From September 15, 2017, to August 20, 2019, there have been 414 hepatitis A outbreak-associated cases in 35 Missouri counties. Of the cases reported, there have been 233 hepatitis A outbreak-associated hospitalizations and 2 hepatitis A outbreak-associated deaths. The disease appears to be spreading through direct person-to-person contact, mostly among people who use illicit injection […]
Shannon Dewayne Watts, a Tipton Correctional Center inmate who walked away from his work site at the Missouri State Fair after completing his work-release job late Sunday night, has been apprehended. At 11:20 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Pettis County Dispatch reported Watts had been found unconscious with apparent head injuries near Highway B between Sedalia […]
The warm hum of guitar amplifiers and the sweet, smoky smell of barbecue will be wafting through the wavering late summer air the last weekend of September. The 13th installment of Columbia’s Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival kicks off for a long weekend of live music, fun, and entertainment, September 27-29. Roots N Blues, […]
Organizations from Grundy County will participate in an exercise taking place on September 14th, 2019. The exercise is being conducted in order to test and improve the community’s overall preparedness for an emergency event. The fictional exercise simulates an Earthquake. Exercise participants will simulate building collapses, utility failures, fires and will treat volunteers who are […]
Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville has announced the expansion of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Doctors Peter Dawson of Mosaic Life Care as well as Brian Duncan, William Humphreys, and Blake Peterson, all of Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville, will see patients weekly at the hospital. President Nate Blackford says Humphreys, Peterson, and Duncan “bring decades […]
While all eight agenda items were eventually approved, several were decided by split votes last night of the eight-member Trenton City Council. By the end of this year, Trenton Municipal Utilities will have transitioned to having an Olathe, Kansas company provide the billing and mailing services. The change is seen by TMU officials as saving […]
The Trenton Police Department reports one Trenton man was transported to the hospital and another was cited after a sport utility vehicle struck a minivan Monday afternoon. Twenty-five year old Jacob Ishmael was treated at Wright Memorial Hospital for pain in his left hip and leg area and released. No injuries were reported for 49-year-old […]
The Ketcham Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton, Missouri will be resurfacing the gym floor August 9 through the 17th for the yearly varnish treatment. The Ketcham Community Center will close at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9th and will be closed through Sunday, August 11th. The Ketcham Center will […]
The water has finally retreated from U.S. Route 65 south of Carrollton and the roadway to Waverly has reopened. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation have worked to clear debris and prepared the roadway for reopening as floodwaters receded. With water fully off the road, crews were able to clean off the last bits […]
Last month, Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 397 which modifies current laws to protect children in childcare settings. The Missouri General Assembly passed this bill during the last legislative session, and it contains numerous provisions that will impact children and childcare facilities and aim to prevent tragic incidents from occurring. These changes, which will […]
Carroll County Memorial Hospital will begin offering a Vascular Outpatient Specialty Clinic in Carrollton starting Monday, August 19. CCMH welcomes Dr. James F. Foster III from Kansas City Vascular and General Surgery Group, LLC, to our roster of outpatient specialty providers. He is affiliated with several area HCA Midwest Health hospitals. He will see patients […]
Work is underway on both U.S. Route 65 through Chillicothe and on Linn County Route M. Missouri Petroleum, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, began work earlier this month to prepare the roadways for a micro-resurfacing project. Over the course of this week, crews will remove the existing pavement markings in preparation for a […]
Trenton Police investigated an accident in which a car crashed through a wooden fence and traveled over 180 yards before coming to a controlled stop. The crash happened Thursday morning of last week and involved a woman who was to visit a doctor’s office but instead turned from 9th Street, into the exit drive of […]
Three individuals sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Stewartsville on Friday evening. The Patrol reports an ambulance transported 35-year-old Brandon Beam of Saint Joseph to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph with moderate injuries. Twenty-seven-year-old Kaleigh Hayes of Saint Joseph reportedly did not seek immediate medical treatment, and 76-year-old Lane Killgore of Stewartsville refused […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Chillicothe residents sustained injuries as the result of a minivan striking a guardrail seven miles west of Chillicothe on Friday night with the driver later arrested. An air ambulance transported passenger 33-year-old Aaron Sannipoli to Truman Medical Center of Kansas City with serious injuries. Emergency medical services transported 57-year-old Marie […]
Discover nature with the Missouri Department of Conservation at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia August 8-18. Visit MDC’s Conservation Building from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 8-17 and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 18 to see live fish and other native animals such as snakes, turtles, and amphibians. Learn about and see […]
The widespread opioid epidemic is considered a public health crisis and for years has been an ongoing challenge in Missouri and across the nation. Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) continues to be innovative in its efforts to help people affected by this epidemic. “What we are dealing with in Missouri is an […]
The American Red Cross is once again teaming up with family and friends, and Marceline Fire and Rescue to host a blood drive in memory of Zach Cupp Saturday, August 3, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Father McCartan School Gym, 327 S. Kansas Avenue, in Marceline. In August 2012, Zach Cupp was […]
After his probation was previously suspended, a probation violation hearing was held Tuesday in Grundy County Circuit Court for Thomas Kopp of Lexington. Kopp’s original charge in Grundy County is a misdemeanor of non-support. The court approved the defense attorney’s request for Kopp to be released on a $12,000 personal recognizance bond pending attendance at […]
The highway patrol reports a Lineville truck driver declined medical treatment for minor injuries received in an accident Monday morning in Johnson County. Sixty-year-old Gary Brown of Lineville, Iowa was northbound on Highway 13 when the freight liner failed to negotiate a round-about. Damage to the big rig was extensive and Brown was using a […]
