Motorists on U.S. Route 36 will encounter single-lane traffic in various locations beginning next week. James H. Drew Corporation, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to close one lane in order to safely work on sections of guardrail both on the roadside and in the median between 1.4 miles east of Route N […]
At approximately 3:00 pm on Saturday afternoon, December 2, 2017, the Missouri State Highway Patrol received a report from the Buchanan County Communication Center of a small aircraft that crashed approximately four miles south of St. Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County. Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department, and emergency rescue […]
The Route DD Bridge over Interstate 29 in Buchanan County at Faucett (Exit 35) has been removed and the new bridge construction has already begun. Contractors from Emery Sapp and Sons of Columbia, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation demolished the old bridge over the weekend of Aug. 26. As construction of the new […]
After a five to six month investigation, numerous arrests were made this week by authorities working in Clinton County. It was described as a large sweep of alleged narcotics dealers and according to law enforcement officials, fourteen original arrests were made, a search warrant was served, and several others were arrested as a result of […]
The commanding officer of Troop H, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has announced that sometime during the month of May, Troop H will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Buchanan County and a DWI saturation in Andrew County. The areas selected for enforcement are based on a high number of drinking-related crashes, the high number […]
The highway patrol reports a 34-year old Bethany man, Jay Parker, was arrested Saturday afternoon in Buchanan County. Parker was arrested on a Buchanan County warrant accusing him of felony child neglect; Harrison County warrants accusing him of misdemeanor counts of failure to appear, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana as well as […]
Members of the Cameron Police Department assisted the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force in the arrest of a subject in Cameron today. The Drug Strike Force received information that Justin T. Stark, age 28, of St. Joseph was hiding in a residence in Cameron. Stark was wanted on several warrants, one being a felony from […]
In-depth under-bridge inspections are part of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s program of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the more than 10,000 bridges across the state. This program ensures the bridges are kept in the best possible condition for as long as possible for all those that travel across Missouri’s roadways. Several bridges in Northwest […]
Missouri has more than 10,000 bridges across the state and each is part of a program of inspection, repair, and maintenance to keep them in the best condition possible for those who travel Missouri’s highways. In-depth under-bridge inspections are part of that program and the schedule of these inspections for several bridges in Northwest Missouri […]
A Cameron teenager was injured yesterday when his vehicle struck the rear of a tractor trailer one mile north of Easton in Buchanan County. The Highway Patrol listed 18-year-old Dakota Morris with minor injuries. The Highway Patrol listed 18-year-old Dakota Morris with minor injuries and was transported by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care of St. […]
An accident in rural Buchanan County, reported to involve high speed and six teenage boys, sent those four of those children to the hospital after their car crashed into a tree and overturned at the intersection of Southeast 32nd Road and Southeast Barnett Road. The location of the accident was a few miles south of […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a body has been found near a submerged vehicle just south of St. Joseph. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release that the discovery was made Tuesday night after the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of the submerged vehicle. No occupants were […]
A former federal employee pleaded guilty in federal court to using stolen money order receipts in a fraud scheme to avoid paying his medical bills. Byron G. Gorman, 51, of St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple to the charge contained in a Sept. 10, 2015, federal indictment. Gorman was employed as […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for role in a large-scale conspiracy that distributed more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in St. Joseph and across a four-state region. Shannon Wayne Martinez, also known as “Big Homie,” 39, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – A DeKalb man is facing felony and misdemeanor charges in Buchanan County after a chase ensued on Sunday evening on U.S. Highway 59, south of Missouri 752. Jeffery Carpenter, 40, is charged with a felony for resisting a lawful stop by fleeing, and two class B misdemeanors for operating a motor […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – Kevin M. Clark, 34, remained in the Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail on Wednesday evening after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase Tuesday. Clark faces a long lists of charges after that chase and rollover crash, which ended on U.S. Highway 36 just east of St. Joseph. Charges include: failure to […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of Feb. 29 – March 6 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout […]
