The Missouri State Highway Patrol has announced that sometime during the month of February, Troop H will conduct a DWI saturation in Nodaway County. The area selected for enforcement is based on a high number of drinking-related crashes, the high number of contacts with drivers who have been drinking, and officers’ input as to probable […]
Authorities in Iowa report three people were killed and five others injured early Sunday after a minivan and a sedan crashed into an overturned tractor-trailer on Highway 34 in southeastern Iowa. Officials responded to the crash scene at 3:30 Sunday morning just west of Mount Pleasant after a minivan carrying five passengers and a sedan […]
Across Northwest Missouri, the effects of winter weather are evident everywhere you look frozen ground, canceled classes, snow-covered fields, and potholes. The Missouri Department of Transportation normally launches its pothole efforts in March, but with the extreme weather we’ve faced this year, the roads are taking a beating. When they’re not out plowing ice and […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has released an End of Year Report for 2018 showing the office had what he called a “significant change” in the number of traffic stops and citations. There were 1,427 traffic stops in 2018 compared to 967 in 2017, which was an increase of 460. There were also 521 citations […]
The Highway Patrol reports two men sustained injuries when a transit van struck a sports utility vehicle west of Carrollton Thursday morning. Emergency medical services transported the van driver, 26-year-old Jarrodd Ford of Carrollton, and the SUV driver, 78-year-old Charles Kallenberger of Norborne, to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. Ford sustained moderate injuries and Kallenberger’s […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Jamesport residents sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle lost control on ice and ran off the road five miles south of Jamesport Wednesday morning. An air ambulance transported passenger 11-year-old Ivan Miller to Children’s Mercy Hospital with serious injuries and an ambulance transported the driver, 77-year-old Larry Raymo, to […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Green City woman sustained minor injuries when one pickup truck pulled into the path of another five miles northwest of Green City on Tuesday. The driver, 56-year-old Janis Holt, was to seek her own medical treatment. The other driver, 65-year-old Paul Perkins of Milan, was not reported as injured. The […]
The highway patrol headquarters has announced results of a DWI saturation conducted in Harrison County late last week. During the enforcement effort from 7 pm, Friday to 3 am Saturday, five officers patrolled Harrison County with a goal of detecting impaired drivers and other traffic violations that contribute to traffic crashes. As a result, there […]
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash last night five miles east of Milan. Seventy-one-year-old Kenneth Morris of Milan was pronounced dead at the scene by the Deputy Coroner, Robert Wyant. The accident also left a Kirksville man, 35-year-old Fiston Muenyi, with minor injuries. He was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center […]
Just after 4 o’clock Thursday, the highway patrol reported 50-year-old Missy Obey of Riverdale, Georgia received moderate injuries in an accident one and a half miles north of Trenton. She was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The pickup was northbound on 65 when it began sliding on the snow and ice covered road; […]
With Thursday’s cancellation of school, the Trenton R-9 district has now missed six days during the 2018-19 school year. That includes one last fall for the girl’s softball tournament held in Springfield plus five missed days due to winter weather. That includes three this week, one last week, and one in late November. In today’s case, Superintendent […]
A Callao man sustained minor injuries when a pickup truck struck a farm tractor due to hazardous road conditions one-half mile west of Callao overnight (Tuesday 1:20 am). An ambulance transported tractor driver, 50-year-old Nathan Ford, to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The driver of the pickup, 57-year-old Dale Palmer, was not reported as injured. […]
For the third year in a row, more than 900 people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes. Preliminary numbers indicate 918 lives were lost in 2018, down slightly from 932 fatalities in 2017. Speed, distraction, impairment, and fatigue continue to be the top causes of fatal crashes. In particular, the number of cell phone related […]
An accident south of Bethany Monday afternoon injured two people in two different vehicles. Sustaining moderate injuries were one driver, 48-year-old Janie Harding of Ridgeway, and a passenger in the other vehicle 41-year-old Angela Labee of Jameson. Both were transported by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. Ms. Labee was riding in a […]
One person was killed and two others injured in a Clinton County collision Monday night three miles east of Lathrop. Seventy-nine-year-old Leonard Vanderpool of Cowgill was pronounced dead at the scene. Three people from Cameron in another vehicle were taken by two emergency medical service units to Liberty Hospital. Fifty-eight-year-old Fang Ming and 16-year-old Anna […]
A single vehicle rollover accident on a snow-covered road Sunday evening in Harrison county injured an Eagleville teenager. Seventeen-year-old Olivia Babinski was taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. Babinski was northbound when the sports utility vehicle went out of control on snow-covered Route W, the vehicle crossed […]
A Jamesport man sustained injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck a car in Winston and ran off the road Thursday evening. Fifty-nine-year-old Rock Dirks did not seek immediate medical treatment of minor injuries but was later taken by family to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver of the car, 57-year-old Joyce Hullinger of […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation advises drivers to stay off the roads this weekend as bitterly cold temperatures combined with another major winter storm will hit Missouri. According to the National Weather Service, rain on Friday will give way to snow overnight and continue through Saturday. Forecasters say this will be a dry snow with […]
With the upcoming Winter storm, the City of Trenton is reminding property owners to clear snow from sidewalks. City Administrator Ron Urton says this allows residents a safe way to get to and from work, school, and businesses. The City of Trenton also asks business owners and snow plow operators to not block the visibility […]
Three people out of six who reported injuries were taken to the hospital who were involved in a sports utility vehicle accident Tuesday night on an icy road three miles east of Chillicothe. The driver, who was not injured, was later arrested by the highway patrol. Thirty-six-year-old Mathew Pike of Chillicothe was driving westbound with six […]
