Residents of Brookfield, Independence, and Hannibal were injured in a two-vehicle accident last night on Interstate 35 in Clinton County five miles south of Cameron. Receiving minor injuries were 40-year-old Stephanie Morris of Brookfield, 58-year-old Dennis Reed of Independence, and 67-year-old Linda Immegart of Hannibal. All were taken by ambulance to the Liberty Hospital. Morris […]
Two Brookfield residents were injured, one of them seriously, in a single vehicle pickup accident Monday two miles west of Macon. The highway patrol listed 46-year-old Sherri Johnson-Sturguess of Brookfield with serious injuries. She was a passenger in the vehicle driven by 49-year-old Derek Sturguess of Brookfield who received minor injuries. Both were taken by […]
A Brookfield man was arrested following an injury accident last night one mile west of Laclede. The highway patrol reports 36-year-old Ronell Clark received minor injuries when a westbound car ran off U.S. 36, struck a sign, returned to the highway, went off the opposite side and traveled through some woods before coming to a […]
A resident of Lenexa, Kansas was injured Sunday when his car went off U.S. 36 and struck a ditch in Livingston County. 21-year-old Samuel Jacobson was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. He was listed with minor injuries. The accident one mile east of Wheeling caused minor damage to the car. Five miles south of […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bucklin man sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident south of Bucklin Friday morning. Fifty-three-year-old Clifford Wells traveled north on Missouri 129 when his car ran off the right side of the road and struck a fence, causing the car extensive damage. An ambulance transported Wells to Pershing Memorial Hospital […]
The Highway Patrol reports injuries ranged from minor to moderate for six people injured Tuesday evening when two vehicles collided at a Linn County intersection. All were taken by ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital. The accident at 6:15 in the evening occurred at the junction of Highway 36 and Missouri Highway 129 one mile south of Bucklin. Involved […]
A Browning resident has been seriously injured in a traffic accident at an intersection four miles north of Brookfield. The highway patrol said 63-year-old Ricky Moore was taken by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. He was a passenger in a car driven by 57-year-old Rita McGhee of Browning. The driver of another […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline teen died and a Brookfield teen was arrested after a one-vehicle accident five miles east of Purdin Friday night. Seventeen-year-old Alex Coyle of Brookfield traveled north on Route M when the vehicle he drove crossed the center line. He overcorrected, causing the vehicle to run off the right side […]
Twelve agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Student Organization State Conference November 13-15 at the NCMC campus located in Trenton, Missouri. There were 130 students, advisors, and guests from seven Missouri community colleges and universities participated in the conference. The NCMC group had the opportunity to travel to […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Browning resident died some 12 hours after being injured in a Tuesday evening accident in Meadville. 78-year-old Velma Trentham of Browning died yesterday morning before 6 am at the University Hospital in Columbia. The highway patrol reports Mrs. Trentham, who was driving southbound on Highway 139, attempted to cross Highway […]
You’ve just been elected to a public board of directors, now what? The University of Missouri Extension offers a two-night course to help newly elected board members. The course is offered at Unionville, Kahoka, Trenton, Brookfield, Edina and Palmyra, 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 16. Topics: Roles and responsibilities of board members. Procedures and […]
Blood drives are scheduled today in Brookfield and Braymer and Tuesday near Jamesport as the Community Blood Center sets up at each location. At Brookfield, the blood drive is at Trinity United Methodist Church on South Main Street this afternoon from 1 o’clock until 6 o’clock. At Braymer, the blood drive is to be held […]
While Mariah Fox and Derek Stimpson of the Trenton FFA Chapter are two of Missouri’s ten finalists for a National Proficiency Award, seven others from the listening area earned either gold or silver awards in proficiency categories. Only the national finalists for proficiency awards from each state compete at the Indianapolis convention. According to the National […]
Among cases on the docket in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court in Trenton were four individuals. Jessica Lotz of Trenton admitted to violating her probation in two court cases. The probation was revoked and she was sentenced on each count to 25 days in the Grundy County Jail with the terms running concurrently. She […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of three area individuals in unrelated incidents on Thursday. Thirty-six-year-old Scott Purscell of Trenton was arrested for misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. Court documents accuse him of causing physical contact to someone knowing that person would regard the contact as offensive or provocative. Twenty-year-old Jacob Dalton Nunn of Brookfield was […]
A Brookfield man received what the highway patrol called minor injuries early this Wednesday morning when the SUV he was driving went off Highway 5 in Linneus and struck a utility pole. The vehicle was demolished and 68-year-old Jose Munoz was treated at the scene by the Linn County Emergency Medical Service. The patrol noted that […]
A traffic accident involving two-tractor trailer units and a car in eastern Jackson County injured two eastern Missouri residents. The driver of the car, 18-year-old Elizabeth Greiner of O’Fallon, and a passenger in the car, 19-year-old Sophia Otten of Florrisant, were taken to Centerpoint Hospital in Independence with minor injuries. The two truck drivers, 57-year-old Roger […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield man did not receive any injuries as the result of a three-vehicle accident in Jackson County early Friday afternoon. Traffic was slowed in front of the vehicles on eastbound Interstate 70 near mile marker 27 when the Freightliner driven by 57-year-old Roger Neal struck the back of a car […]
The Linn County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold a Board of Supervisors election next week. The election will be held at the United States Department of Agriculture office at 121 Pershing Road in Brookfield September 20 from 11 o’clock in the morning to 6 o’clock in the evening. Customer appreciation will also be held […]
The North Central Missouri Mental Health Center will hold a number of Suicide Awareness Open Houses for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. One open house will be held at the Health Center at 1601 East 28th Street in Trenton the afternoon of September 18th from 1 to 3 o’clock. Another will be held at the […]
