Twenty-five years ago, Brian Pemberton bought acreage filled with thorn trees, scrub brush and multiflora roses. The only water source was a frog pond. The land needed four things: a road, buildings, fences, and water. Thanks to hard work and cost-share programs, those goals were met. Grazing Acres Farm is now complete with a solid […]
Grundy and Livingston counties, plus two others in extreme northwest Missouri, were locations where the highway patrol conducted driving while intoxicated saturation checks on July 4th. Results from the four counties, Grundy, Livingston, Holt and Atchison, show troopers issued seven citations, 21 warnings and assisted three motorists. Officers also made one misdemeanor drug arrest. The […]
The highway patrol reports a Henrietta resident was arrested early Sunday in Ray County and accused of possessing methamphetamine, dangerous drugs, and not being a valid operator. Fifty-seven-year-old Catherine Martin was taken to the Ray County jail. A Unionville resident, 20-year old Isaiah Davidson, was arrested Saturday afternoon in Putnam County on Sullivan county warrants […]
The Chillicothe Police Department reports the last few days have been busy. The department reports one of the calls it responded to involved a suicidal individual who was driving around Chillicothe last week attempting to be pulled over, so he could complete suicide by provoking a police officer to shoot him. Officers located the man […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Hale woman in Livingston County overnight on Friday at 12:43 am, on several drug-related allegations. Thirty-six-year-old Jessica Corthon was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana and the misdemeanors of possession of marijuana—10 grams or less, unlawful possession of […]
The Highway Patrol has released the names of the two suspects involved in the stolen vehicle investigation in Livingston County Wednesday morning. The Patrol reports 30-year-old Christopher Haun of Raytown was arrested about an hour and a half after 46-year-old Hazel Miller of Platte City was placed into custody. Online court information shows Haun has […]
The Chillicothe Police Department is reporting that officers are noticing an increased use by individuals huffing an air duster as a way to get high. Just after 6 o’clock on Tuesday morning, police responded to a traffic accident at Business 36 and Mitchell Avenue where they found a woman passed out at the wheel. She […]
Separate arrests of Jamesport and Milan residents were reported on Sunday by the Highway Patrol. Online information from the patrol shows 61-year-old Lester Bryan of Jamesport was taken to the Daviess DeKalb county regional jail on a 24-hour hold. Bryan, in the arrest made in Daviess County, is accused of driving while intoxicated for drugs, […]
The body of a man from Eugene, Missouri was recovered Sunday after a Saturday night collision of two boats on the four-mile mark of the Osage arm of the Lake of the Ozarks. The boating accident injured five persons. The highway patrol reported the body of 39-year-old Jason Russell was recovered in about 80 feet […]
A St. Joseph man faces several accusations in connection with his arrest Saturday night in Holt County. Forty-year-old Daniel Ajak was accused of first degree tampering with a motor vehicle; misdemeanor driving while intoxicated/prior offender; driving while revoked or suspended/first offense; exceeding the posted speed limit by 16 to 19 miles an hour; failure to […]
A northwest Missouri resident was hurt when the all terrain vehicle he was operating went off an road and hit a ditch in DeKalb County. Forty-one-year old Jay Ellis of Union Star was ejected from the ATV and transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. The accident happened early Saturday on […]
The leader and the enforcer of a drug-trafficking organization that distributed more than 45 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area were sentenced in federal court. Jennifer Gladman-Carnall, 37, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Michael Keavney, 42, of Kearney, Missouri, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark. Gladman-Carnall was […]
The Highway Patrol will participate in Operation Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort (CARE) over the July 4th holiday weekend, as well as an Independence Day, Driving While Intoxicated Enforcement operation. The counting period for the July 4th holiday will start the evening of July 3rd at 6 o’clock and end the night of July 7th […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a King City man in Gentry County Tuesday morning on several felony warrants, including one on 16 counts of forgery. The other warrants for 60-year-old Michael Wood included one on two counts of tampering with a judicial officer, one on driving while intoxicated, and another on driving while […]
A Trenton resident has waived a preliminary hearing during an appearance Tuesday in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Michael Anthony Stantruff faces charges of domestic assault in the third degree and hindering prosecution of a felony. The cases were bound over to the July 11th docket for Division One of Grundy […]
A series of ordinances pertaining to medical marijuana were approved Monday night by the Trenton City Council. They are based on state regulations stemming from the voter-approved Amendment Two in last November’s election. In part, the ordinances allow for the location of manufacturing facilities, cultivation facilities, and dispensaries within the city of Trenton. One ordinance […]
The highway patrol reports a 53-year old Kansas City, Kansas man was arrested Sunday morning in Caldwell County on a Johnson County, Kansas warrant accusing him of dangerous drugs. Frederick Cunningham was taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center. A 23-year old northwest Missouri resident, Dani Hughes, was arrested early Sunday in DeKalb County. Hughes […]
The Trenton City Council will consider multiple ordinances regarding amending current and enacting new sections of city code regarding marijuana at its next meeting. The council will meet at the Trenton City Hall on Monday night, June 10, 2019, at 7 o’clock. Ordinances that would amend city code regard exemptions, gross receipts, possession of marijuana […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to an incident late Thursday afternoon which resulted in a home being ventilated after an occupant reported “a cloud of gas” coming from pool chemicals in a bucket. Assistant Fire Chief Eric Reeter reported a person had mixed two pool shock chemicals in a bucket of water while inside the […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation invites hunters of ages 14 and older to a “Wingshooting for the Hunter” workshop in Kirksville on June 22. The program will take place 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., beginning at the MDC Northeast Regional Office, 3500 S. Baltimore Road in Kirksville, and then moving to Big Creek Conservation Area […]
