Fatal Wreck

Crash in Platte County kills one, injures another

A two-vehicle crash early this morning in Platte County has claimed the life of one person and injured another. The highway patrol reports 31-year-old Aaron Lancaster was fatally injured and 19-year-old Matthew Tate of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas received moderate injuries and transported by EMS to North Kansas City Hospital. Tate was westbound on a lettered […]

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One dead, two injured in crash on Interstate 49

One person was killed and two others injured early Saturday night when a car hit the rear of another auto stopped on Interstate 49 south of Harrisonville. Fatally injured was the operator of the stopped vehicle, 82-year-old Doris Graef of Harrisonville. An occupant in the other car, 28-year old Lauren Findley of Archie, was flown […]

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One dead, one injured in northeast Missouri crash

One teenager was killed and another was seriously hurt when a car went off a road in far northeast Missouri, striking a tree, and overturning. Fatally injured was the driver, 18-year-old Damon Krogmeier of Kahoka. A passenger, 18-year-old Logan Claiborne, also of Kahoka, was taken to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois with serious injuries. The […]

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Powersville man arrested on multiple allegations

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Powersville man in Putnam County this (Thursday) afternoon on two failure to appear misdemeanor warrants and several other allegations. The warrants for 45 year old Walter Whitlow were from Putnam County for moving violations. He was also accused of failing to register a motor vehicle, no valid […]

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Kirksville area accident injures 18-year old man

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville resident sustained minor injuries when a car overturned one mile south of Kirksville last (Thursday) night. An ambulance transported 18 year old Grant Woods to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. He traveled south on Business U. S. Highway 63 when the vehicle he drove ran off the […]

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Powersville man injured in crash on Route U

A resident of Powersville was injured early Tuesday morning when the pickup he was driving traveled off a Putnam County lettered route and into a ditch. Fifty-two-year-old Andrew Untrauer was taken by ambulance to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville with minor injuries. Untrauer had been driving northbound on Putnam County Route U, six miles […]