The highway patrol reports three people were injured, two of them seriously, in a two-vehicle crash involving a UTV and an SUV, early Sunday evening in southeastern Livingston County, three miles northeast of Hale. One of the drivers, 24-year-old Christopher Hartbert of Hale, received minor injuries; however, two female passengers were seriously injured. They are […]
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Two injured in crash east of Princeton on Highway 136
Two people from Carthage, Illinois, were injured on Sunday at 5 pm, one of them seriously, in a single-vehicle accident about two miles east of Princeton. A westbound sports utility vehicle dropped off the north shoulder of Highway 136 overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross the road and go off the south side, where it […]
Resident of Norborne injured in crash on Highway 10
A Norborne resident was hurt when the car he was driving went off Highway 10 south of Norborne, hit a sign, a ditch, and overturned. Twenty-two-year-old Evan Glaze was taken to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond with minor injuries. The accident happened Saturday on Highway 10 at Carroll County Road 141 as the eastbound […]
Woman from Cowgill killed in head-on crash with farm sprayer
The Highway Patrol reports a Cowgill woman died when the vehicle she drove struck a Case Patriot sprayer head-on in Ray County on Tuesday morning, June 15. Twenty-two-year-old Caitlin Lake was transported to the Thurman Funeral Home. The driver of the sprayer, 68-year-old William Englert of Hamilton, was reported as not injured. Lake’s vehicle traveled […]
Gallatin man injured in rollover crash; accused of DWI and leaving the scene of an accident
The Highway Patrol reports a Gallatin man sustained minor injuries when he lost control of a pickup truck. The vehicle overturned one mile south of Jamesport on Friday morning, June 11. He was later arrested on several allegations. Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Butts drove himself to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The pickup traveled north on Highway […]
Kansas City man facing multiple felony charges in Caldwell County after high-speed pursuit
A Kansas City man faces several felony charges in Caldwell County after he allegedly misidentified himself and fled from police, starting from Polo, in April. Forty-six-year-old Billy Leon McCollum has been charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle; resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony; resisting arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing, […]
Residents of De Witt and Richmond injured in Ray County crash
Residents of De Witt and Richmond received minor injuries when two vehicles collided on Monday at a Ray County intersection for Highway 10 and Business Route 10. Twenty-one-year-old Riley Audsley of Dewitt, and a passenger in another vehicle, 54-year-old Terry Keenan, were taken by EMS to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond. He was an […]
Crash east of Lathrop injures Marceline woman
A two-vehicle accident in Clinton County, three miles east of Lathrop early Monday evening, injured a Marceline resident. Forty-year-old Amber Gulley was taken by Lathrop Fire and Rescue to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. Gulley was northbound on Highway 69, while a sports utility vehicle driven by 52-year-old Dietra Robinson of Polo […]
Unionville man hospitalized in Kirksville after crashing on Highway 129
A Unionville resident received serious injuries when the vehicle he was driving overturned in northeastern Sullivan County. Twenty-three-year-old Jeramiah Summers was taken by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Summers was southbound when the sports utility vehicle (Suzuki Vitara) traveled off the left side of Highway 129, eight miles south of Highway […]
Iowa resident injured after being ejected from motorcycle
An elderly Iowa resident received serious injuries when the motorcycle he was operating hit a unit being towed by another motorcycle on Saturday morning north of Polo. Eighty-year-old Thomas Wiarda of Ackley, Iowa, was taken to Liberty Hospital. The driver of the other motorcycle, 72-year old Janice Tersehn of Aplington, Iowa, was not reported hurt. […]
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District issues boil order
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory until further notice. The advisory affects customers on Vermont Road west of Bell Drive, Thorn Road, Vapor Road, April Drive, Aster Road, Apple Road, Vale Road, Village Road, Tulip Road, Windgate Road, and Highway 139 south of Humphreys.
Southwest Honkys gang member sentenced to 25 years in Missouri prison for meth conspiracy
A Fair Grove, Missouri, man who is a member of the Southwest Honkys violent prison gang was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in which investigators intercepted a shipment of nearly 9.5 kilograms of methamphetamine. William F. Jones, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to […]
Iowa woman dies in head-on crash with Kenworth truck
An Iowa resident was killed when the car she was driving was involved in a head-on collision with a truck east of Albany. Fifty-nine-year-old Katherine Showers of Oskaloosa, Iowa was pronounced dead at the scene two miles east of Albany on Highway 136. The truck driver, 49-year old Marvin Andersen of Gilman City, was not […]
Another boil advisory lifted for Mercer County
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has lifted a boil advisory issued earlier this week due to water main repair. The advisory affected customers from U. S. Highway 136 to Route E and from Route DD to the Putnam County line.
Boil advisory lifted for portion of Mercer County
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has lifted a boil advisory for Route Z. The advisory affected customers on Route Z from Route M to U. S. Highway 136. It also included Crystal Place, Cypress Street, and Coventry Street.
Mercer County Public Water Supply District issue boil order for portion of Mercer County, lifts another order
Mercer County Public Water Supply District has issued a precautionary boil advisory following repairs on Monday to a water main. The advisory will be in effect until further notice for customers within the boundaries of Highway 136 on the north, the Putnam County line on the east, Route E on the south, and Route DD […]
Two adults, two babies injured in SUV rollover crash near Humphreys
Two adults and two children from Versailles sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned five miles south of Humphreys the night of May 7th. Thirty-three-year-old David Knotts received serious injuries and was taken to the Truman Medical Center. The passenger, 34-year-old Jennifer Knotts, received moderate injuries and was taken to the Sullivan County Memorial […]
King City man injured in crash on Highway 169
A King City resident was injured in a crash near Union Star. Fifty-nine-year-old Robert Cleveland, was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Health Care in St. Joseph for treatment of moderate injuries. The car Cleveland was driving crossed the centerline on Highway 169, went off the road, struck an embankment, and a tree before it came […]
Newtown man injured after car strikes deer in roadway
A Newtown resident was hurt early Sunday when the car he was driving hit a deer on Highway 136 in eastern Mercer County. Twenty-year-old Timothy Metcalf was taken to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville with moderate injuries. The accident happened 12 miles east of Princeton on Highway 136 when the eastbound car hit the […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District lifts another boil advisory
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has lifted a boil advisory placed into effect last week. The advisory affected customers from Highway 136 to the Grundy County line and from Route Y to the Sullivan County line.