Two residents of Linneus received minor injuries this morning when a car went out of control on an ice-covered bridge floor on the Highway 63 bypass just south of Kirksville. The car went off the left side of the road and struck the bridge injuring the driver, 57-year-old Steven Gelski, and 69-year-old Clifford White, who […]
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Vehicle demolished on I-35 after going out of control on icy bridge deck
Three people received injuries Monday morning when a vehicle went out of control on an icy bridge deck and traveled off Interstate 35 approximately four miles to the south of Cameron. The northbound sports utility vehicle traveled too fast for the road conditions at 7:25 this morning when it went off the east side of […]
Osborn man facing murder charge in connection with crash that caused death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark
An Osborn man faces a felony charge of murder—second degree in DeKalb County related to a motor vehicle accident in June that caused the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark. Online court information shows 34-year-old Gary Wayne Downs has also been charged with the felonies of resisting arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing and […]
Audio: Missouri reports 800 traffic-related deaths so far this year – an increase of nearly 100
Missouri has had 800 traffic-related deaths so far this year. During the same period last year, Missouri had 711. During a Missouri Chamber of Commerce Transportation Summit, MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna says the spike in traffic deaths have occurred despite fewer drivers on the roadways. During a Missouri Chamber of Commerce Transportation Summit, […]
Trucker from Carrollton killed when tanker truck overturns on Route E
A truck driver from Carrollton was killed late Tuesday afternoon in a rollover accident in rural Carroll County. The highway patrol reports 71-year-old Larry Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Edwards was eastbound on Route E when the fuel tanker truck traveled off the right side of the road causing him […]
Audio: Real ID Compliance date has been moved to October of 2021.
If you don’t have a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, you will have almost another year to get it. The original deadline to get a REAL ID had been October 1st of this year, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is extending that date to October 1st, 2021. DHS made the change due […]
Two-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 36 leaves one dead and two injured
A two-vehicle rollover accident Sunday on Highway 36 in Caldwell County has killed a resident of Illinois and injured two other people. Sixty-five-year-old Leanne Mast of Lansing, Illinois was a passenger in a car driven by 67-year-old John Mast, also of Lansing Illinois. Leanne Mast was pronounced dead at the Liberty Hospital two hours after […]
Cameron teenager injured in rollover crash southeast of Maysville
A car overturned southeast of Maysville Saturday night injuring a Cameron resident. The 16-year old girl was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened two miles southeast of Maysville on Hedge Road when the northbound car went out of control, traveled off the left side of the […]
Judge Thomas Alley hands down prison sentences in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court
Several defendants were sentenced by Judge Thomas Alley Thursday in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Robert Lee Ellis of Trenton pleaded guilty to five felony counts stemming from the March 21st incidents. He was sentenced from three to five years with the Department of Corrections. The terms are to run concurrently, or […]
Cameron woman injured after vehicle strikes dump truck east of Gallatin
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron woman sustained minor injuries when the vehicle she drove struck a dump truck one-half of a mile east of Gallatin. On Thursday morning, October 15th. Daviess County Ambulance checked 67-year-old Angela Williams. No injuries were reported for dump truck driver 59-year-old Gordon McCune of Hallsville. Both vehicles traveled east […]
Trenton Board of Education approve school calendar update, policy involving law enforcement not approved
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education on Tuesday evening, October 13th approved, on a split vote of six to one, a school calendar update involving converting student days to all staff workdays. Board Member Corey Leeper was the only opposing vote. Students will not be in class on October 26th and December 7th, but staff […]
Work crews to begin resurfacing 9th Street in Trenton today
Highway 6, also known as 9th Street, in the western portion of Trenton is to be resurfaced starting today. The Missouri Department of Transportation says the work is to begin at Fourth Street at the Southwestern edge of Trenton and proceed east to the railroad tracks. Flaggers and a pilot car will direct drivers through […]
Pedestrian killed on Interstate 35 north of Winston exit
A Grandview resident, who was walking on the shoulder of Interstate 35 in Daviess County, was killed when he was hit by a tractor-trailer unit. Fatally injured was 26-year old Darwin Alberto Chavez Cardoza. The incident happened early Saturday on southbound I-35 approximately five miles north of the Winston exit. Cardoza was walking south from […]
Watch for sudden deer movement on state roads through November
Cooler temperatures and longer nights mean more wildlife movement along and across state roads. The Missouri Department of Transportation reminds motorists to be prepared for the sudden appearance of wild animals such as deer and coyote on Missouri roadways during the fall. “Deer/vehicle collisions are at their peak from mid-October through the end of November,” […]
Grundy County Commission accepting bids for snow removal; accepting applications for full-time employee
The Grundy County Commission is seeking bids for snow removal and ice melt application. It is also accepting applications for a full-time Road and Bridge Department employee. The snow removal involves at the courthouse and Old Jail entrances and sidewalks as well as the sidewalks, entrances, and parking spaces at the Law Enforcement Center for […]
Bridge over Shoal Creek on Route V in Harrison County near Cainsville to close today through January
The bridge on Harrison County Route V over Coal Creek, near Cainsville, will be closed starting today so that the bridge can be replaced. Contractors from Boone Construction Co., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will begin the replacement of the 63-year-old, structurally deficient bridge on Monday, October 5, 2020. The road will close […]
Marceline woman injured in crash east of Brookfield
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline woman sustained moderate injuries when a pickup truck struck the sport utility vehicle she drove 10 miles east of Brookfield the afternoon of Friday, October 2nd. An ambulance transported 72 year old Mary Stufflebean to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. No injuries were reported for pickup driver 59-year-old […]
Missouri man sentenced to 20 years for illegal firearms following gunfight and fatal collision
A Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms following a three-vehicle collision in which he struck and killed another motorist while fleeing from a gunfight. Keith L. Carnes, 31, of Kansas City was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 5, […]
Big rig hits combine on Highway 36 near Mooresville
The Highway Patrol reports a Breckenridge man sustained minor injuries when a tractor-trailer struck the combine he operated one mile west of Mooresville on Tuesday morning, September 29th. Emergency medical services transported 60-year-old Curt Shonk to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. No injuries were reported for truck driver 72-year-old Daniel Deal of Kansas City. The […]
Interstate 35 ramp east of Pattonsburg scheduled for closure today
Interstate 35 ramp closures continue with the schedule today (Tuesday) focusing on Exit 78 at the Route C junction just east of Pattonsburg. Weather permitting, MoDOT reports this work at the southbound ramp is planned from 12 noon to 6 o’clock. Also on the schedule, today (Tuesday, September 29) will be the northbound ramp with […]