Views: 1A case has been certified for Division One of Livingston County Circuit Court for a Chillicothe woman charged with six counts of felony first degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk. Twenty-four-year-old Jessica Maurine Busker is scheduled for arraignment on June 15th. Co-defendant 21-year-old Cloyce Oliver Wollard of Chillicothe entered a […]
Views: 0A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in southwestern Missouri. Nathen D. Libertus, 31, of Stella, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 21 years in federal prison without parole. On May 20, 2020, Libertus pleaded guilty to […]
Views: 0A Bethany man faces several felonies after law enforcement responded to a report of a domestic assault in progress in the 500 block of South 15th Street in Bethany Sunday. Thirty-seven-year-old Richard Gene Moad has been charged with second-degree kidnapping, third-degree domestic assault, resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony, and first-degree […]
Views: 0Governor Mike Parson has appointed the Honorable Robin Ransom as the next Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Laura Denvir Stith in early March. “Appointing a judge to the Supreme Court of Missouri is an important duty that I do not […]
Views: 1A single-vehicle accident two miles south of Novinger has injured the driver of a car. Seventy-seven-year-old Diane Defries of Turney, Missouri, was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. A trooper said the southbound car ran off the right side of Route K and struck a concrete culvert. […]
Views: 0The Associated Press reports a woman died on a farm near Harris after being attacked by a mother cow. 76-year-old Jane Heisey died Thursday morning. Sullivan County Coroner Bob Wyant says Heisey and her husband, Glenn, were in a lot near their house trying to put an ear tag on a newborn calf. The […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton resident on May 19. Forty-six-year-old Tracie Leigh Todd was arrested on a probation violation. Bond was set at $5,000 cash only. She is scheduled for Division One of Circuit Court on June 10. Todd’s original charge was third-degree felony assault. (Photo courtesy […]
Views: 3A St. Peters woman accused of strangling her adult daughter told police she killed her as part of a suicide pact. The St. Louis Post Dispatch says 69-year-old Donna J. Scuderi, has been charged with first-degree murder in the asphyxiation death of her 39-year-old daughter, Laura Scuderi, at their St. Peters home. […]
Views: 0A Cameron woman faces felony charges after she allegedly stole items from a residence in the 600 block of North West Street in Cameron in September and the Cameron Food Pantry in January. Forty-nine-year-old Julie Ann Richardson has been charged with second-degree burglary and stealing–$750 or more in a case related to the September […]
Views: 1A Hamilton man has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly threatened family members with a knife on May 18th. Thirty-year-old Grant Austin Smith faces domestic assault—third degree and unlawful use of a weapon—exhibiting. He has also been charged with misdemeanor property damage—second degree. Bond was set at $25,000 cash only with special […]
Views: 1(Missouri Independent) – As the case counts of the novel coronavirus began to tick up last March across Missouri, providers who offer tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) found their resources were being pulled in two directions. Swabs were in short supply as they became needed for COVID-19 testing. Contact tracers, who reach out […]
Views: 0According to the Hamilton Police Department, a 33-year-old woman from Kansas City was taken into custody at Cameron Regional Medical Center on Monday, May 17, after she stole a vehicle from Quik Shop in Hamilton while the victim was pre-paying for gas. Ashley Marie Hall has been charged in Caldwell County with the felonies […]
Views: 0A Wheeling man has been charged with three felonies after an incident on May 17, 2021, where he allegedly physically assaulted a female neighbor and threatened to kill her. Fifty-year-old Robert Wayne Renshaw faces charges of third-degree assault, first-degree harassment, and resisting arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing. Bond was set at $10,000 cash […]
Views: 0Trenton Police made an arrest stemming from a domestic disturbance on Sunday. Twenty-eight-year-old Shiane Marie Eason has been charged with domestic assault in the third degree. Bond is $5,000 cash pending an appearance on May 25th in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Court information notes a male member of the household […]
Views: 0An Iowa resident was killed when the car she was driving was involved in a head-on collision with a truck east of Albany. Fifty-nine-year-old Katherine Showers of Oskaloosa, Iowa was pronounced dead at the scene two miles east of Albany on Highway 136. The truck driver, 49-year old Marvin Andersen of Gilman City, was […]
Views: 0Another session of the Missouri Legislature has come and gone. Of the 1,559 House bills and 689 Senate bills filed this time around, 69 bills will make it to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk. Here are some key bills left up to the governor to sign or veto: Missouri lawmakers vote to pump […]
Views: 0A Winston woman sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident four miles north of Cameron Friday evening, May 14th. Sixty-eight-year-old Sandra Bridgeman was to seek her own medical attention for minor injuries. No injuries were reported for the other driver, a 17-year-old boy from Cameron. Bridgeman’s vehicle traveled north on Highway 69, and the other […]
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to working-age adults on July 1 because lawmakers refused to include funding for the health care program in the state budget, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday. In a news release, Parson said the state was withdrawing documents submitted to the federal government necessary to add the approximately […]
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – The fate of a wide-ranging crime bill was called into question on Tuesday over a provision that would stiffen penalties for lying under oath to the legislature or obstructing a legislative investigation. During a conference committee on Tuesday morning convened to work out differences on Senate Bill 53, House members said the […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton resident on Monday, May 10. Twenty-nine-year-old Josy Simmons’s alleged technical violation involved special conditions by being terminated from treatment court. Bond is $2,500 cash only, and she is scheduled for Division One of Circuit Court on May 13th. The original charge for Simmons […]
