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Area residents receive top honors in Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest

A Laclede resident received the Best in Show in the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest. Marian Frizzell’s photo “End of a Harvest Day” was chosen from among a record-breaking 1,370 submitted photos from amateur photographers from the state. Several other area photographers participated in the five contest categories for those […]

Prison Lockdown

Crossroads Correctional Center placed under lockdown

The Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron is currently under lockdown after two inmates sustained injuries Monday afternoon when they were allegedly assaulted by other inmates. The Communications Director with the Missouri Department of Corrections, David Owen,  said the incident is currently under investigation. “The safety and security of the public, staff, and offenders are the highest […]

Traffic accident

Hamilton woman involved in crash near Cameron

The Highway Patrol reports a Hamilton woman sustained minor injuries in an accident about four miles east of Cameron Friday night. Fifty-six-year-old Linda Thomson traveled on westbound U. S. Route 36 when another vehicle struck the rear of her car, causing her car extensive damage. Neither vehicle stopped, and the driver of the second vehicle […]

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Cameron man hurt in crash on I-70 in Jackson County

The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained minor injuries after losing control of his sports utility vehicle in Jackson County overnight during the early morning hours of Friday at 1:40 am. Twenty-five year old Aaron Dueker lost control of the vehicle on westbound Interstate 70 when the SUV he was driving struck a median […]

Workers resurface a road with asphalt

MoDOT to begin resurfacing two roads in north Missouri

The Missouri Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing projects on two area roads. Contractors from Herzog Contracting Corporation will begin work on Route 190 from Route U in Livingston County to Route 6 in Daviess County Friday. The contractor will close the road in two-mile sections starting at Route U and working north to Route […]

Traffic Accident

Cameron man involved in 3-vehicle accident

A Cameron man was involved in a three-vehicle accident in Clay County Friday morning. The Highway Patrol reports that traffic was stopped on northbound Interstate 35 for a separate traffic crash when 50-year-old Michael Anderson of Kansas City, Missouri failed to stop and his vehicle struck the back of a Freightliner driven by 46-year-old Steven […]

Cameron Missouri Police

Cameron Police Department reports 3 arrests

The Cameron Police Department reports it arrested a Cameron man in connection with a report of a stolen vehicle in the 500 block of North Walnut. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Cameron Police arrested 39-year-old Justin Lamb, who was in possession of the stolen vehicle in the Walmart parking lot Tuesday. He was arrested […]

ATV accident

Two hurt in ATV crash near McFall

Two individuals riding an all-terrain vehicle were injured last night in a rollover accident one mile southwest of McFall. The highway patrol reports 26-year-old Casey Burnett of Cameron received moderate injuries and was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center and 14-year-old Connor McCartney of McFall received minor injuries and was taken to the Harrison County Community […]

Road Work Sign

Road work in Harrison and Grundy Counties delayed

Scheduled road work on Route CC in Harrison and Grundy counties was pushed back from starting at the beginning of May to the end of May. The Missouri Department of Transportation Northwest District Maintenance and Traffic Engineer Tonya Lohman tells that Herzog, a contractor out of Saint Joseph, was awarded the contract for the project. […]

Traffic accident

Cameron man hurt in three-vehicle crash on I-35

The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a three-vehicle accident in Clay County Friday afternoon. Sixty-one-year-old Gregory Coats traveled south on Interstate 35 when his vehicle overtook and hit the back of a vehicle driven by 68-year-old William Dunn of Mission Woods, Kansas, pushing Dunn’s vehicle into the […]

Take Back Drugs

Take Back Drug events to be held in area communities

The Drug Enforcement Administration and regional police will hold Take Back Drug events to take back unwanted prescription drugs April 29th from 10 o’clock the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Drugs will be collected by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office at 802 East Main Street in Princeton, the Gallatin Police Department at 112 […]