(Missourinet) – Some inmates and former employees say the Missouri prison system is still plagued by a corrosive culture of intimidation and retaliation that came to light almost two years ago. Gary Gross with the Corrections Officers Association says changes made under new leadership, including a 24-hour hotline for disgruntled employees, haven’t been effective. […]
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Big rig demolished in crash on Highway 24
An Ohio resident was hurt early Sunday when a Freightliner overturned on Highway 24 in eastern Carroll County. Sixty-two-year-old Deborah Hernandez of Dayton, Ohio was transported to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City with serious injuries. She was a passenger in the truck driven by 80-year old Jose Hernandez of Dayton, Ohio who was treated […]
System glitch leads to continual errors in car title and sales tax issues in 15 Missouri counties
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit of the state’s sales and use tax collection processes, which are administered through the Department of Revenue. The report found inefficiencies affecting citizens at license offices throughout the state, especially in rural counties. “Taxpayers should not have to provide the same documentation time and time again just […]
Unionville woman hurt in crash east of Centralia
The Highway Patrol reports one woman from Unionville and another from Mexico, Missouri both sustained moderate injuries in a one-car accident east of Centralia Tuesday afternoon. Sixty-eight-year-old Marilyn Smith of Mexico traveled east on Highway 22 when the car she drove ran off the right side of the road, she overcorrected, with the vehicle crossing […]
Gallatin teen injured in one-vehicle crash near Cameron
The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Gallatin sustained minor injuries when a vehicle ran off the road four miles north of Cameron Friday afternoon. Seventy-year-old Joseph Cleveland of Senatobia, Mississippi drove north on U. S. Highway 69 when the vehicle crossed the center line. Cleveland overcorrected, which caused the vehicle to cross the center […]
King City woman dies, 8-year-old injured in crash east of Highway 169
A King City woman died and a King City boy sustained injuries as the result of a one-vehicle accident two miles northeast of King City Wednesday afternoon. The Highway Patrol reports 50-year-old Lori Pike drove east on the westbound side of 450th Street about one mile east of U. S. Highway 169 when she overcorrected. […]
Joplin woman hurt in Daviess County crash
The Highway Patrol reports a Joplin woman sustained minor injuries when a vehicle ran off of Interstate 35 in Daviess County Wednesday morning. Forty-one-year-old Misty Turpin drove north when the vehicle traveled off the west side of the road into the median at mile marker 74, traveled back onto the road before the driver reportedly […]
Judge hands down prison sentences in Division One of Grundy County court
Probation was revoked for Trenton resident Levi Grant Bell when he appeared Thursday in Division One of Grundy County circuit court. The previous stay of execution was set aside and Bell was sentenced to a prison term of seven years on each of two counts of second-degree burglary. The terms run concurrently and Bell was […]
Livingston County Library to host programs for kids
The Livingston County Library of Chillicothe will hold a Toddler Stay and Play Day as well as a program for children on the Science of Sound. Children age four and younger are invited to the Toddler Stay and Play Day in the library courtroom next Tuesday, August 14th in the morning from 9 to 11 […]
Des Moines teen totals vehicle in crash south of Cameron
The Highway Patrol reports a Des Moines, Iowa teen sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident seven miles south of Cameron early Friday afternoon. Eighteen-year-old Tyler Burton traveled north on U. S. Highway 69 when the vehicle he drove crossed the center line. He reportedly overcorrected, which caused the vehicle to run off the east […]
15-year-old Milan teen totals vehicle near Osborn
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan teen sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident two miles west of Osborn Thursday afternoon. Fifteen-year-old Perla Acosta drove a sports utility vehicle east on U. S. Highway 36 when the vehicle traveled into the median. The driver reportedly overcorrected, and the SUV traveled across the eastbound lanes. The […]
Southwest Missouri man crashes near Cameron
A southwest Missouri resident was injured south of Cameron when the sports utility vehicle he was driving left Highway 69 and hit an embankment. Twenty-four-year-old Kyle Maserang of Carthage was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning three miles south of Cameron on Highway 69 when the southbound […]
Rollover crash in Worth County injures driver
A rollover accident in Worth County Tuesday afternoon injured a resident of Sheridan, Missouri. William Teager was transported by ambulance to the Saint Francis Hospital in Maryville. Teager was southbound when the vehicle he was driving began to travel off the west side of Route F. He overcorrected causing the car to cross the center […]
Blythedale man hospitalized after crash on Interstate 35
A resident of Blythedale was injured Thursday night in a Daviess County accident on Interstate 35 five miles north of Cameron. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 35-year-old Kenneth Utley, who was not using a seatbelt, and who was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Utley was driving a pickup when […]
Prison sentences the rule of the day in Thursday session of court in Trenton
Among cases Thursday in the Grundy County Circuit Court, probation was revoked for a Chillicothe resident, Timothy Joe Ashlock, on an original charge of tampering with a motor vehicle. A previously suspended sentence was set aside and the court ordered a ten-year sentence with Department of Corrections. Credit was given for time served to await […]
Shawn Yuille pleads not guilty to murder charge in Danette Rardon case
A Chillicothe resident, Jeremy Osburn, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with an accident last November that injured a young girl. Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren filed information in lieu of a complaint with the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court. The new charge is a misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of […]
Elijah Mandich makes court appearance in Princeton
Among cases processed in the Mercer County Circuit Court in Princeton, a trial date has been set for 17-year-old Elijah Charles Mandich of Princeton who faces an involuntary manslaughter charge due to an accident last October. Mandich appeared yesterday before Circuit Court Judge Jack Peace who scheduled a trial for January 8th and 9th of […]
One dead, one life-flighted after crash on Highway 63
The Highway Patrol reports one person from Lancaster died and another sustained moderate injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned two miles south of Atlanta Thursday morning. Sixty-nine year old Donna Welte traveled north on U. S. Highway 63 when the SUV ran off the left side of the road, she then overcorrected, which caused […]
Chillicothe teen totals SUV in crash on county road
The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe resident sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove overturned two miles north of Chillicothe Thursday afternoon. Eighteen-year-old Alexis Lavature traveled south on County Road 237 when the SUV ran partly off the right side of the road. The driver reportedly overcorrected before the vehicle went into […]
Chillicothe woman injured in rural Livingston County crash
A Chillicothe resident was injured in a Monday afternoon accident that occurred on County Road 429, three miles south of Utica. Fifty-year-old Vanessa Bowman of Chillicothe was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries. Bowman was northbound when she lost control of the car on gravel causing the car to skid […]