Missouri has had at least 100 traffic crashes this year involving farm equipment – three have been fatal. State Highway Patrol Sergeant Eric Brown the number of Missouri traffic crashes involving farm machinery is on the rise. State Highway Patrol Sergeant Eric Brown says drivers should not try to pass a slow-moving farm […]
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Family of five from Trenton injured in Sunday crash
A family of five from Trenton were hurt in a Sunday afternoon crash on Highway 6 two miles west of Humphreys in Sullivan County. The vehicle, a 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada, driven by 24-year-old William Swartz was eastbound on Highway 6 when it left the roadway, struck a fence and overturned. Injured in the crash was […]
Brookfield man hurt when car strikes tractor-trailer truck
The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield man sustained minor injuries when a car struck a tractor-trailer truck’s trailer Friday morning. Twenty-three-year-old Matthew Moser of Brookfield traveled west on U. S. Highway 36 two miles west of Meadville when the car he drove hit the trailer in the rear. The driver of the tractor-trailer truck is […]
Trenton teen ejected from vehicle in Friday morning crash near Chula
The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton teen sustained moderate injuries when one pickup truck struck another three miles southeast of Chula Friday morning. Eighteen-year-old James Knight traveled west on LIV 216 when the pickup he drove crossed the center of the road and hit a pickup driven by 57-year-old Mark Hopper of Chula. Knight’s truck ran […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to hold public meeting in Kirksville on CWD
The Missouri Department of Conservation invites deer hunters, property owners, and others to a special public meeting to get information and have questions answered about chronic wasting disease (CWD). The meeting will take place Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the MDC Northeast Regional Office, 3500 S. Baltimore St. in Kirksville. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. […]
MoDOT planned road work in North Missouri for week of October 1, 2018
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of October 1 – 7 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and […]
Driver examination stations to close for meeting
Several driver examination stations will be closed due to a mandatory meeting on October 24, 2018. Those stations involved in the meeting and closing for the day include: Chillicothe, 917 Jackson Street, Chillicothe Savannah, 12737 State Highway E, Savannah Bethany, 1501 Central Street, Bethany Normal testing hours will resume on the regularly scheduled days.
Braymer man injured in big rig crash on Highway 65
A tractor-trailer driver from Braymer was injured Thursday afternoon in a Highway 65 accident in Saline County. The highway patrol reports 40-year-old August Young was taken by ambulance to the Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. He was listed with minor injuries and was using a seatbelt at the time of the accident. The northbound truck pulling […]
Audio: Semi driver wanted for leaving fatal crash involving young girl going to school bus
A semi-truck driver is wanted for hitting and killing a young girl on her way to her school bus today in southwest Missouri. Sarah Novotny reports from Joplin affiliate KZRG.
Livingston County Sheriff reports on moving violation enforcement operation
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports that a recent hazardous moving violations enforcement focused on U. S. Highway 36, U. S. 65, and Highway 190 resulted in 10 vehicle stops. Two deputies made one arrest for driving while suspended or revoked and two for drug law violations. They also involved two speeding citations and six […]
Sunday evening crash injures Trenton woman and two children
A Sunday evening accident in Trenton caused minor injuries for a Trenton woman and two children. The accident happened at 6:20 pm as a vehicle was being driven on the southbound ramp to U.S. 65 when equipment failure caused the sports utility vehicle to travel off the left side of the road and down an […]
Grain truck crashes spilling corn on Highway 111
A grain truck overturned Saturday night in northwest Missouri injuring the driver and spilling about 550 bushels of corn. The driver, 53-year old Randall Liles of Fairfax, was taken to Community Hospital in Fairfax with moderate injuries. The accident happened three miles west of Craig on Highway 111 as the eastbound grain truck traveled off […]
Two children, ages 2 and 5, hurt in Saturday ATV crash
Two children from Savannah were hurt late Saturday afternoon when an all-terrain-vehicle overturned northwest of Savannah. The highway patrol reports two-year-old Eliza Hummer received moderate injuries and five-year-old Alivia Hummer had minor injuries. Both girls were taken by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Both were passengers on an ATV operated by 32-year-old John […]
Passenger injured, driver arrested after utility vehicle crash in Sullivan County
Women from Green City and Unionville were in a utility vehicle accident Thursday afternoon in rural Sullivan County. The passenger was injured and the driver was arrested in the accident that occurred six miles north of Green City. Fifty-five-year-old Lisa Cullum of Green City was driving a utility terrain vehicle northbound on Ivy Wood Road […]
Iowa woman arrested in Putnam County on multiple allegations
A Centerville, Iowa woman arrested by the Highway Patrol in Putnam County Thursday morning has been charged in Putnam County. Online court information shows 42-year-old Mindy Sager was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid as well as the misdemeanors of exceeding the […]
Cameron man injured in I-35 crash
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries when a car struck an International truck one mile north of Lathrop Tuesday morning. Twenty-one year old Gavin Roberts of Cameron drove south on Interstate 35 when traffic reportedly slowed approaching a crash. His vehicle then hit the rear of the southbound truck driven by […]
Audio: UPS seeks 850 workers in KC area
A major delivery company hopes to hire hundreds of people soon in western Missouri. UPS says it wants to hire 850 people in the Kansas City area. The Atlanta-based company will host a hiring fair today (Tuesday) from 9 to 6 at the Kansas City Health Department. Job seekers must have a resume […]
Signals to go dark on Belt Highway: Police to direct traffic at Belt Highway and U.S. Route 36
Improvements to the signals at the intersection of U.S. Route 169 (Belt Highway) and U.S. Route 36 are currently going on which will bring the signals into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In order to finish the ADA work, the power to the signals will be shut off Tuesday, Sept. 25 so contractor […]
Driver demolishes car in Carroll County crash
The Highway Patrol reports a Clifton Hill man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a one-vehicle accident in Carroll County Friday evening. Fifty-five-year-old Richard Best traveled east on U. S. Highway 24 when the vehicle he drove ran off the right side of the road east of Route V and hit a tree demolishing […]
Grundy County Sheriff reports the arrest of 4
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of four individuals on various unrelated charges. Forty-four-year-old Miriah Butler of Trenton was arrested Thursday on failure to obey judge’s order on felony charges of third-degree domestic assault—third or subsequent offense and distribution, delivery, manufacture, or production or attempt to possess with intent to distribute, deliver, manufacture, […]