A couple of Class 1 State Basketball Quarterfinal games will be tonight, while the rest will be on Saturday. In girls Class 1 Quarterfinal games, Norborne girls at 27-1 will face South Nodaway/Jefferson, also known as “Platte Valley” at 26-3 at 6:00pm at St Joseph Civic Arena. Green City girls at 26-1 faces Community at 27-1 at 6:30 tonight at […]
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Meadville swept the championship games of their own tournament. The Meadville girls won the Meadville tournament title 70-67 over Grundy County. The Meadville boys downed Hale 46-35 for the boys title. Southwest Livingston County won third place in the Richmond Tournament with a 56-54 overtime win over Bishop Leblond. Mack Anderson had 34 points, including six in overtime, to lead […]
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Results from area Basketball Tournaments Cameron Tournament Smithville boys over Cameron 78-56 Lawson boys over Higginsville 66-62 Cameron Girls 49, Lawson 40 Overtime Meadville Tournament Meadville girls over Bucklin Macon County 92-31 Linn County girls over Northwestern of Mendon 45-34 Meadville boys over Bucklin Macon County 66-25 Linn County over Northwestern of Mendon 59-56 Hamilton Tournament East Buchanan girls over […]
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Poor road conditions and weather resulted in several non-injury accidents Saturday. On US 36 near the airport, a semi slid off the roadway and jack-knifed into the medium. About 6:00 pm Saturday on US 36 near Meadville an accident included a semi on its side. A state trooper reported he was stopped for a slide-off and he watched in his […]
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Chillicothe’s lone runner in the MSHSAA Cross Country Championships finished in the upper half of the competitors on Saturday. Lady Hornet Freshman Aliyah Briner was 75th out of 175 runners in the Class 3 Girls Race. Briner’s time was 20:51.9. A Freshman from St Louis M.I.C.D.S. was the individual champion in a time of 18:13.8. MICDS was also the girls […]
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A Meadville woman has been appointed Linn County Administrator. Governor Mike Parson made the appointment on Friday. Colby Baker will serve as the Linn County Administrator. Baker currently is a sales representative for a medical equipment company and has previously been a Dietary Manager for a facility in Brookfield and Social Service Representative for a facility in Chillicothe. She is […]
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A 61 year old male from Avon, Illinois was killed in a one vehicle accident in Linn County Friday night at 11:15pm. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 61 year old William Simmons ran a Mac Truck off of Highway 36 near Meadville, hit a ditch and overturned. Simmons was pronounced dead at a Hospital Emergency Room just over an […]
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Meadville Tournament Results Girls Consolation Hale over Linn County 44-33 Boys Consolation Hale over Tina Avalon 60-34 Girls Semi-Finals Mercer over Meadville 65-31 and Tina Avalon over Northwestern 67-32 Boys Semi-Finals Mercer over Meadville 57-50 and Northwestern over Linn County 71-59 Games on Wednesday January 30th Girls Third Place: Meadville vs. Northwestern of Mendon Girls Championship Mercer vs. Tina Avalon […]
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Meadville’s Dillon Seckington finished 9th individually at the MSHSAA Class 1 Cross Country Championships. The Meadville team finished 9th out of 16 teams. Seckington’s 18.01 time was just 50 seconds behind the individual champion. Finishes for the rest of the Meadville team included tanner Berry 61st, Jace Cacobs 102nd, Dominik Gannan 119th, Parker Burton 124th and Kevin Tsikoyak 162nd. For […]
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The Class 1 District 11 All District Softball team has been selected and announced. Meadville Players honored included Pitcher Mackenzie Dennis, Catcher Audry Holcer, Infielders Maggie McLain and Klarissa Roberts and Outfielder Kiera Holcer. Honored from Grundy County of Galt were Infielder Emily Otto and Anna Milazzo. Honored from Linn County were pitcher Olivia Bright and infielder Jaden Lester. Other […]
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