Authorities at Cameron are reporting there were no injuries to staff and “no serious injuries for inmates” during an uprising Saturday night. The Missouri department of corrections reports facility staff members and law enforcement officers resolved the incident at Crossroads Correctional Center. The corrections department reported around 8 o’clock Saturday night, a group of 200 […]
A Cameron resident, Sixteen-year-old Jordon Weisgerber, was injured in an accident three miles north of Osborn Tuesday and taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The patrol reports the teenager was westbound on Gridley Road, attempted to halt the pickup he was driving at a stop sign for Highway 33, […]
Five individuals from Oklahoma City were taken to hospitals in Liberty and Cameron following a chain reaction, three-vehicle accident this morning in Clinton County. The Interstate 35 accident happened five miles to the north of Lathrop with the highway patrol listing all injuries as minor. Heading northbound were a tractor-trailer, a pickup truck, and an […]
Nearly 150 third through fifth-grade students from six schools in Linn and Livingston counties attended the Second Farm Safety Day at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus this week. Students went on a 10-stop tour that provided them information about farm, ATV, electrical, tractor, and water and boat safety as well as first aid […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
Lieutenant Governor Mike Parson has announced the winners for the Lieutenant Governor’s Senior Service Award. The award promotes and highlights the positive accomplishments Missouri’s senior citizens provide to their local communities. Area winners include Peggy Chrow of Kirksville, Patty Dannar of Cameron, Cynthia and Mark McBee of Hamilton, and Larry Polley of Cainsville. The winners […]
Members of the Sheriffs’ Offices of DeKalb and Clinton County as well as the Cameron Police Department arrested several subjects in and around the Cameron area Tuesday stemming from a joint narcotic investigation. The Cameron Police and Emergency Management reports subjects were charged in DeKalb and Clinton counties. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Parkison and 41-year-old Cayla Parkison, […]
The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced the death of an inmate at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron. Terry Turner died Monday night, at approximately 11:00 p.m., at the prison. The 55-year-old offender was serving a 15-year sentence for first-degree child molestation and first degree burglary. Turner had been in the custody of the Department of […]
Two resurfacing projects on U.S. Route 36 through DeKalb County are scheduled to begin soon. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corporation to complete both projects. Pavement repair to both sections begins next week, weather permitting The first set of pavement repairs begin Monday, April 30, in the eastbound lanes of […]
Governor Eric Greitens and Senator Roy Blunt announced Wednesday the locations of 161 low-income areas that will see added incentives for investment. The “Opportunity Zones” include Cameron, Kirksville, and Sullivan County and were determined with the help of local input. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 made the Opportunity Zones possible. Areas with […]
The highway patrol reports the death of a woman when the truck she was driving, hit the rear of a semi truck, two miles to the north of Cameron, causing her truck to overturn. Thirty-two-year-old Constance Huff of Kidder was pronounced dead just after midnight by the DeKalb County Coroner. Huff’s truck and the semi […]
Two Cameron residents face drug-related charges after the Cameron Police Department executed a search warrant on a residence in the 400 block of North Main Street in Cameron. Police Chief Rick Bashor reports Franklin and Jennifer Wiglesworth were charged in Clinton County with felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug […]
Multiple area FFA chapters had teams qualify for state judging in the Missouri Northwest District Career Development Events Tuesday. Teams ranking in the top five in their CDEs and qualifying for state include three from Chillicothe, five for Hamilton, two for Gilman City, one for Gallatin, one for Braymer, four for Cameron, one for Winston, […]
A single vehicle rollover accident early Sunday afternoon happened two miles north of Cameron. The highway patrol reports 20-year-old Blake Woody of Independence received moderate injuries and was taken to the hospital in Cameron. Woody was northbound when he lost control of the northbound pickup on the snow-covered Interstate 35. The truck went off the […]
The 43rd Circuit Victim Advocates and Probation and Parole will hold a women’s self-defense class in celebration of Victim Rights Week. The class will be in the gym of the YMCA in Cameron the afternoon of April 15th from 2 to 4 o’clock and is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to […]
Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron is reporting the death of an offender. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, offender Gary Todd was pronounced dead at the correctional center around the Noon hour on Wednesday. The 70-year-old inmate was serving a 66-year sentence on two counts of statutory sodomy in Clay County, one count of […]
A resident of Coralville, Iowa was injured Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving overturned off Interstate 35 in Daviess County. The highway patrol reports 51-year-old Wayne Witham received minor injuries and was taken by an ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. According to investigators, the northbound sports utility vehicle went off the […]
A detention officer at the Daviess-Dekalb Regional Jail of Pattonsburg has been arrested in one county and charged in two counties with felony sexual misconduct with a prisoner or offender by a probation/parole officer or employee of a jail, prison, or correctional facility. Online court information shows 27-year-old Michael Allen Byrd the Second of Bethany […]
Brookfield and Cameron residents were hurt late Friday afternoon when, according to the highway patrol, a car pulled into the path of a sports utility vehicle west of Hamilton. The driver of the car, 22-year-old Slayde Day of Cameron, was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The patrol reported the driver of […]
A Weatherby resident was hurt early Saturday when the sports utility vehicle she was driving overturned on Highway 6 west of Weatherby. 22-year-old Bailey Ford was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident happened two miles west of Weatherby on highway 6 when the eastbound SUV went off the left side […]
