The Highway Patrol reports two women sustained serious injuries as the result of being ejected from a sports utility vehicle one mile east of Cameron on Friday afternoon, September 2nd. Emergency Medical Services took the driver, 40-year-old Libby Robinson of Kingston, and passenger, 22-year-old Victoria Barrett of Hamilton, to Mosaic Medical Center in Saint Joseph. […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the North Missouri region for the week of Sept. 5 – 11. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
A Mexican national stopped on Interstate 70 in St. Peters was transporting 10 undocumented immigrants to Ohio in his minivan, a criminal complaint says. Francisco Ibarra-Hernandez, 35, was heading east on the highway in a 2011 Toyota Sienna on August 24 when the vehicle was stopped by officers with the St. Peters Police Department. Police […]
The Chillicothe Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance regarding a reported equipment theft from a local business. The police ask for help in identifying a suspect and the owner of a pickup truck involved. Additional photos of the suspect and truck are available on the Chillicothe, Missouri Police Department Facebook page. Anyone with information […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation and Missouri Quail Forever will host a brush management workshop near Unionville. Participants will be introduced to ways to control woody encroachment on their land at 19847 Highway 5 on September 17th from 9 to 1 o’clock. Participants will be taught proper timing and treatment, best management practices, and how […]
A portion of Highway 136 was closed west of Princeton on Thursday evening, September 1st due to a semi-truck fire. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office reports the highway was shut down between Routes A and D, so crews could safely transfer the load. As of 10:16, Highway 136 was opened to traffic. The Mercer County […]
Mosaic Foundation in Albany is donating a building to Tri-County Health Department. The location will increase access to health education, WIC services, immunizations, and mental health services in Worth County. The building, located at 16 W. Fourth St., Grant City, Missouri, was previously a medical clinic but has not been in use since 2018. Teresa […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two motorists Thursday night in Harrison and DeKalb counties. Twenty-one-year-old Gunnar Goll of Albany has been accused of driving while intoxicated, operating a vehicle without a valid license, and speeding 80 miles an hour in a 60 zone. Goll was taken on a 12-hour hold to the Harrison […]
A Chillicothe man died Thursday night in a crash that involved a tractor-trailer truck five miles west of Chillicothe. The highway patrol said the crash killed 64-year-old Michael Wiggins who was pronounced dead by assistant coroner Brooks Macoubrie. Wiggins was described by troopers as driving east in the westbound lanes of Highway 36. A collision […]
In northeast Missouri’s Shelby County, one person was killed and another injured when a truck overturned on a lettered route on Thursday afternoon three miles south of Leonard, Missouri. Sixty-year-old Curtis Brazel of Brashear was pronounced dead at the scene by acting Macon County Coroner Gary Milner. His passenger, 24-year-old Justin Ballanger of Green Castle […]
Missouri says about 90 foster children are listed in its system as runaways. Frank Tennant leads the State Technical Assistance Team, which helps a variety of teams and law enforcement when investigating and prosecuting child-related crimes. He thinks that number is lower because some of those children have turned 18 and have aged out of […]
(Missouri Independent) – Whether or not Missourians will vote this November on legalizing recreational marijuana could be determined next week. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker faces a September 13 deadline to rule on a lawsuit seeking to block the marijuana initiative petition from the ballot. The lawsuit, which was filed last month, argues […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is beginning a statewide campaign to educate and inform Missourians of the election law changes that took effect on Sunday, August 28, pertaining to House Bill 1878. The new legislation has many components, including a Voter ID requirement. On Election Day, a voter is required to show a valid government-issued […]
Governor Mike Parson granted 25 pardons during the month of August 2022. According to Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Missouri. Official documents have been filed with the appropriate government agencies and have been sent to the individuals. Pardons: Brent Hansen Carl Thayer Nathan Truitt Chad Beasley Dean Virden Kelley […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed a Joint Statement on Discovery Disputes, asking the Louisiana District Court to compel the Department of Justice to turn over communications between high-ranking Biden Administration officials from the White House, Department of State, FBI and others and major social media companies. The Department […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway announced the results of a citizen-initiated audit of the Smithville R-II School District in Clay County. The report, which gives a rating of “good,” makes several recommendations to improve accounting controls and oversight in the district, as well as compliance with the Sunshine Law. “Petition audits allow citizens to engage in […]
A grand jury indicted a woman from St. Peters, Missouri on charges accusing her of committing a $204,095 fraud involving a loan program intended for small businesses to continue to pay their employees during the pandemic. The indictment says that from June 2020 through April 2021, Trashunda M. Harrison, 36, submitted multiple applications for Paycheck […]
A former chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, James Theodore Highhouse, 50, was sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of California to 84 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for repeatedly sexually abusing an incarcerated female and then lying to federal agents about his misconduct. Deputy Attorney General […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of an Amboy, Minnesota man in Livingston County on Thursday afternoon, September 1st on two allegations. Forty-three-year-old Wesley Swyers was accused of felony driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked. He was taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center on a 24-hour hold.
Elder fraud was the topic of a program presented at the Thursday, Sept. 1 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Diane Lowrey presided at the meeting, Elizabeth Gibson was the sergeant at arms, Dan Wilford gave the prayer and Tom Witten was the program chairman. Quentin McConkey, security […]
