Unemployment numbers for April 2025 are down across the local counties compared to the March figures. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development released the most recent unemployment figures. Looking at the area counties, from lowest to highest… Daviess…………. 2.8%, down from 3.4% in March Sullivan………….. 3.3%, down from 4.0% in March Livingston………. […]
CMU Memorial Day Trash Routes
CMU customers with a Monday Trash Route will have to hold on to their trash for an extra day next week. Chillicothe Municipal Utilities will be closed on Monday in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday. Customers with a Monday trash route will need to put their trash out on Tuesday, for pick-up with the […]
Chillicothe Board of Adjustments
Chillicothe’s Board of Adjustments will meet June 2nd at 5:30 pm. The meeting is in the council chamber at City Hall. The agenda includes the election of officers. A Public hearing will be held on a request for a variance by William and Beth Mast to build a 30 x 40 garage at 2000 Litton […]
MoDOT Roadwork For Week Of May 26th
The Missouri Department of Transportation will have a holiday-shortened week, but there are several projects on the schedule from May 26 to the 30th. Caldwell County Route D – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Shoal Creek Bridge through early August 2025. Route 116 – Concrete replacement from SW Gold Road to […]
Resurfacing US 65 In Carroll & Livingston Counties
US 65 in Livingston and Carroll County will begin May 28th. The Missouri Department of Transportation says Capital Paving and Construction will be resurfacing US 65 from US 36 in Chillicothe to south of Route CC in Carrollton. During the work, US 65 will be narrowed to one lane with flaggers directing motorists through the […]
Route J Bridge Open
The Carroll County Route J bridge over Bridge Creek, west of Hale, is now open. The Capital – Horner & Shifrin team, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation through a design-build contract, reopened the bridge today, Friday. The bridge is part of MoDOT’s Northwest Bridge Bundle.
Betty Ann Link
Betty Ann Link, aged 87, passed away on the 17th of April 2025 at her home, just southeast of Chillicothe. She was the beloved wife of Paul Link. They shared nearly 69 years of marriage. Born in Dawn, Missouri, she was the daughter of Leroy and Gertrude Van Dusen. She graduated from Carrollton High School. […]