There are new details about last week’s police standoff in Kirksville. The woman accused of harboring a fugitive has now been formally charged. Tasha McKim, 35, of Kirksville, faces a charge of hindering prosecution. Police say she was providing shelter and assistance to a wanted fugitive, Austin Triplet, 25, of Kirksville. According to court documents, […]
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Missouri House approves $4.6 billion supplemental spending bill
The Missouri House approved a $4.6 billion supplemental spending bill Wednesday that would give all state workers a pay raise. But lawmakers refused to go along with Gov. Mike Parson’s plan for a $15 an hour base wage for all state employees, instead offering that salary only to select workers. The bill would also provide […]
Arson Charges filed against two suspects in Livingston County in connection with a fire at Days Inn Motel
Arson charges have been filed against two suspects in connection with a fire Saturday morning at the Days Inn Motel in the one thousand block of South Washington Street in Chillicothe. Chillicothe firefighters reported damage occurred to an exterior wooden staircase and siding. Occupants of the motel were alerted by smoke detectors and by motel workers. Charges […]
Voters in Linn County will decide on 1/4 Sales Tax proposal
Voters in Linn County will be deciding the fate of a 1/4 Sales Tax proposal to help support County Law Enforcement services during the upcoming April 5th Municipal Election. During the Linn County Commissioners meeting on January 18th the topic of placing the issue before voters was discussed. Presiding Commissioner Dick King indicated he would like to […]
Missouri is only State in the nation that has not authorized distribution of federal coronavirus funds
The School Superintendents Association says Missouri is the only known state in the nation that has not authorized the distribution of federal coronavirus funds designated for schools. Sasha Pudelski, director of Advocacy for the national organization, says the Missouri Legislature has not yet allowed the state Department of Education to dole out the nearly two-billion […]
Saturday morning fire at the Days Inn Motel in Chillicothe
A fire Saturday morning damaged an exterior wooden staircase and siding at the Days Inn Motel in Chillicothe. Captain Derrick Allen reported smoke and flames were coming from two levels of an exterior staircase when firefighters arrived. The fire was on the second level and a first level porch. About 500 gallons of water were […]
Highway Patrol arrested a Iowa man in Linn County on Friday
The Highway Patrol arrested a Van Meter, Iowa man in Linn County on Friday. He has been accused of multiple allegations. Thirty-two-year-old Kyle McGrath was accused of felony driving while intoxicated as a persistent offender, driving while suspended, not having insurance, and careless and imprudent driving involving a crash. He was taken to the Brookfield […]
Missouri State Patrol Troop B seeking high school participants
The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B is seeking participants for their upcoming Student Alliance Program. The Program will take place at the Troop B headquarters in Macon from 9 am to 4 pm on two consecutive Saturdays starting on March 5th. Students will participate in activities to get familiar with the Highway Patrol operations […]
Chicago Illinois woman sustained minor injuries Five miles East of Chillicothe Tuesday Evening
The Highway Patrol reports a Chicago, Illinois woman sustained minor injuries as the result of a one-car accident five miles east of Chillicothe Tuesday evening. Emergency medical services transported 30-year-old Passion Lane to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The car traveled west on Highway 36 before running off the south side of the road […]
Kirksville police are investigating the theft of four vehicles from Kirksville car dealership
Kirksville Police are investigating the theft of four vehicles from a Kirksville car dealership. That occurred Tuesday morning around 4 am. The owner of Snelling Auto Plaza on North Osteopathy Street said the vehicles were taken after those responsible broke into the facility through an office window, where they found the keys to all the […]