A Bethany resident was injured early Wednesday when the vehicle she was driving went off Highway 36, impacted the ground, and came to a stop in the median of the divided highway, one mile west of Stewartsville. Thirty-seven-year-old Christian Crossley was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. A […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri lawmakers were not obligated to fund Medicaid expansion, and the courts cannot force the state to pay the medical bills of people who would be eligible under an initiative that amended the state constitution, the state attorney general’s office argued in documents filed Monday in Cole County Circuit Court. The filing from Attorney […]
The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Hale sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove overturned in northern Carroll County on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. A private vehicle transported the 16-year-old girl to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. The SUV traveled east on Route J before it ran off the […]
The Chillicothe Police Department is seeking assistance in finding a missing man. Larry Eugene Smith is described as being white, being five feet five inches tall, and weighing 160 pounds. He also has brown hair and brown eyes. The police report Smith was last seen in the 14 block of Jackson Street on June 6 around […]
U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (Mich.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri and Kansas residents’ utility bills may be helping to bankroll the energy sector lobbying against policies aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Federal and state rules prohibit utility companies from passing their lobbying costs on to customers through bills. But in both Kansas and Missouri, utilities like Evergy, Ameren, and Spire […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, along with the Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council, released a new resource, the “Missouri Plain Language Guide for People with Disabilities, their Families and Caregivers,” on COVID-19 and the vaccine. Through this partnership, the new guide will ensure that important information related to COVID-19 and vaccine access is more […]
One person died on Sunday night after being injured earlier on Sunday when he and the driver of a pickup were ejected from their overturning vehicle. The Highway 36 crash happened two miles west of Brookfield at 5:30 pm. The crash claimed the life of 21-year-old Blane Heussner of Tina, who was pronounced dead at […]
An Illinois resident was injured in a single-vehicle Interstate 35 accident that occurred Sunday three miles south of Eagleville. Twenty-eight-year-old Abeke Abedi of Rockford, Illinois received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Brookfield. The northbound car traveled off the west side of I-35 into the median. The driver […]
This article has been updated from early morning on Monday, June 7, 2021. The Missouri State Highway Patrol apparently had not entered all information before sending the report to KTTN. The updated information indicates three people injured, not one as previously reported. ——————————– A report from the Highway Patrol includes updated information regarding the accident […]
Results have been announced from the Missouri State Highway Patrols’ traffic enforcement operation Friday and Sunday in Gentry and Harrison counties. The report shows a total of 44 traffic citations were issued, 69 warnings were handed out, and assistance was provided to three motorists.
A couple was sentenced to prison for their participation in a scheme to file four fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.1 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Latoya Stanley, 38, […]
Four defendants pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting and conspiracy charges for their roles in an interstate dogfighting network across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. The Honorable John A. Gibney Jr., U.S. District Judge in Richmond, Virginia, accepted the following pleas: On June 1, Odell S. Anderson Sr., 52, of the District […]
The Attorney General’s Office is warning of a scam targeting potential clients of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. The Attorney General’s Office was notified by Legal Services of Eastern Missouri yesterday of a scam letter received by a client purporting to be from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri seeking a “retainer fee” of $3500. Legal […]
(Missouri Independent) – In the last week of April, the Linn County Health Department signaled that the COVID-19 pandemic had cooled enough that it could discontinue weekly reports on new cases. With only three active cases on April 21, the urgency for frequent updates seemed to have passed. But the coronavirus came roaring back this […]
Veterans events have been announced for June 2021. A veterans service officer and a counselor will be at Trenton VFW Post 919 on June 4th from 9 to 2 o’clock. Veterans are asked to bring their DD-214 and other VA paperwork when meeting with the veteran’s service officer. The counselor will help with post-traumatic stress […]
FAFSA Frenzy Summer Edition offers Missouri students last-minute help filing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Missouri students get a second chance at free help to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) this summer. It’s all thanks to a series of events called the FAFSA Frenzy Summer Edition, hosted by the […]
An Eagleville teenager was taken to the hospital in Bethany after he was injured early Wednesday evening in a single-vehicle rollover accident near the Iowa state line. A sixteen-year-old boy received moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital following the 6:40 Wednesday evening wreck. The sports utility vehicle was southbound […]
Saying that there’s a labor shortage across Missouri, Governor Mike Parson (R) has issued a directive to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits. Missouri’s House Democratic Leader is blasting the decision. Governor Parson made the announcement during a Tuesday afternoon briefing at the Statehouse in Jefferson […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced a partnership between the Area Agencies on Aging, local public health agencies, and Emergency Medical Services to ensure homebound adults have a streamlined and accessible vaccination experience across the state. Understanding that various communities have already developed a plan for vaccinating homebound individuals in their area, […]
