A fire in an apartment house at 1015 Polk Street took the life of one of the residents Friday evening. Chillicothe Firefighters received the alarm at 6:16 pm and were on the scene in five minutes to find Chillicothe Police assisting with the evacuation of residents. Firefighters found heavy fire conditions in the three-story structure and began using water and […]
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The Chillicothe Police Department responded to 118 calls for service Wednesday, some of the calls include well-being checks, and assistance with civil matters. 12:11 pm, Officer conducted a well-being check of a resident in the 400 block of Polk Street. The resident was found to be deceased from probable natural causes. Livingston County Coroner’s Office contacted and took custody […]
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The Chillicothe Police Department had fewer than expected calls for service over the weekend, likely due to the weather and road conditions. On Saturday, 9:56 am, Officers responded to a residence in the 1200 block of Locust Street to a reported deceased individual. The 96-year-old resident is believed to have died of natural causes. Livingston County Coroner’s Office took control […]
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The Chillicothe Police Department responded to 107 calls for service Tuesday. Some of the calls include: 10:39 a.m., Officers arrested a 28-year-old man on a Livingston County arrest warrant for domestic assault. The man had turned himself in at the Police Department. He was unable to post the required bond and was held at the Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail. 12:46 […]
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The Chillicothe Police Department responded to 108 calls for service Monday. The calls include: 6:45 am, Officers responded to a two-vehicle injury accident at US 65 and US 36. A northbound vehicle was struck by an eastbound vehicle, as the eastbound vehicle attempted to make a left turn. One driver was cited for failing to yield resulting in a traffic […]
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The Chillicothe Police Department responded to 87 calls for service Tuesday. Those calls include: 7:38 am, Officers out to assist Emergency Services with a medical call for an unresponsive 62-year-old man in 400 block of E. Third Street. The Coroner was contacted and the investigation continuing. 8:02 am, Officers out at various locations investigating call of an unresponsive resident of […]
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The remains found in the fire last Friday night, October 4th, on LIV 228 northwest of Chillicothe near the Thompson River, have been positively identified. Following the investigation by the Livingston County Coroner Scott Lindley, Fire Investigator Adam Crouch and the University of Missouri Medical Center, the remains were positively identified as Joseph Orville Lawson. Listen to KCHI LOCAL News […]
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Governor Mike Parson made six appointments for county offices and commissions this week, one of them is in the local area. David Jason Smith of Gallatin was appointed as the Daviess County Coroner. Smith is the Ambulance Director of Daviess County and has also served as the Deputy Coroner in Daviess County since 2000. Mr. Smith completed his paramedic training […]
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