A Chillicothe man pleaded guilty in Livingston County Circuit Court Wednesday to a felony charge stemming from a fatality accident in April 2017. Online court information shows 23-year-old Benjamin Wesley Davis had been charged with operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner involving an accident. The court sentenced him to one year […]
(Missourinet) – Several children have died in a house fire today in south-central Missouri. Jason Taylor with the Missourinet files this report. Five children have been killed and a woman has been injured today in a mobile home fire near Lebanon. The extent of the woman’s injuries is unknown. The children were pronounced dead […]
A man reported missing from his home in Richmond was discovered dead on Monday following a motorcycle accident. The Highway Patrol reports 23-year-old Richard Watson traveled west on Ray County Road 210 when his motorcycle apparently ran off the right side of the road, overturned, and ejected the driver, with Watson’s body coming to rest […]
Nine people died in traffic crashes over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend which is the same number of those killed during the three-day weekend in 2017. During the counting period of 6 p.m., Friday, May 25, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2018, the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated 294 traffic crashes which included 124 […]
A Bethany man was killed Saturday afternoon when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating on Interstate 35. 38-year old Jerald McDaniel was pronounced dead at the scene six miles north of Bethany. The motorcycle was southbound on I-35 when it began skidding and overturned, ejecting McDaniel from the vehicle. It was noted […]
A weekend crash in northeast Missouri has claimed one life, injured another, and resulted in a driving while intoxication accusation for a third person. The highway patrol said 24-year-old Harley Stone and his passenger, 21-year-old Jacob Blessing, both of Memphis, Missouri, were ejected when the car they were in collided with a pickup in Scotland […]
The Highway Patrol reports one person died and two others sustained serious injuries as the result of a van striking a pickup truck four miles south of Salisbury Thursday morning. Twenty-one-year-old Abudu Kagina of Columbia reportedly attempted to pass several vehicles on southbound Highway 129 when her van hit the driver’s side of the pickup, […]
Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, presented the annual Crystal Kipper & Ali Kemp Memorial Award to two detectives in the Joplin, Mo., Police Department in recognition of their valued contributions to investigating and prosecuting those who prey upon children. Detective Charles Root, Jr., is also an FBI task […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cainsville man died as the result of a one-vehicle accident 10 miles west of Princeton on Route CC believed to have happened Monday night. A spokesperson from the Patrol says 49-year-old Michael Famuliner was pronounced dead at the scene by the Mercer County sheriff Tuesday morning after the sheriff’s department […]
The highway patrol reports the death of a woman when the truck she was driving, hit the rear of a semi truck, two miles to the north of Cameron, causing her truck to overturn. Thirty-two-year-old Constance Huff of Kidder was pronounced dead just after midnight by the DeKalb County Coroner. Huff’s truck and the semi […]
The highway patrol reports three people, including a child, were ejected when two all-terrain vehicles collided last evening within the city limits of Winston. One driver was killed and another driver and the young passenger were injured. The highway patrol said 30-year-old Dallas Allen of Pattonsburg was thrown from the ATV when it struck the […]
A new felony charge has been filed against a woman at the scene of a deadly police officer shooting last week in west-central Missouri. Henry County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Shields announces that he has filed an amended complaint charging 37-year-old Tammy Widger of Clinton with the added count of murder in the second […]
The Highway Patrol arrested a Princeton teen in Mercer County Wednesday morning for felony first-degree involuntary manslaughter. A probable cause statement from the Patrol states 17-year-old Elijah Mandich operated a motor vehicle in Mercer County October 8th, 2017 and recklessly caused the death of Saige Boswell. The probable cause statement reports Mandich operated his vehicle […]
A Lathrop man was killed and a Cameron resident injured Saturday night when a car traveled off a road and hit a tree near the Clay-Clinton County line. Fatally injured was the driver, 25-year old Jesse Walker of Lathrop while a passenger, 25-year old Koty Walker of Cameron, was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate […]
Two individuals died as the result of a head-on vehicle collision in Carrollton Thursday morning. The Highway Patrol reports a pickup truck traveling south on U. S. 65, driven by 51-year-old Monty Isaacs of Bogard, crossed the centerline about 500 feet north of Municipal Drive and struck a car, driven by 45-year-old Spencer Alexander of […]
Former State Rep. Keith English has reportedly committed suicide. On the House floor today, Republican Kevin Engler of Farmington addresses the 50-year-old English’s death. English, an Independent from eastern Missouri’s Florissant who ran for re-election in 2016, was defeated by Democrat Jay Mosley.
The highway patrol reports a farm accident this morning in northwestern Daviess County has claimed the life of a man from McFall. 64-year-old Victor Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene on private property one mile north of Pattonsburg. An investigating officer reported Morgan had loaded a hay bale and due to excessive weight on the […]
The name of a girl struck and killed by a train in Marceline Monday night has been released. Highway Patrol Troop B Public Information Officer Eric Brown reports nine-year-old Katawna Clay was alone on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks near Lake Street when she was struck by the train around 7:30 Clay was […]
A single-vehicle accident on Highway 10 in Ray County has taken the life of a Norborne resident. The highway patrol reports 26-year-old Jessulyn Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. She had been thrown from an overturning car when the accident occurred just before 12 noon on Sunday. The accident report noted she was not […]
