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High-speed pursuit starting in Carroll County ends in Linn County with arrest of St. Louis woman

A St. Louis woman was arrested in connection with an alleged high-speed pursuit on Wednesday afternoon that began in Carroll County and ended in Linn County. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office was notified about 3:30 regarding a Carroll County deputy attempting to stop a northbound white-colored SUV that was reportedly driving in excess of 100 […]

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Winston woman injured in crash on Interstate 35

A Winston resident was injured Tuesday night in an Interstate 35 accident that happened in Clay County. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 41-year-old Margaret Harryman of Winston who was taken by emergency medical services to the Research Hospital of Kansas City. Harryman was pulled from the shoulder into the right lane of […]

Beatrice J. Anderson (Photo Credit: Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail)

Hamilton woman receives probation in shaken baby case

A Hamilton woman has been sentenced to prison and then was placed on probation in Livingston County Circuit Court stemming from an incident last October in which a three-month-old baby girl was allegedly shaken and dropped. Twenty-two-year-old Beatrice Josephine Anderson was sentenced to ten years with the Department of Corrections. Judge Ryan Horsman then suspended […]

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Chillicothe police respond to assault call

Chillicothe police on Saturday night responded to the 200 block of South Washington regarding a reported assault. A person was taken to Hedrick Medical Center for treatment of injuries. Chillicothe Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel said information was obtained on a suspect, and charges of domestic assault were being sought. No names were released by […]

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Texas man arrested in Daviess County

The highway patrol reports a Texas man was arrested on Sunday morning in DeKalb County and accused of driving without a valid license, failure to display valid plates, and failure to restrain a child under eight years old in a child restraint. Twenty-six-year-old Juan Maravilla Leos of San Juan, Texas had a Daviess County warrant […]

UTV or Utility Terrain Vehicle Crash

UTV crash south of Chillicothe injures three

The highway patrol reports two people were seriously hurt and a third person received minor injuries when a UTV overturned in a field south of Chillicothe. The driver, 56-year old William Englert of Ida, Arkansas, was flown by medical helicopter from Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe to st. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City with serious […]

Coyote standing in field (Photo Credit Mo Dept of Conservation)

Missouri Department of Conservation revises regulations regarding coyote hunting and invasive species control

The Missouri Department of Conservation updated regulations to the Wildlife Code of Missouri regarding coyote hunting and feral hog control at its Sept. 4 Conservation Commission meeting in Jefferson City. The change comes in response to citizen requests to the Regulations Committee to use night vision, infrared, thermal imagery equipment, or artificial light to hunt […]

Fatal Crash

Three-year-old dies in UTV crash in southern Iowa

The Iowa State Patrol reports a young boy died Saturday when he apparently drove a utility terrain vehicle into a parked fifth-wheel trailer. The accident occurred on private property on 320th Avenue near Garden Grove in southern Iowa. The victim was identified as three-year-old Wyatt Archer Moser of Leon, Iowa. A trooper reported the child […]