Three area teens sustained injuries when a car ran off the road and overturned multiple times 10 miles north of Bethany on Friday night, February 19th. An air ambulance transported passenger 18-year-old Sadie Summa of Bethany to the Truman Medical Center with serious injuries. An ambulance took a 17-year-old female passenger from Eagleville to the […]
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Two-vehicle crash at intersection results in driver arrest on multiple warrants
A two-vehicle accident at Cameron late Wednesday afternoon injured two drivers with one of them arrested. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as minor for 42-year-old Johnny Templeton of Cameron, who was taken by EMS to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The other driver, 32-year-old Tara Richardson of Kidder, received no injuries. The car Richardson was driving […]
Pickup struck by train near Salisbury sends driver to hospital
The Highway Patrol reports a Salisbury man sustained serious injuries when the pickup truck he drove was struck by a train three and a half miles west of Salisbury on Wednesday morning, February 17th. An ambulance transported 60-year-old Leland Linneman to the University Hospital. No injuries were reported for locomotive operator 50-year-old Timmy Morgan of […]
Bethany woman injured after crashing on ice covered Route F
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany woman sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove slid on ice and overturned into a ditch one mile north of Bethany. An ambulance transported 40-year-old Jennifer Russel to the Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. The SUV traveled east on Route F on Wednesday morning, February […]
Audio: Governor Parson extends heating fuel deliveries by executive order
Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 21-03 temporarily relaxing hours of service regulations for commercial motor vehicles transporting residential heating fuels. “With unseasonably cold temperatures impacting much of the state and nation, the demand for heating fuel only continues to rise. This has resulted in significant delays in the distribution of residential heating […]
Grundy R-5 Board of Education approves moving district to a four-day schedule beginning next school year
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education on Thursday evening, February 11th approved the district moving to a four-day week schedule beginning next school year. This came after a report from High School Principal Matt Rayl regarding a parent survey on a four-day week proposal. The school calendar and class schedules will be reviewed at […]
Audio: MoDOT director Patrick McKenna says 645 MoDOT employees currently have COVID
Missouri’s transportation director says more than 600 of his employees currently have the coronavirus. State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) director Patrick McKenna testified before the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight on Monday in Jefferson City, delivering MoDOT’s annual report. “As of this moment (Monday afternoon), we’re at about 645 cases of COVID within MoDOT, MoDOT alone,” McKenna […]
Audio: Missouri bill would boost gas tax but offer rebates to drivers
A proposed fuel tax increase could come with a rebate option for drivers who fill up in Missouri. State Representative Becky Ruth, R-Festus, has filed legislation that would increase the fee by two cents annually for five years to help to pay for Missouri’s underfunded highway system. She tells Missourinet if drivers turn in their […]
Pickup spins out on icy Highway 36 injuring passenger
A passenger in a pickup truck was injured Monday when the driver lost control and the vehicle spun out, coming to a stop in a ditch one mile south of Kidder. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 20-year-old Leda Powell of Cameron who was taken by emergency medical services to the Cameron Regional […]
7-year-old Gallatin girl injured when car slides into tractor-trailer truck in Trenton
A 7-year-old Gallatin girl received an injury at a Trenton intersection when a car slid into the pulled unit of a tractor-trailer. Trenton Police conducted the investigation at 9th and Harris on Thursday. A car driven by 37-year-old Devin McCray of Gallatin was southbound on Harris Avenue while the large truck was westbound on 9th […]
Big rig crashes into light pole at 9th and Main in Trenton
Trenton police report a utility pole at 9th and Main was struck by a tractor-trailer that made too sharp of a turn at the intersection. Police said the big rig was northbound on Main and attempted to make the turn onto 9th Street and the rear outside tire of the towed unit broke the pole […]
Chillicothe man injured in crash on Highway 36
The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe man sustained moderate injuries when a sports utility vehicle slid and hit a car 10 miles east of Chillicothe the Sunday afternoon, February 7th. Emergency medical services transported car driver 44-year-old Nick Hansen to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. SUV driver 23-year-old Spencer Mellow of Palm Coast, Florida was […]
Two injured in crash east of Lathrop
A Polo man was involved in a two-vehicle accident in which two individuals sustained serious injuries one mile east of Lathrop on Sunday afternoon, February 7th. An ambulance transported the driver of a car, 28-year-old Jurell Medina of Kansas City, Missouri, to the Liberty Hospital. Another ambulance transported car passenger 37-year-old Nazareth Viramontes of Kansas […]
Trenton man involved in three-vehicle crash east of Green Castle
An Indiana resident was hurt on Saturday afternoon in a three-vehicle accident east of Green Castle. The driver of an SUV, Thirty-four-year old Jennifer Steward of Carmel, Indiana, was to seek treatment on her own for minor injuries. The other two drivers, 21-year old Grant Bennett of Trenton and 20-year old Devon Clinch from Milan, […]
Chillicothe man injured in crash on Route A
A Chillicothe man was hurt when the pickup truck he was driving overturned on Route A northwest of Chillicothe. Forty-four-year-old Robert Skipper was taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe with serious injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning approximately eight miles northwest of Chillicothe as the pickup was southbound on Route A, went out of […]
Trenton woman dies, three others injured in fatal crash east of Jamesport on Highway 6
A Trenton woman died and three other area residents were injured as the result of a three-vehicle accident four miles east of Jamesport Thursday morning, February 4th. An ambulance transported pickup truck passenger 56-year-old, Valerie Johnson, to Cameron Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead approximately two hours after the crash. The pickup driver, […]
Two seriously injured when SUV hits guard rail near Pattonsburg
The Highway Patrol reports two men sustained serious injuries when a sports utility vehicle ran off the road and struck a guard rail end four miles south of Pattonsburg Thursday morning, February 4th. The driver, 55-year-old Lewis Buckner of Ridgeway, and passenger, 68-year-old Orvis Fountain of Albany, were transported by ambulance to the Harrison County […]
Big rig slides off road north of Cameron injuring two
The Highway Patrol reports two North Carolina men sustained minor injuries when a Freightliner slid and ran off the road one mile north of Cameron Thursday morning, February 4th. The driver, 31-year-old Adam Altayeb Mohamed of Durham, North Carolina, and passenger, 29-year-old Sudan Hamdan Gamar of High Point, North Carolina, were transported by ambulance to […]
Two from Iowa injured in crash on I-35
The Highway Patrol reports two Iowa residents sustained minor injuries after a car began sliding on snow and ran off the road on Interstate 35 at Bethany Thursday morning, February 4th. The Highway Patrol reports driver 19-year-old Trent Simon of Centerville, Iowa, and passenger 25-year-old Kevin Martinez of Des Moines, Iowa were transported by ambulance […]
Crash on Crowder Road in Trenton injures passenger in SUV
A passenger of a sports utility vehicle sustained injuries when it ran off Crowder Road in Trenton and struck a utility pole on Wednesday evening, February 3rd. The Trenton Police Department reports 28-year-old Kayla Grebner complained of pain in her head and right knee. She also advised she struck her head against the windshield, which […]