Several Trenton high school and Grundy R-5 high school students won first place in various categories when the Future Business Leaders of America held district-wide competitions. There were numerous entries present when onsite judging was held at the Chillicothe United Methodist Church. Others participated in performance events that were pre-judged or evaluated in online tests […]
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Kirksville couple taken to hospital after being forced off road
The Highway Patrol reports a couple from Kirksville sustained minor injuries when a sports utility vehicle was forced off the road by another vehicle south of La Plata Wednesday afternoon. Sixty-year-old Nancy Price and 69-year-old Donald Price were taken to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. Price drove the SUV north on U. S. Highway 63 […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education to hold special meeting
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will hold a special meeting next week to hear a proposal from the Salary and Welfare Committee. The meeting will be at the district office on Tuesday evening, February 26th at 5:30. Action is expected to be taken at the board’s regular meeting in March on the Salary and […]
Crash on I-35 injures two from Gallatin; driver leaves the scene and later arrested
The highway patrol reports the arrest of one person following a two-vehicle injury accident Wednesday evening in Daviess County. Taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center were 44-year-old Danny Engel and 34-year-old Katherine Engel both of Gallatin. The patrol listed their injuries as minor. The driver of a second vehicle, 32-year-old Edgar Jaime of […]
Chillicothe woman injured in crash on Route U
A Chillicothe woman was injured when the vehicle she was driving ran off a snow-covered lettered route in Livingston County late Monday morning 12 miles northwest of Chillicothe. Twenty-three-year-old Kaitlyn Owen received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. A trooper reported the sports utility vehicle was […]
Head-on crash near Brashear injures three, one child transferred to Columbia
The Highway Patrol reports three people, including a child, were seriously injured last night in Adair County of northeast Missouri. The two-vehicle accident happened on Highway 6, two miles to the west of Brashear. Taken by ambulances to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville were the two drivers 28-year-old Gregory Strub-Lay of Canton and 34-year-old […]
High-speed chase involving murder suspect ends in arrest
Authorities report a high-speed pursuit and then a foot chase were involved before an Illinois man was arrested this weekend in Clinton County, Missouri on a murder warrant from northern Illinois. The highway patrol, which requested the assistance of Cameron Police and other departments, said the pursuit occurred Saturday on Interstate 35 as it traveled […]
Grant City woman rolls SUV on I-35 near Cameron
A Grant City resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving skidded on ice and overturned on Interstate 35 south of Cameron. Thirty-six-year-old Ashley Pickering was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. The accident happened Saturday night around midnight two miles south of Cameron when the southbound SUV skidded […]
Two from Mercer injured in Saturday crash; one life-flighted to hospital
Two Mercer residents were hurt Saturday afternoon east of Mount Moriah when a car traveled off highway 136 and hit several trees. A passenger, 22-year old Lakeisha Meyers was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany and then flown by medical helicopter to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines with serious injuries. The […]
Fugitive wanted in Kansas arrested by highway patrol in Livingston County
The highway patrol reports an arrest late Thursday night in Livingston County of an individual from Macon who’s allegedly wanted on a warrant from the state of Kansas. Thirty-four-year-old Ashley Key, of Macon, was accused of speeding in Livingston County, then was taken into custody as a fugitive from out of state on behalf of […]
Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance program takes steps to correct data reliability issues
A report from State Auditor Nicole Galloway shows the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has taken steps to correct many of the data reliability problems with the Unemployment Insurance program uncovered in a statewide audit last year. While the review released today recommends DOLIR continue improving data security, the changes made as a result […]
Audio: Blunt says Trump does not need national emergency to fund extra federal money
President Trump is reportedly signing a deal to keep the federal government open, but he will declare a national emergency to get more border wall funding. The compromise includes 1.3 billion dollars, instead of 5.7 billion Trump wanted. U.S. Senator Roy Blunt tells Missourinet previous presidents have taken extra money from the federal budget to […]
Three transported to hospital after crashing on I-35
Three women, including two from Cameron, were taken to a hospital Monday night with minor injuries following a single vehicle accident in Clay County. Twenty-six-year-old Shelbe Monzingo was driving southbound when the car went off the left side of Interstate 35 and struck a guard rail. Her passengers were 37-year-old April Brown of Cameron and […]
Cameron women injured in crash south of Winston
Two Cameron women were injured Monday night in an accident approximately three miles south of Winston. Twenty-year-old Selina Harris received minor injuries and her passenger, 21-year-old Kara Simmons, received moderate injuries when she apparently tumbled from the vehicle. Both were taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The pickup was southbound on Highway […]
Two from Kirksville injured in crash near Novinger
Two Kirksville men were injured Monday morning when their vehicle went off Highway 6 and struck a tree in western Adair County west of Novinger. Forty-year-old Pappy Kayongo received minor injuries and was to seek his own treatment. A passenger, 47-year-old Andre Bwendelele-Mbelo, received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical […]
KC woman rolls vehicle on I-35
A Kansas City resident was injured Monday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving went out of control on the ice and slush and rolled over on Interstate 35 in Harrison County three miles north of Bethany. Fifty-three-year-old Melody Shoemaker received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. […]
Trenton City Council to seek bids on trash collection and disposal
Specifications have been approved regarding bids to be sought for residential sanitation collection and disposal in the city of Trenton. The city council last evening reviewed details of the bid documents. City Administrator Ron Urton said the request for bids will be published this week, with bids due at the city hall by 2 o’clock […]
North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance to hold antler scoring event in Chillicothe
The North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance is sponsoring its annual free deer antler scoring day Saturday, March 16, at the Elks Lodge in Chillicothe. “We will again be providing certified Pope & Young and Boone & Crockett and Missouri Big Bucks scorers for area hunters,” said Steve Shoot, president of the NMSA. “This is free to […]
Two ejected from overturning vehicle in Ray County; passenger arrested
An accident Monday morning in Ray County resulted in two occupants being ejected from an overturning vehicle. A vehicle was westbound when it ran off Highway 10 and overturned ejecting both occupants. The vehicle came to a stop on its passenger side and was demolished. Taken by emergency medical services to Liberty Hospital with moderate […]
Bethany teen demolishes SUV in Sunday crash on Highway 13
A resident of Mercer was injured when two vehicles collided on a slush-covered highway in Harrison County Sunday afternoon one mile south of Bethany. Sixty-one-year-old Billy Fisher was taken by private vehicle to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. Fisher was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Quinton Johnson […]