The Highway Patrol reports an Albany man sustained moderate injuries when the International truck he drove overturned five miles south of Albany on Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported 83-year-old Donald Coburn to Mosaic Medical Center in Albany. The truck traveled south on Route A before running off the right side of the road, returning to […]
Two Trenton residents were taken to a hospital following a rollover crash late Wednesday afternoon in Johnson County. The driver, 23-year-old Wyatt Adams, received moderate injuries, and a passenger, 19-year-old Jarvis Collins, received minor injuries. Both occupants were taken to the Western Missouri Medical Center at Warrensburg. The car was northbound on Highway 13 when […]
Individuals can learn about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and basic disaster response skills at Community Emergency Response Team training at the North Mercer School. The free training will begin the evening of March 25th from 5 o’clock to 8:30 and include three subsequent training will be held on Wednesday evenings […]
The Trenton Police Department reports a Jamesport woman was transported to Wright Memorial Hospital on Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle accident. Ninety-five-year-old Bettie Langford was taken to the hospital with a complaint of knee pain. Twenty-four-year-old Bianca Treadwell of Trenton said her head hurt and was to seek her own treatment. Langford drove a car […]
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 […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of March 9 – 15. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View routes closed due to flooding, as well as roadwork projects at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement […]
A Trenton woman and young girl were involved in a single-vehicle accident early Thursday evening five miles south of Bethany. Twenty-six-year-old Stacey Blackburn was northbound when the minivan went off the east side of Highway 13, returned to the road and she overcorrected, causing the car to go off the east side again and strike […]
A man from Braymer was fatally injured when he was thrown out of his overturning vehicle on Thursday afternoon two miles south of Braymer. The highway patrol identified the victim as 71-year-old Russell Coldiron. Coldiron’s pickup was northbound when it failed to negotiate a curve on Route E, he overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross […]
A congressman who represents north Missouri on Capitol Hill warns that northwest Missouri is still suffering from flooding and that there’s a lot of damage to infrastructure. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves traveled from his Atchison County farm to Jefferson City this week to file for re-election to his 11th term. Graves is the longest-serving Republican […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of March 2 – 8. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View routes closed due to flooding, as well as roadwork projects at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton man sustained minor injuries when a sports utility vehicle struck the transit van he drove in Princeton on Tuesday morning. An ambulance transported 29-year-old Jaron Rhea to the Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. No injuries were reported for the SUV driver, 37-year-old Maria Ruiz-Marquez of Princeton. The SUV reportedly […]
The Department of Economic Development announced Wednesday that it would award $7.3 million through its Neighborhood Assistance Program to nonprofits across Missouri for community development projects. The Neighborhood Assistance Program helps not-for-profit organizations leverage private-sector funds by providing partial state tax credits to businesses that make contributions to approved community improvement projects. The program can […]
A Gallatin resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went through a T-intersection and hit a guard rail west of Altamont. Twenty-year-old Breanna Rhodes was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The Friday night crash happened one mile west of Altamont at the intersection of Highways […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of February 24 – March 1, 2020. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View routes closed due to flooding, as well as roadwork projects at […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of February 17 – 23. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View routes closed due to flooding, as well as roadwork projects at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help locating the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck one of its patrol vehicles Wednesday night. Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H said at approximately 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, a trooper was assisting a motorist when the patrol vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer on […]
United States Attorney Tim Garrison praised the cooperation of state and local law enforcement agencies in the Western District of Missouri today, as U.S. Attorney General William Barr addressed the problem of sanctuary cities elsewhere in the nation. “We appreciate the cooperation in this district among state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies,” said Garrison. […]
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 […]
A Pattonsburg woman was injured in a Clay County accident that also involved a driver from Kansas City. The rear-end collision happened on southbound Interstate 35 south of Armour Road. Both of the drivers: 65-year-old Sandra Woodring of Pattonsburg and 49-year-old Laura Soto of Kansas City received moderate injuries and sought treatment at the North […]
A major interstate shipping corridor will be closed on Friday between Kansas City and St. Joseph, and thousands of motorists will have to find another way. The Missouri Department of Transportation is replacing the bridge over Interstate 29 near the town of Dearborn. Both the north and southbound lanes will close on Friday […]
