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Chillicothe Baseball Dominant In District Championship
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Chillicothe Baseball Dominant In District Championship

The Chillicothe Hornets baseball team was in the their first district championship game since 2021 on Wednesday night from Missouri Western in St. Joseph. As the #1 seed in the Class 4 District 16 tournament, the Hornets were the official home team against #2 seed and district host Savannah.   Chillicothe started Noah Rinehart at […]

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Spoofhounds Defeat Chillicothe In District Soccer
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Spoofhounds Defeat Chillicothe In District Soccer

The Chillicothe Lady Hornets took on the Maryville Spoofhounds in the Class 2 District 8 semifinal on Tuesday night in Maryville.   The Spoofhounds came into the match ranked #8 in the Missouri Soccer Power Rankings and the #1 seed in the district. Chillicothe faced Maryville back on April 15th and Maryville prevailed 8-0.   The […]

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Hornets Complete Shutout Victory, Advance To District Finals
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Hornets Complete Shutout Victory, Advance To District Finals

The Chillicothe Hornets baseball team faced Lafayette in the Class 4 District 16 semifinal on Tuesday night from Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. Chillicothe earned the one seed and a bye to the semifinal while Lafayette as the 4 seed had to win an opening round game against Cameron to advance to this […]

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Lady Hornets Advance With Defensive Effort and Late Heroics
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Lady Hornets Advance With Defensive Effort and Late Heroics

The Lady Hornets Soccer Team took on the Savannah Savages in the first round of the Class 2 District 8 Tournament on Saturday in Maryville. The match marked the 3rd time this season the Lady Hornets and Lady Savages have faced off.  The first 2 contests were won by Savannah 4-1 and 6-2 respectively.   […]

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Mark Anthony Rupp
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Mark Anthony Rupp

Mark Anthony Rupp 57, of Kansas City, MO passed away on May 5th 2025. Mark was born on July 10th 1967 in Chillicothe to loving parents, David William Rupp and Sharon Lea Peery Rupp. He was a 1985 graduate of Chillicothe High School, graduated from Missouri Western State University in 1989, and Rockhurst University in […]

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St. Pius Outlasts Chillicothe For Conference Crown
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St. Pius Outlasts Chillicothe For Conference Crown

The Chillicothe Hornets baseball team entered Tuesday’s regular season finale 17-11 hosting St. Pius. The Hornets had defeated Savannah on Monday 5-2 moving Chillicothe to 5-1 in the MEC. The Hornets win over Savannah set up a de facto conference championship game at Shaffer Park as the Hornets and the visiting St. Pius Warriors each […]

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Chillicothe Track & Field Sectional Qualifiers
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Chillicothe Track & Field Sectional Qualifiers

The Chillicothe Hornets track and field team hosted the Class 3 District 8 meet at Jerry Litton Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Both the boys and the girls teams had numerous sectional qualifiers and district champions.   For the boys, Soljier Allen was district champion in the 200 meter, Brennan Fitzpatrick was the champ in the […]

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Chillicothe High School Graduation
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Chillicothe High School Graduation

The Chillicothe High School Class of 2025 will complete their high school academic career on Sunday as 137 seniors cross the stage for graduation.  CHS Principal Dan Nagel says the ceremony will start at 3:00 pm in the gymnasium.     Doors open at 1:30, and seating is on a first-come basis   Additional and […]

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Chillicothe School Bus Driver Incident and Investigation
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Chillicothe School Bus Driver Incident and Investigation

The Chillicothe R-2 School District and Chillicothe Police Department are addressing an incident that occurred Friday involving a substitute bus driver.   Several students reported the driver made inappropriate and threatening statements to passengers. Upon receiving these reports, the school district contacted law enforcement and removed the driver from duty. The bus driver has been […]

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Who Is Listening
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Who Is Listening

The goal of local media is to be heard by as many LOCAL people as possible, but who else is listening?  This week, KCHI found that when conditions are right, our AM station can be heard across the world.  It’s called DX listening.   A 59-year-old radio and television journalist from Finland, Micha Makelainen was […]

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