Hartley offered administrative contract

Gregg Hartley was offered a part-time administrative contract for $10,500 for the 2010-2011 school year after returning from a closed session of the North Daviess R-3 Board of Education held April 13.

Daviess County Courthouse News (4-21-2010) – Hung jury declared in trial yesterday for two misdemeanors

In the Daviess County Circuit Court, Associate Division, a jury trial held April 20 for Elizabeth Mary Jonassen was declared a mistrial by Judge Daren Adkins at 3:36 p.m. The jury notified the judge of deadlocks at 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Jonassen was charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and escape from custody. The trial had begun at 8:30 a.m. and was submitted to the jury at 1:30 p.m. The case has been set for plea/trial setting on May 24.

Guilty on all counts for man apprehended at Altamont last year

The verdict is guilty on all counts for a man who was apprehended at Altamont in January 2009. Danial Rinehart, 49, was convicted of felony murder, child endangerment, statutory rape and two counts each of incest and abandonment of a corpse in a Cass County trial that concluded yesterday (April 20).

Caldwell County Hwy. 13 bridge project awarded

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded a contract to Loch Sand and Construction Company of Maryville for the replacement of the deck of the MO 13 bridge (over U.S. 36 at Hamilton) in the amount of $592,003.45.