An accident Thursday afternoon, three miles west of Breckenridge, injured one of two drivers. The operator of a pickup, 60-year-old Steven Hardy of New London, received moderate injuries and was taken by an ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The driver of a grain truck, 32-year-old Cory Booth of Breckenridge, wasn’t hurt. The grain […]
A woman from Slater, Missouri was injured Thursday evening in a rural Carroll County accident. Twenty-one-year-old Allyson Freeman was flown by LifeFlight Eagle to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. Freeman was driving southbound on County Road 281, at Highway 24, when her vehicle went off the road, struck an embankment, and […]
(Missouri Independent) – The first time Maureen Loyacono voted was in 1960 when she cast a ballot for John F. Kennedy. “And I’ve never missed an election since,” said Loyacono, 84, a Kansas City resident who also served as a poll worker for 40 years. But she’s worried this might be the first election where […]
(Missouri Independent) – Hospitals across Missouri are facing a “crisis” caring for patients in acute care settings who can’t find long-term care through the Department of Mental Health due to the agency’s chronic shortage of workers. Patty Morrow, vice president of behavioral health services for Mercy Health, testified during a legislative hearing Wednesday that “the […]
(Missouri Independent) – The U.S. Senate won’t vote on legislation to secure marriage equality for millions of Americans until after the midterm elections, bipartisan negotiators announced Thursday. The move follows weeks of behind-the-scenes discussions among five U.S. senators from both political parties who have been drafting an amendment to the House-passed legislation that they hoped […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services transferred $13 million in funds from Missouri’s medical marijuana program to the Missouri Veterans Commission. This marks the fourth transfer to date for a total of $26,978,820. Missourians voted in November 2018 to adopt Constitutional Amendment 2, known now as Article XIV. The amendment includes a provision requiring […]
A man from Waterloo, Illinois on Thursday admitted embezzling $339,844 from his former employer. Ronald Scott Miller, 54, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark to one count of wire fraud and admitted using several schemes between March 27, 2014, and Sept. 29, 2020, to steal the money. Miller was the […]
A bank branch manager from Missouri appeared in court Thursday to answer charges accusing her of stealing $175,000 from elderly customers. Andrea Nicole Hopkins, 28, Florissant, was indicted on September 7 on four felony counts of bank fraud. She pleaded not guilty Thursday. Hopkins’ indictment alleges that from Feb. 20, 2020, to May 25, 2021, […]
Four Kansas City, Mo., men who were part of 246, a violent street gang, were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Ladele D. Smith, also known as “Dellio” and “Dog,” 35; David J. Duncan, IV, also known as “Deej” or “DJ,” 33; Roy Franklin, Jr., 31; and Gary O. […]
A Missouri man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a more than $27.1 million fraud scheme that included more than $12.4 million in PPP loans for four businesses, as well as a fraudulent loan for a development in Indiana. Tod Ray Keilholz, 59, Jefferson City, was charged in a 52-count indictment returned […]
Efforts to expand broadband access and digital literacy in northwestern Missouri can be a model for the rest of the state, said B.J. Tanksley, director of broadband development for the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Through its Digitally Connected Community Guide process, the University of Missouri System Broadband Initiative can help communities take advantage of […]
Missouri poultry producers are encouraged to review and tighten biosecurity protocols in light of the avian influenza virus confirmation in poultry throughout the Midwest. Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is known to be deadly for domesticated chickens and turkeys. Avian influenza has been confirmed in both commercial and backyard poultry flocks in Midwestern states this […]
The Linn County Health Department in Brookfield will hold a free car seat safety check in honor of Child Passenger Safety Week and National Seat Check on Saturday. The event will be held in the health department’s back parking lot on September 23rd from 2 to 4 pm. Certified technicians will assist with the proper […]
Princeton High School has announced its Homecoming King and Queen candidates. They are seniors Carsey Brown and Jaden Finney, Makenzie Dunkin and Andrew Rhoades, and Elizabeth Grooms and Kenny Wright. Junior class attendants are Lexi Lawson and Evan Houck. Sophomore class attendants are Mia Covey and Ethan Rhoades. Freshmen class attendants are Kadence Power and […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging absent property owners to regularly check their properties after reports of a stolen four-wheeler and the opening of a shed door. The four-wheeler reported as stolen is described as being a red 2011 Honda TRX 500 Foreman. It was allegedly taken from Route C west of Spickard overnight. […]
Abnormally dry conditions have expanded in North Missouri since last week. That is according to this week’s U. S. Drought Monitor map, which was released the morning of September 15th and is based on conditions as of the morning of September 13th. In the Green Hills area, abnormally dry conditions have expanded into the northwest […]
Trooper Chad D. Primm is being promoted to the rank of corporal effective October 1, 2022. He will be designated assistant zone commander of Zone 3, Linn, and Chariton counties. Primm was appointed to the Patrol on January 8, 2006. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to […]
A Kansas City man facing felony charges stemming from alleged arson fires and alleged possession of child pornography on May 10th had two cases bound over to Division One of Caldwell County Circuit Court on September 15th. Twenty-eight-year-old Harold Edwards Junior waived a preliminary hearing, and he is scheduled for a formal arraignment on October […]
Automatic voting equipment will be tested in Livingston County to comply with Missouri Statutes. Testing of absentee voting equipment will be in the County Clerk’s Office at the Livingston County Courthouse of Chillicothe on September 27th at 10 am. Testing of voting equipment will be on the first floor of the courthouse on November 2nd […]
Beginning 27 September 2022, the Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant will begin utilizing free chlorine, or a free chlorine conversion, in its water system. This entails feeding free chlorine, instead of chloramines (chlorine combined with ammonia), as the disinfectant at leaving the Water Treatment Plant. This will affect customers of Trenton Municipal Utilities, Grundy […]
