The Grundy County Commission approved the morning of Tuesday, July 14th placing a question on the April 2021 election ballot regarding a Missouri statute (263.247), which would allow the commission to enforce brush control adjacent to county roads. The statute involves brush removal along county right-of-way or maintenance easement, subject to voter approval of all […]
Tag: Highway 6
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to grass fire
Chillicothe firefighters responded to a grass fire Monday afternoon approximately one mile west of Highway 65. Upon arrival, they saw the grass fire was on about ten acres off the south side of LIV Road 426. Leaf blowers were deployed. Approximately 300 gallons of water were used to extinguish the fire.
Chillicothe man on motorcycle strikes deer west of Trenton
A Chillicothe man was injured when his motorcycle struck a deer Sunday afternoon three miles west of Trenton. Sixty-seven-year-old Michael McKean received minor injuries and was taken by EMS to Wright Memorial Hospital. The motorcycle was westbound on Highway 6 when a deer ran into the path. Damage to the motorcycle was listed as minor […]
Car strikes cow and calf in roadway injuring Maysville teenager
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville teen sustained minor injuries when the car she drove struck a cow and calf one half of a mile west of Weatherby the morning of Wednesday, July 8th. A private vehicle transported 17-year-old Emily Dunlap to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. The car traveled east on Highway 6 […]
Resurfacing schedule for Highway 6 in Daviess and Grundy counties
The replacement of sidewalks in Trenton will soon be complete as MoDOT plans to begin resurfacing Highway 6 (9th Street) through Trenton. The resurfacing is set to begin on July 27, 2020, within the city limits of Trenton, with all sidewalk and asphalt overlay work in Trenton being completed by late August. Resurfacing is scheduled […]
Gallatin man injured in crash on Highway 6
A Gallatin man was taken to a hospital following an accident three miles west of Gallatin on Monday. Sixty-three-year-old Kenneth Smith received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Smith was stopped on Highway 6 traffic when his pickup was hit from behind by a Freightliner driven by […]
Cameron woman injured in crash on Highway 69
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron woman sustained minor injuries when the car she drove and a pickup truck struck two miles south of Cameron the morning of Thursday, July 2nd. Emergency medical services transported 46-year-old Brandy Skouby to the Liberty Hospital. Pickup driver 62-year-old Kevin Jordan of Lenexa, Kansas was reported as not injured. […]
Princeton man injured after pickup strikes tree
A Princeton man sustained moderate injuries when the pickup truck he drove ran off the road and struck a tree one mile south of Princeton the morning of Thursday, June 25th. A private vehicle transported 56-year-old Charles Olson to the Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. The truck traveled north on U. S. Highway 65 before […]
Maysville man injured in crash on Highway 6
A Maysville man sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident five miles north of Clarksdale the morning of Wednesday, June 24th. An ambulance transported 48 year old James Young II to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph. A sports utility vehicle traveled west on Highway 6 before entering a curve and running off the north […]
Two injured in crash west of Clarksdale
The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Cameron and a man from Saint Joseph sustained minor injuries when a car struck a pickup truck five miles west of Clarksdale the afternoon of Tuesday, June 23rd. An ambulance transported car driver 17 year old Alley Millsap to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Pickup driver 44 year […]
Authorities report the arrest of two on DWI and failure to appear
A Cameron resident was arrested at Trenton Friday and faces a charge of driving while intoxicated – persistent offender. 46 year old Adam Ingersoll is to appear tomorrow (Tuesday) in the associate division of Grundy county circuit court. Bond is $5,000 cash. Court documents accuse Ingersoll of driving while intoxicated on Highway 6. He was […]
Two injured during attempt to avoid deer in roadway near Macon
The Highway Patrol reports two men sustained moderate injuries when a car swerved to avoid a deer and struck an embankment and a building a quarter of a mile south of Macon the morning of Friday, June 19th. Driver 38 year old Danny Frederick of Springfield and passenger 50 year old Leslie Huggins of Branson […]
Kentucky trucker and prior sex offender sentenced to 20-years in prison for child pornography
A Kentucky truck driver and prior sex offender was sentenced in federal court for transporting child pornography. Gregory Marshall, 59, of Paducah, Kentucky, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 20 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Marshall to spend the rest of his life on supervised release […]
Illinois man stopped doing 106 mph, arrested and charged with 3 counts of possession of a controlled substance
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a traffic stop of a vehicle traveling west at 106 miles per hour in a 65 zone on Highway 36. Deputy Dustin Woelfle stopped the vehicle at the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 65 The stop took place on the evening of Tuesday, June 16th, and resulted in […]
Four injured in head-on crash east of Novinger
Four people received varying degrees of injuries when two vehicles collided on Highway 6 early Monday evening two miles east of Novinger. A passenger in an eastbound car, 32 year old Ralph Saavedra of Unionville received what the highway patrol called serious injuries. That car was driven by 21 year old George Marshall, also of Unionville, […]
Bethany teenager injured in rollover crash
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany teen sustained moderate injuries when a vehicle overturned six miles south of Bethany the morning of Tuesday, June 16th. An ambulance transported 17 year old Hannah Stewart to the Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. The vehicle traveled south on U. S. Highway 69 before it ran off the […]
Four injured during crashes on Sunday in Linn, Carroll and Adair counties
Injury accidents were Sunday in rural Linn, Carroll, and Adair Counties. At a location five miles northeast of Brookfield, the highway patrol said a vehicle ran off the left side of Jewel Drive, struck a ditch, and overturned. The driver, 22 year old Charles Moore of New Boston, received minor injuries. A passenger, 35 year […]
Pavement repairs to begin this week on Highway 6 prior to resurfacing
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports pavement repairs are to begin this week prior to resurfacing Highway 6 between Trenton and Interstate 35 in Daviess County. MoDOT reports the pavement repairs are to start Wednesday extending from east to west. The contractor, Emery Sapp and Sons Incorporated, is to make several loops. Immediately following the pavement […]
Grundy County authorities report the arrest of four
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of four area residents on various allegations. Twenty-nine year old Christopher Eudean Parsons of Cainsville was arrested Wednesday, June 10th on a capias warrant on felony second degree assault. No bond was approved. He was scheduled for Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court Thursday, June 11th. […]
Woman and child from Carrollton injured when car hydroplanes off roadway
A woman and child from Carrollton received what the highway patrol called minor injuries when the car they were in hydroplaned and traveled off Highway 65 in Pettis County. Tuesday mornings’ accident at 7:20 am injured 28 year old Joylynn Allard and a six year old boy. Both persons, who were using safety devices, were […]