News Staff Armed and dangerous. That’s how Kirksville Police describe 25 year old Austin Triplet. He’s wanted on drug charges and for unlawful used of a weapon. You can see pictures of Triplet on the department’s Facebook page. He is white, 6′ 3″, weighs about 200 pounds. He has a tattoo on the outside corner of his right eye that looks like a semi-colon.
If you know his whereabouts…call police.
In Platte county, a man has been convicted of killing four of his family members – including an infant. The murders happened back in 2016.
30-year-old Grayden Denham was convicted by a jury for killing his elderly grandparents, his sister and her 3 month old son — then setting the house on fire after the murders. Denham was found two days after the bodies were discovered in Arizona. He was walking around naked when arrested.
He will get life without parole when sentenced early next year.
You can help tornado victims from this week’s devastating twisters in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. The Kirksville Moose lodge is taking donations of bottled water, nonperishable food and personal hygiene items. You can drop off items at the Moose Lodge Thursday and Friday from 5-8 in the evening and on Saturday — all day — from 11am to 9pm.
A Marceline volunteer firefighter honored Tuesday for rescuing a woman from a car last year that was sinking in the river.
Last September, firefighter Levi Kelly saw a car run off the road and land in the Chariton river on U.S. 36. The driver, Stephanie Bressan, had fallen asleep . As her vehicle was sinking, Kelly swam and rescued her — just before the car went completely under.
Dog bites on the increase in Kirksville, and the police chief wants to do something about it.
Chief Scott Williamson wants dogs that bite someone to be spayed or neutered — and to get a microchip — so police can keep track of them in case they are vicious. So far this year, 37 dog bites reported, compared to 24 in in 2019 and 13 last year.
Council would have to approve the chief’s plan…no action on it is scheduled at this point.
A fata house fire Sunday night in LaPlata. An 82 year old man who lived in the home died. He’s indentified as Dean Green. The home was destroyed…investigation into the cause continues.
The state patrol says a man driving a front-end loader while high on drugs, caused a pile-up about 6:20 yesterday morning on US 136.
The loader, operating with no lights — was rear ended by two different vehicles — one of them a tanker truck that overturned and caught fire. A
Then, another vehicle ended up hitting the tanker. Two people with serious injuries were flown to the hospital.
The driver of the front end loader, 39 year old Benjamin Coop of Greentop, was charged with operating under the influence of drugs, plus other charges. He was not injured in the wreck.
The state has set the date for the 2022 deer and turkey seasons. The youth portion of turkey season starts on April 9th and 10th. The fall turkey season will run during the entire month of October.
The firearms deer season will get underway for youth on October 29th and 30th. The November portion of the firearms season will run from the 12th through the 22nd.
An extra day for Christmas holiday in the Kirksville R-III School District. The school board decided to go ahead and let vacation begin a week from Wednesday — the 22nd. Originally, it was going to be a half-day of school.
Classes start again after the holidays on Tuesday, January 4th.
The battle continues over mask mandates. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is now telling school districts and county public health departments — that he will take them to court — if they do not stop enforcing health orders such as mask mandates and quarantine rules.
Schmitt points out that a judge in Cole County last month issued a ruling that said health orders from local authorities are “null and void.”
Meantime, Truman State’s indoor mask mandate continues. It will stay in effect when students come back after Christmas break. But it will be reviewed again before the end of January.