The Chillicothe City Council on September 23rd passed ordinances to amend the city code, authorize an agreement for architectural survey services, and amend the storage container ordinance. A section of city code amended was “Eating Places, Drinking on Premises, Retail Packaged Sales, License Required” regarding alcohol and setting an effective date. The section now says […]
Chillicothe police responded early Saturday to the 1200 block of Locust Street regarding an unattended death. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reported the Coroner’s office was contacted and outward appearances indicated a self-inflicted death. The 44-year old Chillicothe resident was removed by the Livingston County Coroner for further investigation. Among other responses on Saturday, police […]
Two defendants were placed on probation when they pleaded guilty to separate charges on Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Trenton resident Taylor Scott Groves pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated from July 18. The imposition of sentence was suspended and Judge Steve Hudson placed Groves on two […]
Residents of Trenton and Humphreys were taken to hospitals following a single-vehicle, rollover, accident Tuesday afternoon in Galt. The highway patrol described injuries as serious for both 31-year-old Travis Vasey of Trenton and 26-year-old Dakota Dalton of Humphreys. Vasey was flown by medical helicopter (Life Flight Eagle) to the Truman Medical Center in the Kansas […]
An October jury trial has been vacated in DeKalb County for a Hamilton man charged with second-degree murder. The case for 37-year-old Frank Randall Allen Bostic was continued to November 8, 2021, for a plea or trial setting. Bostic has also been charged with felony first-degree domestic assault involving serious physical injury. In another case, […]
The patrol reports a Callao resident was hurt early Saturday southeast of Macon in an accident involving two all-terrain vehicles. One of the operators, 21-year old Austin Engle of Callao, was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Macon with minor injuries. The operator of the other ATV, 22-year old Keshon Harris of Macon, was not reported […]
Seven people died in traffic crashes during the 2021 Labor Day holiday weekend. Last year, there were 18 fatalities. The 2021 counting period for the Labor Day holiday ran from 6 p.m., Friday, September 3, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 6. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the following enforcement activity during the 2021 Labor […]
The highway patrol reports a Liberty resident was arrested early Sunday in Clinton County. Thirty-six-year-old Thomas Aikmus was accused of felony driving while intoxicated, speeding 113 miles an hour in a 70 zone, and failure to register a motor vehicle. There also was a Clay County warrant accusing Aikmus of failure to appear on an […]
Highway Patrol Troop H has announced it will conduct two driving while intoxicated saturations in the area in September. The saturation checkpoints will be held in Grundy, Livingston, and Mercer counties in the Green Hills and Andrew and Buchanan counties. Troop H advises drivers to plan ahead and have a sober driver if their plans […]
Governor Mike Parson awarded Missouri Public Safety Medals to a total of 15 first responders and 7 civilians for heroic and life-saving actions during 2020. The awards are Missouri’s highest recognition for first responders acting during critical incidents. The civilians, who include a 12-year-old boy who performed a life-saving rescue at age 11, were honored […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers in four area counties recently conducted special enforcement efforts. In a hazardous moving operation for Caldwell and Clinton counties on Sunday, the patrol reports it issued 32 traffic citations and gave 62 warnings with assistance provided to nine motorists. In a driving while intoxicated saturation for Daviess and Harrison counties […]
Residents of Independence and Maitland were hurt when a utility vehicle overturned in Nodaway County. A passenger, 22-year old Brianna Erazo of Independence, was taken by Nodaway County Ambulance to Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville with moderate injuries. Another passenger, 21-year old Cole Alloway of Maitland, was taken by private vehicle to the hospital in […]
A man from Florida has been arrested following a two-county law enforcement pursuit that began in Chillicothe. It was late Wednesday night on August 25, at 11:52 pm, when a police officer stopped a motorist for excessive speed in the 1000 block of South Washington Street. As the officer contacted the driver, the vehicle sped […]
Three defendants waived preliminary hearings on Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each case was bound over to the September 9 docket in Division One of circuit court in Trenton. Clifford Eric Dean Neff of Spickard is charged with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance or synthetic cannabinoid on three […]
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 […]
Swan Lake NWR will be open for Dove hunting this Dove Season, which begins on September 1. Check-in and out are required for all hunters. It is a self-check requirement and can be done at the Hunting Headquarters by the North Gate. Check-in can begin 1 hour before shooting hours begin and check-out must occur within 30 minutes […]
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 […]
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 […]
According to Grundy County Sheriff Rodney Herring, the Jackson County Medical Examiner has ruled the death of a man found in rural Grundy County in July as accidental. The body of 40-year old William Christopher Harville was discovered July 11 in his parked vehicle at the entrance of an old rock quarry along a dead-end […]
