The Highway Patrol reports a Humphreys woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove was struck by another at the east city limits of Humphreys on March 17th. Sixty-two-year-old Roxanna Carter was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital while the other driver, 27-year-old Monica Proctor of Trenton, was reported as not injured. The vehicles traveled […]
The Highway Patrol has released updated information on an accident five miles east of Gallatin on March 17th, correcting the names of drivers and occupants. The updated information indicates 77-year-old Gail Siemer of Jamesport was the driver of one pickup truck, and 25-year old Robert Reed was the driver of another pickup. No injuries were […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education has approved a health insurance plan and a four-day week calendar. The district will work with Missouri Educators Trust for the insurance. The plan will provide all full-time staff a $3,000 health savings account for $549.91. Staff will have an option to buy up to three other plans […]
One person was taken to the hospital in Carrollton following a two-vehicle crash this morning at 7:55 am in LaFayette County. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 35-year-old Heather Mead of Carrollton, who was transported by Lexington EMS to Carroll County Memorial Hospital A trooper said Mead was driving east on Highway 24 […]
The Highway Patrol reports two teens sustained minor injuries as the result of a sports utility vehicle overturning east of Carrollton on March 12th. Emergency medical services transported the 16-year-old male driver from Tina and a 15-year-old male passenger from Carrollton to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The SUV traveled west on County Road 260 […]
Two men sustained injuries, in a two-vehicle accident, two miles west of Hamilton on March 11th. An ambulance transported the driver of a sports utility vehicle, 37-year-old Jared Shuman of Hamilton, to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of a pickup truck, 47-year-old Gary Nease of Brookfield, reportedly refused medical treatment at the scene […]
On Saturday, March 6, in a case handled by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, a jury convicted Elizabeth Kilgore in connection with the murder-suicide of her husband, Lance Kilgore, and father Charles Sander. On the morning of September 7, 2018, the defendant’s husband Lance Kilgore was ambushed and murdered by her father Charles Sander […]
The American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas has an urgent need for additional volunteers who can assist virtually and in-person for disaster response. Volunteers are also needed to support blood drives and transport blood to hospitals. “We are gearing up for spring disaster response needs such as flooding and tornadoes, and we need additional […]
The driver of a pickup truck that the Trenton Police Department reported hit the Harvest Moon building on Ninth Street on February 13th was arrested on March 10th and posted bond. The Grundy County Sheriff reports 36-year-old Braden Mark Spicher of Trenton has been charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident–property damage exceeded […]
(Missouri Independent) – Roy Blunt’s decision not to seek a third term in the U.S. Senate will have cascading effects across Missouri’s political universe. The state has no shortage of ambitious Republican officials, each of whom can make a legitimate claim at being the strongest candidate. So will the 2022 GOP primary turn into a […]
The Grundy County Commission is accepting applications for a full-time Road and Bridge Department employee. The commission prefers someone with welding skills, a Class B commercial driver’s license, and experience operating construction equipment and trucks. Salary will be paid according to skills. Applications are available at the Grundy County Clerk’s Office in Trenton’s courthouse and […]
A long-awaited project on Sullivan County Routes 6, FF & D in Green Castle is scheduled to get underway Monday, March 8. The project includes Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements, curb and gutter improvements, and some resurfacing. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with BRS Construction, LLC, of Edina, to complete the project. […]
The Trenton Police Department released information on March 5th about an incident that happened in the 200 block of East 9th Street on February 13th, around 1 o’clock in the morning, in which a pickup truck hit a building and allegedly left the scene. Sergeant Matt Preston reports the truck driven by 36-year-old Braden Mark […]
Utility work will narrow Gentry County Route T just east of Gentryville this week. Sellenrick Construction Inc. will close one lane of Route T from just east of Main Street to Route A for utility maintenance beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3 through Friday, March 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily. Drivers should stay […]
Two men from Unionville were among three people taken to the hospital following an accident Sunday afternoon in Schuyler County. Receiving moderate injuries were the truck driver, 38-year-old Donald Hurley, and his passenger, 84-year-old Johnny French, both of Unionville. The driver of another vehicle, an Iowa resident, received minor injuries. All were taken by ambulance […]
A driver allegedly threw away a baggy containing methamphetamine during a traffic stop, after initially attempting to flee from a deputy Wednesday morning, February 24th. That according to Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox, who says the deputy attempted to stop the vehicle in Chillicothe for a traffic offense, then discovered the driver had a revoked […]
(Missouri Independent) – About 137,700 registered voters in Missouri did not have a state-issued identification in 2017, according to an analysis from the Secretary of State’s Office. Another 140,000 voters had expired IDs, and 2,000 more voters had forfeited their driver’s licenses. Under a bill passed Wednesday in the Missouri House, those registered voters would either have to […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Blue Springs man sustained serious injuries when an International box truck overturned two miles north of Gentry on Thursday, February 25th. Emergency medical services transported 47-year-old George Robinson to Mosaic Life Care in Albany. The truck traveled south on Highway 169 before running off the west side of the road, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Harrisonville sports utility vehicle driver sustained minor injuries in an accident involving a Cameron Mack truck driver in Cass County the evening of February 23rd. Fifty-six-year-old Ralph Williams was transported to the Saint Joseph Medical Center. Truck driver 31-year-old Matthew Durham was reported as not injured. The SUV traveled west […]
The highway patrol, in updating an accident report from last week, reported the death of the driver whose pickup slid into the path of a train in Chariton County. Sixty-year-old Leland Linneman of Salisbury died Friday at the University Hospital in Columbia. The crash happened two days earlier on Wednesday, February 17th on Cal Hubbard […]
