One person was taken to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield after an accident Thursday afternoon five miles northwest of New Boston in Linn County. Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Bowerman of New Boston received minor injuries. Bowerman was northbound when the van he was driving crossed the center line at a hillcrest, struck the mirror of an […]
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021 to require the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the Covid pandemic. “For over a year, anyone asking questions about the Wuhan Institute of Virology has […]
A Greencastle woman sustained injuries after a two-vehicle accident 14 miles west of Kirksville the morning of April 21st. A private vehicle transported sports utility vehicle driver 24-year-old Raeann Kilgore to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. No injuries were reported for van driver 73 year old Steven Russon of Elmer. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Meadville woman sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove swerved to miss a deer seven miles northeast of Meadville the morning of April 21st. An ambulance transported 40-year-old Angela Wiles to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The car traveled east on Route B before running off the right […]
An Arkansas man pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally damaging and removing more than two dozen trees from a national forest. Jamie R. Edmondson, 46, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count of depredation of government property. By pleading guilty, Edmondson admitted that he illegally cut and removed […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Unionville woman sustained minor injuries when a car slid into the path of a sports utility vehicle due to slush on the road the morning of April 20th. An ambulance transported SUV driver 35-year-old Ashley Jones to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville. No injuries were reported for the car […]
Jon Schaffer, 53, of Columbus, Indiana, admitted that he breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021, wearing a tactical vest and armed with bear repellent, and pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress’ certification of the U.S. presidential election results. “On this 100th day since the horrific January 6 assault on […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of April 19 – 25. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
No injuries were reported for a Bethany woman involved in a two-sports utility vehicle accident in Johnson County on April 15th in which a Warrensburg woman was injured. Twenty-four-year-old Laranda McFadden was one of the drivers. A private vehicle transported the other driver, 53-year-old Christina Allen, to the Western Missouri Medical Center with what were […]
Three Cameron residents sustained injuries when a car overturned in Clay County on April 14th. The Highway Patrol reports passengers 20-year-old Trevor Bates and Breanne Sample were transported to the Liberty Hospital by emergency medical services. Bates’s injuries were considered serious, and Sample’s were moderate. Driver 23-year-old Shawn Ward reportedly refused treatment of minor injuries. […]
A Unionville man, operating a motorcycle, was injured on Sunday afternoon when he attempted to avoid a deer in the road, and the machine overturned on Highway 129, eight miles north of Green City. Twenty-eight-year-old Carl Mendenhall received moderate injuries and was transported to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Mendenhall was not using safety […]
A Plattsburg teenager was taken to a hospital following an all-terrain vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon one mile south of Plattsburg. A Fifteen-year-old girl was a passenger on an ATV that struck a pothole on 240th Street and overturned onto its side. The girl was taken by EMS to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. No […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of April 12 – 18. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
As you head outdoors this season to enjoy the sunshine and warmer weather, you may encounter a variety of newborn animals. Young wildlife can pull on our heartstrings as they appear to be abandoned, but that’s usually not the case. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds the public that interfering with wildlife can do […]
A Macon man and two boys from Macon were ejected from an all-terrain vehicle seven miles east of Macon on April 6th. A private vehicle took the driver, 65-year-old Russell Goosey, to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon with moderate injuries. The passengers, a five-year-old boy, and a seven-year-old boy, were transported to the Samaritan Hospital […]
The Trenton Police Department reports a Trenton man refused treatment after he allegedly blacked out, and his pickup truck struck three vehicles on April 3rd. Grundy County Emergency Medical Services and the Trenton Fire Department responded to the Orscheln Farm and Home parking lot, and EMS evaluated 32-year-old Scott Shull. A car owned by Noel […]
A Saturday night motorcycle accident in Caldwell County injured a resident of Cowgill Sixty-four-year-old Randall Farmer was taken by EMS to the Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The eastbound motorcycle on Highway 116 struck a deer that had run into its path. Farmer was wearing safety equipment while on the bike with extensive damage noted […]
A Maysville girl was hurt Friday night just south of Maysville when a car slowed for an animal on the road and was hit from behind by another car. The 11-year old girl was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 32-year old Cherston […]
Three people were hurt in a three-vehicle accident at a stoplight north of Maryville. Ninety-three-year-old Beverly Russell of Tarkio was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in Maryville with moderate injuries. A ten-year-old juvenile girl from Tarkio was taken by private vehicle to the hospital in Maryville with minor injuries. Both were passengers in […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of April 5 – 11. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
