Missouri Department of Conservation reports that a young buck harvested in Stone County in early November has tested positive for the deadly deer disease — chronic wasting disease (CWD). According to MDC, this is the first detection of CWD in Stone County and the first detection in the far southwest region of the state. The […]
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Former paramedic from Missouri pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl, morphine from ambulances
A former Kansas City, Mo., Fire Department paramedic pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing fentanyl and morphine from ambulances for his own personal use. Michael L. Fostich, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to obtaining a controlled substance (fentanyl and morphine) by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and […]
Callao teen crashes on Highway 3, arrested on Macon County warrant for stealing
The Highway Patrol reports a Callao resident sustained moderate injuries when the sports utility vehicle he drove lost control on an ice-covered area of Highway 3 north of Callao Wednesday afternoon and was later arrested. An ambulance transported 18-year-old Tyreese Mills to the Samaritan Hospital in Macon. Mills traveled south on Highway 3 when he […]
North Central Missouri Mental Health Center in Chillicothe to hold free parenting classes
The North Central Missouri Mental Health Center of Chillicothe will hold free parenting classes in December and January. The classes will be held at the Mental Health Center at 401 Youssef Drive in Chillicothe Mondays from 10 o’clock to noon December 3rd through January 21st. There will be no classes held December 17th or 24th. […]
Galt man arrested on felony drug charges
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Galt man Tuesday on two drug-related felony charges. Forty-six-year-old Patrick Stephens has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a weapon—possession of a weapon and a controlled substance. Bond is $15,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate […]
Three go before judge in Associate Division of Grundy County court
Among cases in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Rural Trenton resident Harold Lee Knight pleaded guilty to charges of driving while intoxicated and an amended charge of defective equipment. With a plea bargain agreement, the court imposed a fine of $500 for the DWI and $200 for defective equipment. He’s also […]
Honduran national sentenced for illegally re-entering the United States
A Honduran man who was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., for drunk driving was sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States after having been deported eight times. Jose Salazar-Aguilar, 34, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to five years and eight months in federal prison without parole. Kansas City, […]
Two from Trenton arrested over the weekend
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest of 43-year-old Lois Elaine Crouse of Trenton on drug charges. Crouse was taken into custody on Friday then charged with possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine as well as unlawful possession of various items described as drug paraphernalia. Both counts are felonies. Bond was set at $20,000 cash […]
Sunday head-on crash near Altamont injures Gallatin woman
The Highway Patrol reports a Gallatin woman sustained minor injuries when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck head-on by another vehicle one mile east of Altamont just after noon Sunday. Thirty-one-year-old Joel Newks of Milan traveled east on Highway 6 when the vehicle he drove lost control on the snow-covered road […]
Audio: Federal law to block Missouri medical marijuana users from owning a gun
Missouri voters passed medical marijuana use by nearly 66% this month. But federal law will prevent those who obtain a medical marijuana card from owning a gun. John Ham with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives notes pot is still considered a schedule 1 controlled substance. Ham says his agency simply […]
Trenton men arrested Saturday face multiple felony charges
Two Trenton men were arrested by police officers on Saturday with each facing two felony counts in the Grundy County Circuit Court with appearances scheduled on November 27th. Twenty-year-old Jeffrey Chad Corbin has been charged with driving while his license was suspended or revoked as well as resisting/ interfering with an arrest. Court information shows Corbin was […]
Unionville woman injured in crash on Highway 149
A Unionville resident was injured Sunday in a single vehicle accident on Highway 149 in eastern Putnam County six miles north of Glendale in rural Putnam County. Seventy-five-year-old Barbara Brooks was taken by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Centerville, Iowa with minor injuries. Brooks was southbound when she lost control of the pickup she […]
Green City woman hurt after losing control on ice-covered highway
A Green City resident was hurt early Sunday when the pickup truck she was driving overturned off ice-covered Highway 6 near Green Castle. Thirty-five-year-old April Weaver of Green City was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The accident happened one mile west of Green Castle on Highway […]
One dead, two injured in Nodaway County crash
A Hopkins resident was killed and two others from Hopkins were hurt Saturday night in the head-on collision of a van and a pickup truck on a snow-covered road in Nodaway County. Fatally injured was 34-year-old Sharon Snuffer who was a passenger in the van driven by her 37-year-old husband, Justin snuffer. He was taken […]
Four injured, including two children, in two-vehicle crash south of Eagleville
Snow on Interstate 35 in northern Harrison County on Saturday night contributed to a two-vehicle accident which injured four people four miles south of Eagleville. The highway patrol reports a pickup truck northbound on I-35 went out of control on the snow-covered road, crossed the median, and traveled into the path of a southbound sports […]
Eight Chillicothe police officers subpoenaed to testify in court
Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples reports eight police officers were subpoenaed to testify in Livingston County Associate Court in four separate preliminary hearings for state testimony for four defendants one day this week. The officers testified to arrests made over the last couple of months for multiple charges ranging from possession of a controlled substance […]
Trenton man arrested on multiple felony charges
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man Thursday on two felony charges. Twenty-eight-year-old Terry Michael Delauder, Junior has been charged with resisting arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing—creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death to any person and delivery of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $20,000 […]
Division One of Grundy County court sees busy docket; Judge hands down prison sentences
The judge saw a busy docket on Thursday in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Trenton resident Tommy Joe Graham pleaded guilty to manufacture of a controlled substance within two thousand feet or a school or college. Graham was sentenced to six years with the Missouri department of corrections. Execution of the prison sentence […]
USDA investing $1.2M to improve rural healthcare in Grundy County
United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Jeff Case announced Thursday that the USDA is investing more than $1,200,000 to improve rural healthcare in Grundy County. The Rural Development investment will be used to install a heating and cooling system and energy-efficient windows at the Grundy County Nursing Home District of Trenton. The […]
Trenton woman arrested for making terrorist threats
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton woman Wednesday after she allegedly made terrorist threats. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 50-year-old Kimberly Kay Jacobs has been charged with two counts felony second-degree terrorist threat as well as one count felony delivery or possession of a controlled substance at a county or private jail or […]