Results have been released from July 14th’s Swine, Rabbit, and Poultry shows at the Mercer County Fair. Johannes Oaks of Newtown showed the grand champion boar at the Swine Show. Chase Bowen of Hamilton had the reserve champion boar and reserve champion market hog. The grand champion gilt was shown by Gage Miller of Hamilton. […]
Democratic candidates for the United States and Missouri offices will speak at a “Meet the Candidates Night” hosted by the Linn and Livingston County Democratic Clubs. The event will be held at the Cultural Corner Art Guild and Gallery of Chillicothe on July 20th at 6 pm. Candidates scheduled to speak include Spencer Toder for […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Green City man was ejected from a motorcycle that hit a deer near Green City on Thursday morning, July 14th. An ambulance took 60-year-old Ruben De La Rosa to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville with serious injuries. The motorcycle traveled west on Highway 6 before striking the deer […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education revisited the Teacher Baseline Salary Grant on July 13th and approved participation in the grant program this year. The grant gives funding from the state to raise teacher salaries to $38,000 per year. Staff members over the $38,000 per year salary will receive a stipend, which will be […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has released information on a traffic stop last week that led to the arrest of a Chillicothe man. Twenty-four-year-old Noah Joseph Shaw was arrested July 5th on two counts of alleged felony delivery of a controlled substance and one count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs. […]
Results have been announced from July 13th’s Rabbit, Swine, and Horse shows at the Livingston County 4-H and FFA Fair. For the Rabbit Show, Jaclyn Hines had the best 4-class rabbit. She also received advanced senior rabbit showman for 14 and over and was named premier rabbit exhibitor for 14 and over. Junior rabbit showman […]
The Gallatin R-5 Board of Education took action on personnel matters after a closed session on July 12th. The action included offering Anthony Jeffers a sixth-grade English Language Arts/Social Studies middle school teacher position, Ashton Ellis a paraprofessional position, and Charlie Cameron a bus driver position for the 2022-2023 school year. The board also voted […]
Mercer Homecoming later this month will include a tractor pull, a parade, music performances, a carnival, and raffles. The event will be held from July 27th through 31st. The tractor pull will be that Wednesday at 7 pm. That Thursday will include Miss Mercer and a cornhole tournament at 7 p.m. and the Hired Gun […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Gallatin resident on July 13th on felony second-degree burglary. Eighteen-year-old Austin Lane Parker was extradited from the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. His bond is $5,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of Circuit Court on July 26th. Court documents accuse Parker of […]
Milan Police Chief Gail Hayes reports the arrest of a Milan man on July 13th after he allegedly assaulted another man at a Milan residence on July 10th. Thirty-seven-year-old Rodolfo Hernandez has been charged with felony third-degree assault. He is being held at the Sullivan County Jail on a $20,000 cash-only bond. Hayes says the […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding that they cease their attempts to illegally obtain information from local sheriffs on Missourians who have concealed carry permits. Missouri law specifically prohibits the sharing of information on concealed carry permit holders to any entity – local, state, federal, or otherwise. […]
A man from Missouri has been caught with at least 400 pounds of methamphetamine, federal charging documents allege. Kolby L. Kristiansen, 68, of Wildwood, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Charging documents say that investigators located a storage unit in St. Louis County that was being […]
A man suspected of supplying drugs to a St. Charles mother who died last month was indicted Wednesday on a charge of possession and distribution of fentanyl. The woman’s children, ages 2, 4, and 2 months, had been alone in a bedroom after their mother’s death for as many as 20 hours before their screaming […]
A Missouri man who attempted to rob an Independence, Mo., restaurant with a fake gun, but was thwarted when employees fought back, pleaded guilty in federal court to the robbery. Bryan C. Byers, 23, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to one count of robbery. Byers robbed Lucky Buffet, 2931 […]
An active duty U.S. Army staff sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the sexual exploitation of two minor victims and for receiving child pornography. Robert Chad Walkup, 38, of Saint Robert, Mo., was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield on […]
Seven more defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a major drug-trafficking conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Four defendants pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays on Tuesday, July 12. Sonia Lara, 32, of Independence, Mo.; Haydee Griselda Erazo-Moreno, 39, a citizen of El Salvador residing […]
A dream was granted to a Humphrey’s teen on July 13th as part of a Dream Factory presentation. Seventeen-year-old Chloie Hall’s dream involves a trip to Panama City, Florida July 28th to August 2nd. Dream Factory Volunteer Ron Dougan made the presentation at his office in Trenton. He said Hall’s dream was to go to […]
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft visited the Grundy County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on July 13th. He also visited the sheriff’s offices in Mercer and Carroll counties and the Livingston County Library. During the stop in Trenton, Ashcroft toured the prosecuting attorney’s office and spoke to Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Puckett. Ashcroft said he visits every […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education on July 12th approved a bid for the installation of video cameras inside and outside the building. The bid was from North MO Satellite of Bethany for $8,879.70. It is hoped installation can be completed before the beginning of the school year. Items were declared as surplus property. […]
The Livingston County Library of Chillicothe will present a program on the power of living in clear spaces as part of its summer reading program. The “Joy of Tidying” will be held on July 21st at 6 pm. Lisa Jean Dickmann of Saint Louis will speak at the program. She became Missouri’s first certified KonMari […]
