The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of three area residents on capias warrants. Forty-one-year-old Robert Eugene Ewing of Trenton was arrested December 9th on an alleged probation violation on an original charge of felony non-support with total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under an order of support. His bond is […]
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Truck hauling hogs overturns on Highway 36
A truck hauling hogs overturned east of Stewartsville early Saturday night. The driver, 38-year old Ryan Parker of Comfrey, Minnesota was taken to Mosaic Medical Center in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The crash happened approximately four miles east of Stewartsville on Highway 36 as the driver of the westbound truck lost control, crossed the […]
Big rig crashes on Highway 6 at the edge of Jamesport claiming the life of 60-year-old driver
The highway patrol reports a truck driver has been killed in a fiery crash early Tuesday morning at12:50 am in Jamesport. Authorities identified the victim as 60-year-old James Loyd of Purdin. The tractor-trailer was westbound and went off the right side of Highway 6 striking a driveway. The impact caused the Freightliner to go airborne, […]
Missouri Attorney General announces he will sue to halt latest Biden Administration vaccine mandate
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that he will sue to halt the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate on private employers first thing on Friday morning when OSHA’s ETS is officially published in the federal register. “The federal government does not have the authority to unilaterally force private employers to mandate their employees get vaccinated or […]
Three vehicle crash in Carroll County injures two
A three vehicle wreck occurred late Tuesday afternoon in Carroll County with two of the drivers taken to hospitals. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 28 year old Cedric White of Carrollton who was taken to Carroll County Memorial Hospital. 42 year old Marcus Davis of Odessa received moderate injuries and went to […]
Woman and 10-year-old boy from Minnesota injured in I-35 crash south of Pattonsburg
A woman and young boy from Minnesota were injured early Tuesday evening in an Interstate 35 accident one mile south of Pattonsburg. Authorities report the car was allegedly forced off the highway by a tractor-trailer. The car went into the median, struck the ground, partially overturned, and was demolished. Taken to the Liberty Hospital were […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to trailer home fire on Polk Street
The Chillicothe Fire Department on Monday afternoon responded to a trailer home fire at 315 East Polk Street in Chillicothe. The owner was listed as Larry Kinsella. Upon arrival at the Shady Valley Trailer Park, firefighters found a single wide mobile home fully engulfed. The fire was located mainly from the middle of the home […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to host 35th annual Poosey Conservation Area fall driving tour
The Missouri Department of Conservation will welcome visitors to the 35th annual fall driving tour at the Poosey Conservation Area from noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 17, 2021. Visitors can enjoy the annual driving tour uphill and down on winding gravel roads through forest and woodlands. MDC will provide a tour brochure at […]
Chillicothe Police Department reports on power lines striking tractor-trailer and arrest of individual for firearm theft
The Chillicothe Police Department September 29th responded to vehicle damage and a crash in which power lines were struck by a tractor-trailer truck. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports officers arrested a 23-year-old after being dispatched to the 1000 block of Graves Street in the morning in reference to vehicle damage. The suspect was processed […]
Authorities in Harrison County make arrest in theft investigation
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest of a suspect for the alleged theft of a truck, trailer, and mower. The theft reportedly occurred Tuesday evening at the Missouri Welcome Center on Interstate 35 in Harrison County. Deputies located the vehicle and the possible suspect within 15 minutes of its theft. One male was […]
Teenage girl from Ridgeway injured after crashing in intersection
An accident five miles north of Ridgeway Sunday afternoon injured one driver when the vehicle she was driving hit the right rear trailer of a tractor-trailer. The sixteen-year-old girl from Ridgeway received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The teenager was driving on East 239th Avenue […]
Browning man injured after rear ending big rig on Route O
A Browning man was injured early Thursday evening when the vehicle he was driving struck the rear of a tractor\-trailer truck approximately one-half mile east of Browning. Sixty-four-year-old Michael Taylor received minor injuries and was to seek his own treatment. The truck driver wasn’t hurt. Taylors’ sports utility vehicle was westbound on Route O when […]
Audio: New law compels Missouri to join rest of nation and create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program
Missouri will no longer be the only state in the nation without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. A new state law has begun that will allow the creation of the database – for doctors to check for cases of suspected drug misuse. State Senator Holly Rehder has sponsored the legislation for nine years. Rehder, […]
Gallatin Board of Aldermen approve water meter replacement policy, set water rate for water supply district
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved a damaged water meter replacement policy on September 13th and set the wholesale water rate for Public Water Supply District Number 2. The damaged water meter replacement policy states that the City of Gallatin has been installing automated metering infrastructure meters at city properties. The meters consist of a […]
Trenton police report no injuries, but issue citation to driver after trailer comes loose from pickup, striking utility pole
The Trenton Police Department reports there were no injuries, but one driver was issued a citation after a trailer struck a utility pole on September 8, 2021. Officer Jeff Spencer’s crash report says 78-year-old Larry Eugene Dannar of Trenton drove a pickup truck south on Princeton Road. The towed unit came unhooked near 19th Street, […]
Car strikes trailer on Highway 65
Monday night, Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reported his deputies and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a non-injury accident on Highway 65 north of Chillicothe near County Road 222. Social media accounts indicate a car struck the rear of a unit being towed by a pickup; however, no details of this accident were […]
Hy-Vee pharmacies now offering flu shots with no appointment necessary
Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that the flu vaccine is now available inside its more than 275 Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations, with no appointment or prescription necessary. Drive-thru flu clinics will also be offered at Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations throughout the company’s eight-state region on select days through October 30, 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Grundy County Commission sets tax levy
The Grundy County Commission set the tax levy and corrected a tax assessment of a resident on August 17th. The tax rate was set at $.1967 per $100 of assessed valuation, which is down $.0198 from last year. Grundy County’s assessed valuation for 2021 totals $135,457,340, which is an increase of $5,389,378 from the prior […]
Big rig slides off Route Z east of King City
A King City resident was injured late Saturday morning when the truck he was driving slid off Route Z just east of King City. Seventy-year-old Larry Clark was taken by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. Clark was driving a conventional semi pulling a flatbed trailer. The eastbound truck […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two men on Friday, August 6
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two men in area counties on August 6, 2021, on several allegations. Thirty-eight-year-old Jami Barton of Carrollton was arrested in Caldwell County. He was accused of felony tampering with a motor vehicle, failing to display valid plates on a motor vehicle, and not wearing a seat belt. Barton was […]