Views: 0Two Mercer residents and a 12-year-old boy from Excelsior Springs sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned and struck several trees six miles west of Princeton on January 4th. A passenger, 24-year-old Kayla Brown, received serious injuries, the child sustained moderate injuries, and the driver, 26-year-old Justin Sharp, had minor injuries. All were […]
Views: 0Seven people from Texas, including five children, were injured when the van they occupied was hit by a large truck. The crash occurred on Sunday morning in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 about seven miles north of Pattonsburg. The highway patrol said the Volvo Truck driven by 51-year-old Haysam Elkott of Temple Terrace, […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District reports a fire destroyed a structure at Leisure Lake on Wednesday afternoon. The cause was undetermined, and the owner was listed as Brent Hauge. Grundy County Rural was assisted by firefighters from the Trenton and Jamesport departments and the Grundy County Ambulance Service. Firefighters were on the […]
Views: 0Two Texas men sustained injuries when a car traveled off snow and ice-covered Interstate 35 and overturned a quarter of a mile north of Pattonsburg on Wednesday morning, December 30th. The driver 26-year-old Sadiki Kashindi and passenger 24-year-old Kevin Ramazani, both of Dallas, Texas, were transported by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital […]
Views: 0An Albany woman sustained moderate injuries when she lost control of the sports utility vehicle on an icy road four miles north of King City on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. An ambulance transported 66-year-old Esther Criger to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph. The SUV traveled north on Highway 169 before running off the […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Columbia man died and another Columbia man sustained serious injuries when a box truck slid off the road and overturned one mile north of Excello on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. The passenger, 62-year-old John Linder, was pronounced dead by the Macon County Coroner at the scene and was taken […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Commission approved an employee classification change and accepted a resignation involving Grundy County Ambulance on December 29th. The employee classification change involved Sarah Crosson. She completed her paramedic training/certification to allow for the change. The resignation was from Emergency Medical Technician Lilly Simmons. Ambulance Director Steve Tracy and Billing Clerk Beth […]
Views: 0The Missouri State Highway Patrol announces the preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend. Five people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 27, 2020. 2020 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics with troopers investigating the following: […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove ran off the road and overturned three miles east of Kirksville on Wednesday morning, December 23rd. An ambulance transported 52-year-old April Craig to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The vehicle traveled west on Highway 6 before running […]
Views: 0A Springfield man was injured late Tuesday night in a single-vehicle accident in southern Livingston County five miles north of Tina. Thirty-five-year-old Kenneth Grace was northbound when the car failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 65 and traveled off the road where the front struck a traffic post. The car continued north off […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Commission and COVID-19 Relief Fund Task Force have distributed the $1.15 million in CARES Act funding the county received in early May. Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray reports the funds were distributed to entities impacted by COVID-19 based on a formula that utilized assessed valuation and accounted for the portion of each […]
Views: 0A Milan resident sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he drove overturned three miles southeast of Milan the morning of December 16th. An ambulance transported 20-year-old Devon Clinch to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital of Milan. The pickup traveled west on Route C before running off the right side of the road, overcorrecting, […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Lancaster man sustained serious injuries when a truck overturned three miles east of Queen City the night of December 14th. An air ambulance transported 26-year-old Ethan Strunk to the University Hospital in Columbia. The truck traveled south on Germania Avenue before running off the left side, overturning, and coming […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports two women sustained moderate injuries when a sports utility vehicle pulled into the path of a car one-quarter of a mile west of Lancaster Friday evening, December 11th. The driver of the car, 32-year-old Whittney Sires of Bloomfield, Iowa, and SUV driver 74-year-old Kay Schmitzer of Glenwood were transported by […]
Views: 0Grundy County sales tax collections finished up for the year in general revenue, ambulance, and law enforcement compared to 2019. Funds in each category are approximately $499,600, which is up more than $26,700 from last year or about .057%. Collections for each category for December were nearly $56,000, which is an increase of more […]
Views: 0A Bucklin woman was taken by ambulance to a hospital after she was injured Thursday afternoon when two vehicles collided at Highway 129 and East 3rd Street in Bucklin. Forty-year-old Eva Gillespie received moderate injuries and was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital. A van, driven by 17-year-old Gavin Wright of Bucklin, allegedly pulled into […]
Views: 0A Pattonsburg man was injured Thursday evening when the vehicle he was driving failed to halt for a stop sign, traveled across Daviess County Route Z, and went off the road two and a half miles west of old Pattonsburg. Thirty-seven-year-old Ronald Bumgarner received moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to the Cameron […]
Views: 0The Harrison County Community Hospital and clinics, Harrison County Health Department, and NTA Ambulance have issued a public service recommendation to wear masks in public. The recommendation is due to what officials call “significant increases” in COVID-19 cases in Harrison County and increased hospitalizations. The community health care providers ask the public to follow […]
Views: 0Trenton Fire Chief Brandon Gibler reports a house is a total loss and unlivable after a fire on Wednesday night, December 9th. A family pet, a dog, also died in the fire. Upon arrival at the scene, Firefighter Derek Hert says firefighters found heavy smoke and fire throughout the structure at 401 Monroe Street. […]
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a La Plata man sustained minor injuries when the John Deere tractor he drove failed to yield to a car two miles south of La Plata the morning of December 10th. A private vehicle transported 24-year-old Perry Gingerich to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. No injuries were reported for the […]
