The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District’s 2019 decision reaffirming a PSC decision that approved a certificate of need and necessity for the Grain Belt Express Project (GBX). This Supreme Court action ends a long effort by project opponents to overturn the PSC decision on the Grain Belt Express. This […]
The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Hamilton man for alleged illegal drugs. Forty-six-year- old Thomas Holder of Hamilton was taken into custody Sunday morning in Clinton County, then taken to jail on a 24-hour hold. The patrol accused Thomas Holder of felony possession of a controlled substance, felony driving while revoked, along with […]
A La Plata resident received minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she was driving slid off snow-and-ice-covered Highway 63 and overturned south of La Plata. Forty-six-year old Marsha Salassa refused medical treatment at the scene. The crash happened Saturday morning nearly two miles south of La Plata as the vehicle was southbound on Highway […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of area residents on Friday night. Forty-eight-year-old Shawn Howell of Chillicothe was arrested in Grundy County. He was accused of felony driving while intoxicated, driving while suspended, and no insurance. He was transported to the Grundy County Jail on a 24-hour hold. The Patrol arrested 41-year-old Margaret Harryman of […]
A Plattsburg resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off eastbound Highway 36, through the median, across the westbound lanes, and hit an embankment west of Stewartsville. Forty-eight-year-old Nancy Peery was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The patrol accused her of felony driving while […]
A New Cambria man received serious injuries when the UTV he was operating collided with a small tractor on a country road northwest of New Cambria. The patrol reports vision was obstructed by a fire near the road. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Duncan was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The operator of the […]
A Milan resident received minor injuries in a crash on Wednesday afternoon one mile east of Green Castle. Forty-nine-year-old Maria Esquivel was taken by private auto to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 45-year-old Alejandro Lopez Gonzalez of Milan who wasn’t hurt. The vehicle was eastbound […]
A pedestrian walking on a road in Ray County was hurt when she was hit by an unknown vehicle. Forty-year-old Christina Mayer of Lawson was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The accident happened late Saturday night on Route U northeast of Excelsior Springs as Mayer was walking west on the eastbound lane when […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of one individual on stealing charges and one on a domestic assault charge. Forty-eight-year-old Kellie Holtman of Saint Joseph was extradited from Buchanan County and arrested on Wednesday. She has been charged with the felonies of stealing—motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft and stealing–$750 or more. Bond is […]
The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Purdin man as the result of a traffic stop Thursday afternoon in Sullivan County. Forty-year-old Travis E. Clark of Purdin was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Sullivan County Jail in Milan. Clark is accused of felony receiving stolen property, felony driving while his license was suspended […]
A man described as a convicted felon with multiple offenses in his past was arrested on Saturday by members of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Forty-two-year old John Ervin Peterson was reported to have moved into a vacant house at Spickard and now faces two counts of receiving stolen property. Bond is $25,000 cash with […]
A man from Kansas City, Kansas was injured in an early-morning crash four miles south of Cameron. Forty-eight-year-old Dion Martin was northbound on Interstate 35 when he attempted to exit onto Highway 69. The van exited the interstate at a high rate of speed, failed to halt for a stop sign, and traveled through the guard […]
