A jury trial has been re-scheduled in Harrison County for a Kirksville woman charged with first and second-degree murder after a child death investigation in May 2020. Twenty-nine-year-old Makuya Stephanie Kambamba’s case was removed from the trial docket for the week of July 26th, and it is now scheduled to start October 5th. This came […]
A Trenton man has been charged in Sullivan County after an alleged assault in Pollock. Thirty-two-year-old Jason Edward Clay has been charged with felony second-degree domestic assault and felony third-degree domestic assault, stemming from September 2019. An arraignment was scheduled for the morning of June 10. A probable cause statement says a deputy went to […]
(Missouri Independent) – For years after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, activists and community leaders have pushed to “re-envision public safety.” Inspired in part by the Ferguson Commission, which recommended that cities focus more resources on the root causes of crime, organizers across the state echoed these calls. But they largely fell on deaf ears. […]
The Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Missouri could end up including a crowded field of candidates. West-central Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is holding a “special campaign announcement” Thursday morning near Kansas City. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, former Governor Eric Greitens, and St. Louis attorney Mark McCloskey have already announced a bid for […]
A Bethany resident was injured early Wednesday when the vehicle she was driving went off Highway 36, impacted the ground, and came to a stop in the median of the divided highway, one mile west of Stewartsville. Thirty-seven-year-old Christian Crossley was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. A […]
A Bethany woman faces charges in Mercer County after she allegedly unlawfully entered a Princeton residence in March where a man she previously dated lived. Thirty-eight-year-old Jackie McCrary has been charged with second-degree felony burglary, misdemeanors of second-degree property damage, and stealing with a value of less than $150, no prior stealing offense. Bond was […]
U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (Mich.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent […]
A two-vehicle accident in Clinton County, three miles east of Lathrop early Monday evening, injured a Marceline resident. Forty-year-old Amber Gulley was taken by Lathrop Fire and Rescue to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. Gulley was northbound on Highway 69, while a sports utility vehicle driven by 52-year-old Dietra Robinson of Polo […]
A Marceline resident was hurt on Saturday morning when the van she was driving traveled off a road and hit a ditch west of Marceline. Sixty-eight-year-old Kathryn Mellesen was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with minor injuries. The accident happened two miles west of Marceline on Route JJ as the van was westbound […]
A Breckenridge man faces felony charges of first-degree harassment and first-degree stalking after he reportedly called the Casey’s of Hamilton 15 to 20 times in two hours on May 28. Twenty-nine-year-old John Dwane Adams Junior has also been charged with misdemeanor stealing. His bond was set at $7,500 cash only, and he is not to […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has released information about incidents resulting in arrests. A call of suspicious individuals in the 22000 block of LIV 443 on May 26 resulted in two arrests and the recovery of a vehicle reported as stolen from Chillicothe. Cox says three people were found on Highway Z. The sheriff’s office arrested […]
Governor Mike Parson announced fifteen appointments to various boards and commissions. Bryan Atkins, of Rea, was appointed to the Board of Probation and Parole. Mr. Atkins served as the Sheriff of Andrew County from 2009 until his retirement in 2020. Prior to being elected sheriff, he served as a Deputy Sheriff for Andrew County. He also formerly […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton resident on June 1st on a technical probation violation. Twenty-one-year-old Keylee Vestal’s alleged violation involved special conditions by being terminated from treatment court. She posted a bond of $5,000, 10% allowed. She is scheduled for Division One of Circuit Court on June 10th. Vestal’s […]
The Bethany Police Department is seeking help in finding a woman reported missing from Bethany on May 10, 2021. Twenty-three-year-old Jacqueline “Jacy” Deaver reportedly left her assisted facility on foot with little property. She is said to be disoriented and confused, be street smart, and keep mostly to herself. Deaver is described as having dark […]
Women account for a majority of the U.S. population, but a new report shows they make up less than one-third of high-level government leadership at the local, state, and national levels. A first-of-its-kind study by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University found women hold just over 30% of positions in mayoral […]
A 22-year-old Chillicothe man has been arrested after Chillicothe Police Officers took a report of a sexual assault this week. Police Chief Jon Maples reports an arrest warrant was served in the 200 block of East Second Street on May 28th. Roger Dale Cain has been charged with the felonies of third-degree domestic assault and […]
A report alleges a northeast Missouri lawmaker used his position as a law enforcement officer to get a sexual favor from an intoxicated 19-year-old woman while on duty in 2015. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Missouri House Speaker Rob Vescovo has forwarded to the House Ethics Committee the information about Bowling Green Republican […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Linneus woman sustained minor injuries after a deer traveled into the path of a car four miles west of Chula the morning of May 27th. An ambulance transported 58-year-old Kathi Tolly to the Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. The car headed east on Route K before the deer traveled into […]
(Missouri Independent) – The lawsuit seeking to force Missouri to expand Medicaid coverage under a voter-approved constitutional amendment will go to trial June 18 in Cole County. On Wednesday morning, Circuit Judge Jon Beetem met in a conference call with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office and attorneys for the three people suing for coverage. In an online notation with […]
Saying that there’s a labor shortage across Missouri, Governor Mike Parson (R) has issued a directive to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits. Missouri’s House Democratic Leader is blasting the decision. Governor Parson made the announcement during a Tuesday afternoon briefing at the Statehouse in Jefferson […]
