With the support of loyal Hornet fans and the generosity of area businesses, Jam the Gym fundraising efforts afforded the CHS Leadership Class to present the Verelle Peniston students and faculty a check for $1400.00 to continue their play-to-learn efforts where students can get their bodies moving as part of their learning and discovery. Both sets of students were excited to come together and celebrate! Photo by Butch Shaffer
An unidentified 43-year-old man from Dalton has died after setting himself on fire in Chillicothe on Wednesday night after a series of events that caused several calls to Chillicothe’s E-911 Communications Center.
Jennifer Anne Hall, a former respiratory therapist has been charged with alleged first-degree murder in connection with a 2002 homicide, officials said. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox announced that at about 6:40 p.m., Thursday Hall was arrested in Kansas.
The annual Bob Carter Memorial Scholarship awarded by friends in memory of the late, long-time Constitution-Tribune sports editor and photographer, was presented to pending 2022 Chillicothe High School graduate Claire Ripley during the school’s May 6 senior awards assembly/program. With the recipient is her mother Cathy, news editor at the C-T for the last 10 of Carter’s 27 years on the paper’s staff. Only in his early 50s, Carter died in a November 2001 traffic crash. (PAUL STURM/C-T PHOTO)
Main Street Chillicothe and the Livingston County Library will be holding another mural and historic building tour in downtown Chillicothe to celebrate Preservation Month. Participants will meet at Silver Moon Plaza on Webster Street on Friday, May 27 at 10 a.m. Come prepared for any weather – hats, sunscreen, water, umbrellas. The tour may take up to two hours but participants can come and go as they need to. Pre-registration is requested. Contact Main Street at 660-646-4071 or the Library at 660-646-0647 to register. There is no charge to participate.
Three house fires in the Polo area on May 10 are being investigated as possible arson. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office and State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating.
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Missouri signed a Record of Decision (ROD) on May 11, supporting the installation of a multi-purpose reservoir in Sullivan County. The decision concludes extensive environmental analysis and fulfills National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) re quirements for NRCS.
Registration is now available for the USDA Rural Development Missouri Virtual workshop on how to effectively apply for and manage federal grants. The Zoom webinar will be held May 26 at 10:00 a.m.
The new FedEx Ground Facility in Brookfield will open this fall. “FedEx Ground has entered into a lease agreement on a new 190,000 square-foot distribution center located on Image Road in Brookville that is expected to be operational in the fall.
The financial markets have gotten off to a rocky start this year. What’s caused this volatility? And does it present opportunities for patient investors? First of all, several factors are behind the market volatility, including the war in Ukraine, higher inflation, rising interest rates and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.