head-on collision of a pickup truck and a farm tractor on a country road. Twenty-year-old Caysie Creason was taken to Mosaic Medical Center in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. Creason was a passenger in the pickup driven by 20-year old […]
A six-year-old Excelsior Springs girl was killed, and four other people received serious injuries when a car went off a road in Excelsior Springs, hit a parked truck, and eventually came to rest in a brush pile. The six-year girl was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car, 24-year old Brandon Holder […]
A resident of Novinger was arrested Thursday evening in Putnam County. Eighty-year-old Jerry Richmond has been accused of felony driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked. Other allegations include failure to drive on the right half of the road, no insurance, and no seat belt. Richmond was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Putnam […]
