A Trenton woman died as the result of a two-vehicle crash three miles south of Winston on Tuesday morning, January 18, 2022. Sixty-three-year-old Linda Wilcox was the driver of a pickup truck. She was pronounced dead by the Daviess County Coroner and taken to the Stith Funeral Home in Gallatin. The driver of a sports […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained serious injuries when the car he drove lost control on ice and overturned in Schuyler County on Thursday morning, January 13th. An ambulance took 51-year-old Kevin Vorkink to the Northeast Regional Medical Center. The car traveled west on Highway 136 before running off the left side about […]
The Grundy County Commission signed an agreement on January 11th with North Central Missouri Business Facilitation. The county will provide $2,500 per year to the organization to help fund the organization’s services. Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard reports the person originally offered the full-time ambulance director position did not accept, and the county commission is […]
An Albany man was injured early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle accident in rural Gentry county. Twenty-seven-year-old Tyler Parkhurst was southbound when his car went off the west side of Route A and struck a tree. Parkhurst received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Mosiac Hospital in Albany. The car was demolished […]
A house fire late Saturday night in Trenton caused extensive smoke and fire damage to the basement, and extensive smoke and moderate fire damage to one room upstairs at 1801 Chicago Street. Firefighter Dustin Whorton reported there were no injuries. The owner was listed as Melanie Avery. The report indicated moderate smoke was showing upon […]
A Saint Paul, Minnesota man has been charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, stemming from a vehicle accident in Chillicothe on December 14th. Online court information shows 36-year-old Isse Mohamed Hassan’s bond was set at $2,500 cash only, no surety. Hassan has been added to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office’s Most Wanted list. He is described […]
Eight people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 26, 2021. 2021 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics Troopers investigated the following: Traffic Crashes — 310 Traffic Crash Injuries — 92 Traffic Crash Fatalities — 4 DWI — 67 […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Wichita, Kansas women sustained moderate injuries when a car overturned seven miles north of Bethany on Tuesday morning, December 14. The driver, 24-year-old Alexas Davis, and the passenger, 32-year-old Joan Robinson, were taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital. The car traveled south on Interstate 35 before running […]
An accident on Monday in western Adair County injured a driver from Novinger. Seventy-three-year-old Richard Entwistle received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. Entwistle was not wearing a seat belt when the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 149, struck a tree, and an embankment. […]
Members of the Trenton City Council Monday night heard about plans for Rapid Removal Disposal to change the collection date on two of its residential routes beginning in January 2022. A safety concern was expressed by the Jewett-Norris Library Director regarding motorists not halting for the 3 way stop at Main and Crowder, and the […]
A Suspect was arrested and charged after an officer-involved shooting Friday night that injured a Missouri State Trooper in Greene County. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation near Republic Road on the south side of Springfield. The driver of the vehicle failed to yield and a […]
The Trenton City Council will review a draft ordinance and draft policies next week. The council will meet at the Trenton City Hall on Monday, December 13 at 7 pm. The draft ordinance involves city code regarding debris on property. The draft policies involve water service connection and sanitary sewer service connection. Other items on […]
Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish reports two adults died in a residential fire south of Gower on Tuesday morning, December 7. Fire crews also discovered several animals that died. Fish says the communications center received multiple 911 calls about the fire. Gower and Plattsburg fire departments were dispatched to the scene as well as the […]
Grundy County sales tax collections finished up for the year in general revenue, ambulance, and law enforcement compared to 2020. Each fund is at more than $528,500, which is an increase of about $28,900 from last year or about 5.8%. Collections for each category for this December were around $59,700. That is almost $3,700 more […]
A St. Joseph resident was injured late Monday night in a single-vehicle accident four miles south of Bethany. Twenty-nine-year-old Tyler Travis was northbound when his sports utility vehicle went off the east side of Highway 13. Travis over-corrected as the SUV went back across the road and off the opposite side coming to a stop […]
A Marshall resident was injured on Monday in a single-vehicle accident three miles south of Mendon in Chariton County. Forty-seven-year-old Angela Luckett sought treatment for moderate injuries at Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. The sports utility vehicle was southbound when it went off Highway 11 and struck a tree. Extensive damage was noted to the […]
The Chillicothe Police responded to multiple incidents on December 2nd. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports officers responded to the Park Center Shopping Center for a one-vehicle minor injury crash. A vehicle had struck a pillar to a building. The driver reportedly refused transport by ambulance. Sampsel says the driver attempted to park, and the […]
The Grundy County Commission on November 30th approved a proposal from insurance broker HIC Agency Incorporated. The proposal involved a 2.97% increase only on health insurance, and its approval is contingent on making sure no existing providers are excluded or lost within the service area. County Clerk Betty Spickard reports the county will change from […]
An accident two miles south of Humphreys on Tuesday morning, November 23rd claimed the life of a Humphreys man. The Highway Patrol reports the body of 27-year-old Dakota Dalton was taken to the Ruschmeier Funeral Home in Milan. Dalton drove a sports utility vehicle south on Highway 139 before the vehicle ran off the left […]
A two-vehicle crash at Stewartsville last night injured one driver and resulted in the arrest of the other. Forty-one-year-old Sarah Hanson of Stewartsville received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph. Hanson was driving southbound on Route K when her sport utility vehicle was struck head-on by a […]
