The Chillicothe High School Baseball team dropped its Tuesday evening game at Lafayette 4-2. The Fighting Irish used a three-run 1st inning to set the tone early. Carter Bruce got the scoring started with a sacrifice fly to score Isaac McQuinston from third to make it a 1-0 Lafayette lead. Drake Losson scored from third […]
Chillicothe’s runoff election for the 1st Ward Council Seat takes place June 6th. Incumbent Reed Dupy and challenger Dowell Kincaid were tied following the April 4th election. Livingston County Election Authority Sherry Parks says absentee ballots for the runoff election are available now at the County Clerk’s office. Those wishing to have an absentee ballot […]
The final two days of Chillicothe’s annual Spring Clean-Up are this Wednesday and Saturday. This Spring Clean-up provides the community an opportunity to drop items for disposal at no charge. CMU Refuse Director Troy Figg says the Citywide Clean-up hours are from 8:00 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Figg says the location […]
A Chillicothe man was booked into the Caldwell County Detention Center Tuesday morning following his arrest by the Chillicothe Police Department. Daniel Jay Sturgeon was arrested for alleged harassment. Bond is set at $15,000.
A 3% tax on the sale of recreational marijuana will go before the voters in August. The City of Chillicothe will ask the voters to approve the sales tax that is allowed by the State of Missouri. City Administrator Roze Frampton says the ballot language would be specific to what could be taxed. As discussed, […]
A portion of Route T in Sullivan County is closed at the East Locust Creek Bridge, located south of Milan. The closure follows a routine inspection which identified bridge beam deterioration. The timeframe for the closure is unknown while MoDOT crews make further evaluations. Motorists will need to use an alternate route. The East Locust […]
Prison cells all closed up
A Braymer man was sentenced in Federal Court for a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme that he attempted to cover up by murdering two Wisconsin brothers. Twenty-eight-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $261,000 in restitution to the victim’s families. In September of 2022, Nelson pleaded […]
A single-vehicle rollover crash in Caldwell County left a Topeka, KS woman with moderate injuries. The crash happened at about 10:20 am Monday on US 36, just east of Cameron. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Debora A Blevens was westbound and ran off the south side of the road, into the median. The […]
A sewer lining project that will include about two miles of the CMU sanitary sewer lines was approved by the Chillicothe City Council. CMU had budgeted $600,000 for the project and General Manager Matt Hopper says the project came in well under budget. Hopper breifly explained the work to be done. The City of Chillicothe […]
One hundred forty-one calls for service were handled by the Chillicothe Police Department Monday. Some of the calls include traffic stops, business checks, paper service, and follow-up investigations. 1:31 am, Officers stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of N. Washington Street for speeding and improper registration. The driver was found to be driving while […]
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