May 26, 2021 | Courthouse News, Opinion
Growing up on our farm near Eagleville, I never had a fleeting thought of becoming an attorney. I did not have any relatives who were lawyers, and, in fact, we did not even know any lawyers. My summers were spent picking up hay, building fence, and playing baseball....
May 26, 2021 | Courthouse News
County Commission Discussion was held regarding the mask mandate for the courthouse, considering there are zero current cases. Wayne Uthe made a motion to drop the mask mandate until further notice for employees and visitors to non-court offices; David Cox seconded,...
May 19, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
5/11/21 7:43 pm – Altamont follow-up investigation. 10:19 pm – Winston medical emergency. Kenneth Waln, 48, Winston, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for a probation violation on original charges of third degree assault and...
May 19, 2021 | Courthouse News
On May 13 in Daviess County Circuit Court, Judge Roger Prokes issued an order for renewal of a judgment on an injunction entered July 22, 2010, against Daniel Fallis Froman. The judgment involves environmental violations by the Gallatin Sale Barn while under the...
May 19, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Jared E. Read, 22, Coffey, faces felony charges of endangering welfare of a child first degree, no sexual contact, and abuse or neglect of a child, no sexual contact, after two separate incidents in which a one-year-old was injured. In both instances, the toddler was...
May 19, 2021 | Courthouse News
County Commission Daren Campbell, Allstate Consultants, spoke to the commission by phone regarding the $400,000 bridge on 232nd Street in Harrison Township that Caldwell County would like to donate to Daviess County in exchange for mitigation points toward their...
May 12, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
5/4/21 8:16 am – Mule out on Highway 6 near Jamesport. Owner contacted. 9 am – Court in session. Shaun Yoder, 31, Jamesport, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJj) for a probation violation on original charges of failure to register as...
May 12, 2021 | Courthouse News
Steven Dale Lawrence, 73, Pattonsburg, was granted a change of venue from Daviess County to Caldwell County on May 5. The case was heard by Judge Brent Elliott. Lawrence faces first-degree felony charges of sodomy or attempted sodomy, second-degree, third-degree, and...
May 12, 2021 | Courthouse News
County Commission A letter was received by the commission from Gallatin Publishing Company advising the commission of their intention to close to the public on May 28, and possibly vacate the building by July. Discussion was held regarding many possible scenarios for...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
4/27/21 1:53 am – Winston investigation. 2:00 pm – Court in session. James Carpenter, 40, Overland Park, KS, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for leaving scene of accident, resisting/interfering with arrest for felony, and...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News
Judge David Bolander has been assigned to hear the case of an Osborn man charged with second degree murder in the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark. Gary Wayne Downs, 35, is charged with murder second degree in the death of Sheriff Clark. Sheriff Clark was...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Charles Burnett, 37, was charged April 27 with two counts of 1st degree sodomy, two counts of attempted enticement of a child, and sexual misconduct or attempt involving child under 15. Bond was denied. He was picked up from Missouri Department of Corrections on May...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
A Coffey man faces a very long list of charges after an investigation by the Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division, at his residence. Two 11-year-old children who were living there were taken into protective custody. David Girsch, 46, was...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News
County Commission The commission received a phone call from Jacob Cross, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, advising them he was investigating an incident in Jackson/Jamesport Townships where used motor oil had been spread on a county road. He advised the...
Apr 28, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
After a report that a felony fugitive was hiding at a Gallatin residence, officers responded to the Brian Deweese residence in Gallatin on April 20. Deweese, 40, gave false information to the officers by saying that the fugitive, Terry Overturf, a known sex offender,...
Apr 28, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
On April 18 Daviess County Sheriff Deputies located a large underage party near Jamesport. A Missouri driver’s license belonging to Shaun Yoder was found in an abandoned vehicle at the party site, after the subjects ran into fields to escape. According to the...
Apr 28, 2021 | Courthouse News
County Commission A new court order was received from the 43rd District Circuit Court moving operations of the court to Phase Four, the lowest level under the order. In lieu of these new operating guidelines the commission revised their courthouse operations...
Apr 28, 2021 | Community News, Courthouse News
A regularly scheduled audit of Caldwell County has begun, according to State Auditor Nicole Galloway. Caldwell County is located in northwest Missouri, just south of Daviess County. The most recent audit of Caldwell County was issued in December 2016, with the county...
Apr 21, 2021 | Courthouse News
The Polo woman who is accused of second degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of her mother is set for jury trial in Caldwell County on Oct. 25. Rachel Nichols, 42, was her mother’s primary caretaker. Her mother, Glenda Lana, 66, was found deceased on Nov. 18,...
Apr 21, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Skylar Hunt Sowder, 35, Kansas City, was arrested in Daviess County by the Highway Patrol on April 16 and taken to the Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail on a 24-hour hold. He was stopped at 9:54 p.m. on northbound I-35 clocked at 87 mph in a 70 mph zone. Trooper K....
