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Kirksville teenager crashes into tree on Orrick Road

A Kirksville teenager sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck she drove struck a tree one-half mile west of Kirksville on Thursday afternoon. A private vehicle transported 17-year-old Morgan Grissom to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The pickup traveled south on Orrick Road before running off the road and striking the tree, which […]

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Carroll County rollover crash sends woman to hospital

The Highway Patrol reports a Dewitt woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove overturned in Carroll County on Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 69-year-old Patricia Winfrey to Fitzgibbon Hospital of Marshall. The vehicle traveled east on Highway 24 before it slid off the right side of the road west of Water Street, struck […]

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Big rig driver going too fast for road conditions jackknifes, sending driver to hospital

A Bondurant, Iowa woman sustained moderate injuries when the tractor-trailer she drove traveled too fast for weather conditions and jackknifed one mile east of Osborn Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 36-year-old Karen Martinez to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. The tractor-trailer traveled east on Highway 36 before running off the north side of the […]

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Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri offers weatherization to low-income households

Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri offers weatherization all year to provide cost-effective energy-efficient home improvements to low-income households, especially for the elderly, children, disabled, and others hit hard by high utility costs. The program aims to lower utility bills and improve comfort to ensure health and safety for homeowners and renters. It is […]

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Audio: Former CEO at Putnam County Memorial Hospital Pleads Guilty to $114 million billing scheme

A former executive of a northern Missouri hospital pleaded guilty in federal court in Florida to a $114 million pass-through billing scheme. The Justice Department in Washington says former Putnam County Memorial Hospital chief executive officer David Lane Byrns pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Byrns pleaded […]