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For the sixth year, the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety, along with various safety partners, schools and businesses throughout the state, are encouraging better driving behaviors as part of Buckle Up Phone Down Day; and this year, aiming for the goal of zero traffic fatalities throughout the day. Missouri’s 2022 Seat Belt Usage Survey showed 89% of vehicle occupants use a seat belt, matching the highest rate the state has ever recorded.

The deadline for applications for the GRM Networks Community Improvement Grant Program is November 1. Applications may be downloaded by visiting grm.net/about-us/ grants/. Grant amounts vary, with a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $1,500 awarded to successful applicants.

A resurfacing project on several routes in Linn, Putnam and Sullivan counties is scheduled to begin soon. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 12:52 a.m., Officers were dispatched to a disturbance in the 400 block of Locust St. Officers responded and the incident was resolved.

Governor Mike Parson has proclaimed October 2022 as Clean Water Month in Missouri. In the proclamation, Governor Parson noted that Oct. 18 marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which aimed to prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution and restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation’s waters.

The Chillicothe City Council met on Monday, Oct. 10 for a regularly scheduled meeting. The Council discussed bullet resistant control laminate for the Chillicothe Elementary School to begin the meeting.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS Absentee ballots are now available in the Livingston County Clerk’s office for the Nov. 8 General Election.