Absentee ballots may now be voted on for the Aug. 5 primary election.
Ballots may be cast between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Livingston County clerk’s office on the second floor of the courthouse, according to County Clerk Kelly Christopher.

The Trenton Road project has been in the works for a few months now and more work is still to come.
The project has already installed storm drain pipes along the east side of Alexander Street, and along most of Trenton Road on the north side.
With the rainy weather in the past few weeks, the project has been slow going, delaying major roadwork until the coming weeks. At this point the storm drains are almost completely placed and the roads are set to be paved from Broadway past Alexander Road shortly.

On July 1, 2008, troopers arrested Michael Burgess, 29, of St. Joseph, MO, for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident (felony) and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.

With the Livingston County Fair and Missouri State Fair approaching, members of 4-H and FFA have the opportunity to complete papers for showing livestock at both fairs.

Road work began today (Monday) on the road leading to the new women’s correctional center in north Chillicothe. The construction will include restructuring the road for 300 feet with pavement.

ST. JOSEPH — A Chillicothe boy is dead as the result of a traffic accident and authorities are trying to identify the driver of a vehicle which led to the deadly two-vehicle crash near St. Joseph Friday evening.

Chillicothe City Council members will meet in regular session tonight (Monday) and consider two board appointments and a couple of other issues.

Independence Day is scheduled to go off with a bang (or, more accurately, lots of bangs) for the annual Freedom Festival in Simpson Park.

A Chillicothe boy is dead as the result of a traffic accident and authorities are trying to identify the driver of a vehicle which led to the deadly two vehicle crash near St. Joseph Friday evening.

The Chillicothe Aquatic Center will be open until 8 p.m. on Thursday nights to accommodate families wishing to swim in the evenings.

Chillicothe Rotary Club has honored John Cook with the Unsung Hero Community Service Award.

The Grand River at Chillicothe crested late Thursday evening at 35.32 feet, just barely nudging out the fifth-highest level on record and replacing that crest of 35.30 feet set May 6, 1991.

After a sleepless night, one man decides it is time to move on.
“I’ve been through too much with all these floods,” Carl Howe said.
Howe lives near Keith and 5th Street in southwest Chillicothe. The floodwaters have passed their banks and have begun filling the first level of his house with close to three feet of water. With the Grand River’s crest still hours away, floodwaters threatens to invade the upper level.

Floodwaters continued rising today in the aftermath of Tuesday night’s storm with more rain falling in parts of north Missouri Wednesday and into today (Thursday).
Several roads remained closed, including both lanes of U.S. Highway 36 one mile west of Wheeling. It is believed that this is the first time that the eastbound lanes of Highway 36 have been flooded in this area. Even during the floods of 1993 and 1995, the eastbound lanes — which are higher than the westbound lanes — were not flooded.
“I think it is because of the heavy rainfall,” said Roger Anderson, regional maintenance supervisor for the Missouri Department of Transportation in Chillicothe. “The rain came so hard and so fast.”