The Highway Patrol reports three Green Castle residents sustained minor injuries when one pickup truck hit another in Green City Tuesday morning. Forty-nine-year-old Glendetta Sizemore and 48-year-old Kelli Straley traveled west on Missouri 6 when Sizemore stopped to make a left turn. Straley’s truck struck Sizemore’s in the rear, causing extensive damage to Straley’s truck […]
The highway patrol reports two people were flown to a Columbia hospital after a single vehicle, rollover, accident Sunday afternoon in Green City. The highway patrol reports an eastbound vehicle traveled off Highway 6 and overturned. Taken to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia were the driver 29-year-old Omar Morales Almestica of Milan and a passenger, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained serious injuries when his vehicle overturned on Missouri 6 one mile east of Altamont in the early morning hours of Saturday around 2:00 am. Twenty-three-year-old Joshua Detherage traveled west when his pickup truck went off the north side of the road, he then overcorrected, crossed the road, […]
Travelers on Routes 5 and 6 may have noticed some areas where the roadside seems to be sliding. Contractors working with the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to begin repairing those slides on Monday, June 19, 2017. Crews from Above and Below Contracting, LLC of Festus, Missouri plan to work Monday through Thursday, daylight to […]
While the Trenton Street Department is putting additional asphalt on the 17th to the 10th street portion of Oklahoma Avenue, it will be a couple years before the state can do its portion of Oklahoma Avenue. That’s due to an agreement from years ago regarding “old Highway 65” that says the department of transportation is […]
A Green City resident was injured early Monday evening when the car he was driving went off Highway 6 and struck a ditch. The highway patrol said 83-year-old Elton Yardley had suffered a medical condition when the accident happened and was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with moderate injuries. The westbound car […]
A Gallatin resident was injured Sunday when the vehicle he was driving overturned off Highway 6, three miles west of Jamesport. The Highway Patrol indicated minor injuries to 35-year old Aaron Burrell. He was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. Damage was extensive to the vehicle. The Patrol’s online report indicated […]
A traffic accident at 5:30 Monday morning in eastern Sullivan County injures a Kirksville resident. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 28-year-old Patrick Vangu of Kirksville and the report indicates he was treated by ambulance personnel and released at the scene. The patrol reports the westbound vehicle slid off the south side of […]
Highway 6 is to be closed west of Maysville tonight in connection with wind farm work. Highway 6 is to be closed approximately seven miles west of Maysville at Ogle Road around 8 o’clock tonight, with the closure expected to take about four hours. Large cranes used by a contractor will move across various roads […]
Weather permitting, on Monday, a slide repair project is planned to begin 1.3 miles west of Route K, near Novinger, in western Adair County on Highway 6. After the first slide repair is complete, the contractor will move to 4/5 mile west of Route K to do another slide repair at that location. The first […]
A temporary road closure in connection with a wind farm project in western DeKalb County has been delayed by 24 hours. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports that Highway 6 will be closed at Ogle Road (seven miles west of Maysville) on Saturday night at 8 o’clock. The closure is expected to last no more […]
A Pattonsburg resident was hurt when the minivan she was driving was hit by a car east of Maysville on Highway 6. Twenty-three year old Annie Rissler was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with what the Highway Patrol called moderate injuries. The accident was Friday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 6 and Route […]
The highway patrol described injuries as minor for a Laredo woman involved in a traffic accident last night at the Thompson River bridge half a mile west of Trenton. The patrol reports 70-year-old Jackie Owens was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The report noted that just past 8:30 Wednesday evening, the eastbound car […]
A Kirksville woman was killed when the car she was driving overturned off highway 6 in northeast Missouri Saturday afternoon. Twenty to year-old Robin Helm of Kirksville was pronounced dead at the scene, four miles west of Edina. Helm’s westbound car went off the left side of highway 6 and overturned, demolishing the vehicle. Ms. […]
The Green Hills Heritage Highway work group meets Thursday afternoon in Trenton to review goals, strategies, and a draft plan. This is the fourth in a series of meetings in which people from Grundy, Daviess, and Sullivan Counties have met work towards tourism and economic development in those counties, particularly along Highway 6. Thursday’s meeting […]
Two people from the Kansas City suburb of Raytown, Missouri were injured in a two-vehicle accident in western Sullivan County on Saturday morning. The Highway Patrol says a sport utility vehicle and van collided on Highway 6, one mile east of Reger. Forty-eight year old Anita Hahn and her 15-year old daughter, Tiegan Hahn (both […]
Fire early Wednesday, May 4th destroyed the cab portion of a tractor-trailer unit three miles west of Trenton on Highway 6. Trenton Fire Chief Rick Morris said the cause of the blaze was unknown. Morris said he suspects it possibly could have been some type of electrical overload. Morris explained the empty tractor trailer unit […]
Two Green City residents were hurt when a car overturned off Highway 6 west of Novinger Saturday afternoon. The highway patrol reports the driver, 26-year old Yannick Illunga, and a passenger, 39-year old Arthur Bembo, both received minor injuries. Illunga was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center at Kirksville. Bembo was taken […]
Two Green City residents were hurt when a car overturned off Highway 6 west of Novinger on Friday afternoon. The Highway Patrol said the driver, 26-year old Yannick Illunga, and a passenger, 39-year old Arthur Bembo, both received minor injuries. Illunga was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Bembo […]
A Green City woman was injured last evening when, the highway patrol reported, her sports utility vehicle struck a deer on Highway 6 in eastern Sullivan County. The patrol listed injuries as minor for 65 year old Susan Hammons of Green City. She was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The accident was […]
