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 […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri Republican U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen says he’s received several death threats since announcing a giveaway of a machine that makes unserialized guns. During a podcast on Missourinet affiliate KZRG in Joplin, Petersen says the threats made on social media include hoping he gets shot in the face and his head blown […]
A candidate in next month’s primary election is getting anticipated publicity for holding another controversial giveaway. Missouri Republican U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen is giving away a Ghost Gunner 2 – a device that can make parts for a firearm, including semi-automatic rifles. Petersen says ghost guns are untraceable by the federal government […]
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 […]
The University of Missouri Extension introduced a new mobile app to identify herbicide injury at its annual Pest Management Field Day on July 10. MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish says Herbicide Injury ID lets users send photos of injured plants to MU Extension for preliminary diagnosis and feedback. Users can also scroll through a […]
The Highway Patrol reports two area teens sustained minor injuries after a forage harvester struck a car one mile east of Hamilton Friday afternoon. Forty-six-year-old Michael Sweiger of Weatherby drove the forage harvester east on the shoulder and driving lane of U. S. Highway 36 west of Sunset Road, and 18-year-old Phillip Davis of Kingston […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton woman sustained moderate injuries when her vehicle malfunctioned and ran off the road in Carroll County Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-four-year-old Julia Eaves drove south on Route D when the vehicle reportedly malfunctioned about half a mile south of County Road 240 causing her to lose control. The vehicle ran off […]
A new Missouri law will let counties start collecting fees on cell phones and wireless devices to help finance their 911 operations. Zim Schwartze with the Springfield Greene County 911 Department says the measure will be helpful to the many counties that still fund their 911 services through landline fees. The bill authorizes […]
Fire Saturday evening in Chillicothe destroyed a garage and damaged surrounding structures. Firefighters arrived at 1430 Burnam to find an unattached garage with heavy fire in the front and a side of the structure. Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports a power line between the garage and house was burning with fire in an attic vent […]
(Missourinet) – On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company in northwest Missouri became the first commercial bakery in recorded history to have bread mechanically cut into uniform slices. The invention, developed by Otto Rohwedder of Iowa, revolutionized the baking world. To celebrate the 90-year milestone, the town of Chillicothe is gearing up for its […]
Residents of Lathrop and Holt were injured late Thursday night when they were thrown off a four-wheeler on private property three miles north of Lathrop. A trooper reported the driver of the Razor four wheeler attempted to make a turn around a building when the machine overturned at the rural Clinton county location at 11:15 Thursday […]
The Highway Patrol reports a teen and an infant sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck they were passengers in overturned four miles west of Chillicothe Wednesday afternoon. The Patrol reports 19-year-old William Simpson of Chillicothe drove south on Route Y when he failed to negotiate a left curve, and the pickup ran off the […]
