Nine people died in traffic crashes over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend which is the same number of those killed during the three-day weekend in 2017. During the counting period of 6 p.m., Friday, May 25, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2018, the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated 294 traffic crashes which included 124 […]
The Chillicothe Police Department reports the arrest of two partially-dressed men last weekend. Sergeant Curtis Hays reports officers responded to a male without any pants lying on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of Elm Street early Friday morning at 1:06 am. Officers arrested Milan John Bender of Pattonsburg for trespassing, tampering with the property […]
There’s renewed attention to look at gun violence on campus after a gunman killed 10 students at a Texas high school last week. Missouri Republican Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler is sponsoring a bill in Congress to address the issue. She told KOLR-TV that her “Police Officers Protecting Children Act” would allow armed, off-duty or retired officers […]
A stolen property investigation lead to the arrest of two men and one woman on Washington Street in Chillicothe Wednesday. The Chillicothe Police Department reports a concerned business owner told police the three individuals had a threatening and suspicious demeanor and has suspicious property they were attempting to sell. The police department notes an investigation […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway is seeking information on Governor Eric Greitens’ possible use of private attorneys to defend him in court and in the legislature. Galloway distributed a letter her office wrote to Greitens office Monday. It asks whether state money is being used, or will be used, on private attorneys to represent […]
Two arrests have been made and the names of those involved released as a result of an investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Daviess County. Arrested on a Daviess County felony warrant was the driver of the vehicle in Monday’s incident, 52-year-old Elmer Martin Sorrell of High Ridge, Missouri. Sorrell faces charges of first-degree assault […]
A meeting for the parents of Trenton Middle School seventh and eighth graders will be held next week to discuss the Washington D. C. trip. The meeting will be held in the TMS Commons Wednesday evening at 5:30 and will give students who have not yet signed up for the trip an opportunity to do […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation recently added 14 new agents. The conservation agent class of 2017 graduated during a special ceremony at the Department’s Runge Conservation Nature Center in Jefferson City on Wednesday, Oct. 4. During the graduation, the new agents were pinned with a badge by their families and also took the oath to […]
Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Incorporated of Chillicothe sponsored two area delegates attending the 54th Annual Missouri Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D. C. Harlie Jones of Chillicothe and Nicole Robinson of Bethany attended the seven-day tour. The tour provided opportunities for the participating high school students to learn what it is like to be involved in […]
Thousands of FFA members from throughout the country are converging on Washington, D.C., this summer to evaluate their personal skills and interests, develop leadership talent and create service plans that will make a difference in their communities. More than 2,300 students are registered for the 2017 Washington Leadership Conference, the second-largest student experience that the […]
North Missouri Center for Youth and Families Executive Director Daniel Savage spoke about 21st Century Learning Center Funds at the After School for All Challenge Conference in Washington, D. C. this week. Savage says the National After School Alliance sponsored the conference. He explains that the alliance offers advocacy support and professional development to after […]
GRM Networks has selected Kennedy Buckingham from Decatur, IA and Nicholas Bishop from Leon, IA to participate in the 2017 Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour of Washington, D.C. Kennedy Buckingham, the daughter of Jamie and Travis Miller of Decatur, IA, attends Central Decatur Junior – Senior High School. Nicholas Bishop, the son of Ray […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 School Board approved contracts and accepted resignations at its meeting Monday evening. Tenured, non-tenured, and non-certified staff contracts approved are for the 2017-2018 school year. The resignations accepted will follow the completion of the 2016-2017 school year. The board also unanimously approved the Newtown-Harris R-3 FFA’s proposed trip to Washington, D. C. […]
(Washington Missourian) – According to an article in the Washington Missourian, (http://bit.ly/2gC626n) the pickup truck of a northwest Missouri man who has been on the run with his son for more than a week was found Tuesday in Washington, Missouri. Detective Sgt. Steve Sitzes confirmed that officers located the truck Tuesday morning in Shamrock […]
Elizabeth Nicole Lafolette, 25, of Trenton, Mo. and her daughter, Shannon Therese Jeannoutot-Lafolette, 10 months, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016, in Trenton MO. Memorial contributions may be made to Nicholas Jeannoutot to assist with the funeral expenses and mailed to or left at Heritage Funeral Home 3141N. Washington, Chillicothe MO. 64601. On-line condolences may […]
Princeton eighth grader Robert Esposito was knocked out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in the second round on Wednesday. Esposito was competing in the national event after winning the Northwest Missouri regional spelling bee in March. The regional bee was sponsored by the St. Joseph News-Press, which paid for Esposito’s trip […]
Winners in the 53rd annual Farmers Electric Cooperative essay contest. Two area junior won all-expense paid trips to Washington, D.C. Three sophomores won all-expense paid trips to the Cooperative Youth Conference & Leadership Experience (CYCLE) conference in Jefferson City. Gallatin High School junior Mattison Ishmael has won the annual youth tour to Washington essay contest. […]
GRM Networks has selected Dale Bagley of Princeton and Haize Wilson of Gilman City to participate in the Foundation For Rural Service youth tour of Washington, DC this June. One hundred twenty-four (124) high school juniors nationwide will be observing the “legislative process and federal agencies that regulate telecommunications”. The tour, June 4th through the […]
