The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained serious injuries when the car he drove overturned two miles west of Novinger on Friday morning, May 7. An ambulance transported 32-year-old Agbewonou Sossouvi to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The car traveled west on Highway 6 before running off the right side of the […]
A Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Stephan D. Samons, 31, of Camdenton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Aug. 28, 2019, Samons pleaded guilty to participating in […]
A Missouri, man has been convicted in federal court for his role in a $1 million conspiracy to steal more than 1,400 cell phones in dozens of commercial burglaries across several states, as well as for obstruction of justice. Bryan C. Kirkendoll II, of Kansas City, also known as “B Boy” and “Blockboy,” 31, was […]
The University of Missouri Extension and Show-Me Farm Safety recently released a new Together We Can toolkit to help rural Missourians access mental health resources. “Missourians are strong and resilient in the face of the challenges and uncertainty that can come with farm life,” says Marshall Stewart, MU vice chancellor for extension and engagement and […]
A motion has been sustained for a change of judge for an Osborn man charged with second-degree murder regarding a motor vehicle accident that caused the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark. Online court information shows the Missouri Supreme Court assigned David Bolander to the case for 35-year-old Gary Wayne Downs. A case review […]
A resident of Powersville faces multiple accusations following his arrest Sunday afternoon in Putnam County. Forty-year-old Anthony Pearson was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Putnam County Jail. The highway patrol has accused Pearson of felony possession of methamphetamine and felony endangering the welfare of a child. Pearson also is accused of unlawful possession […]
Chillicothe Police Department K-9 Enoch and Handler Sergeant Jeremiah Grider assisted the Carrollton Police Department in finding a fugitive on April 30th. The Carrollton Police reports 50-year-old Steven Bittiker of Carrollton was taken into custody after a pursuit and is being held pending formal charges. He was wanted on outstanding felony warrants. The suspect allegedly […]
An Overland Park, Kansas man who allegedly fled the scene of a crash involving a Missouri Department of Transportation truck on April 27th has been charged in Daviess County. Forty-year-old James Michael Carpenter faces felony charges of leaving the scene of an accident with property damage exceeding $1,000 and resisting or interfering with an arrest […]
A single-vehicle accident on Monday injured 35-year-old John Thompson of Brookfield. The pickup he was driving ran off Highway 36 and struck the ditch. The report listed Thompson with moderate injuries with treatment at Pershing Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol accused John Thompson of five felony counts of alleged failure to register as a sex […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Steven Michael Williams, 27, of Springfield, Missouri, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, for possession of child pornography. The arrest resulted from an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit and the […]
Two drivers were injured Sunday night when according to the highway patrol, one vehicle ran into the rear of another on Highway 5 in Linn County. Nineteen-year-old Malachi Whitson of Hale was taken by private vehicle to the Hedrick Medical Center. 64-year-old Stephen Biggs of Purdin was taken by ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital in […]
A tractor-trailer truck hit a bridge rail and caught fire on Highway 36 east of Chillicothe early Saturday. Chillicothe and Wheeling firefighters extinguished the blaze with the damage described by Chillicothe Fire Department Captain Derrick Allen as a total loss to the truck and trailer from the crash and fire. Diesel fuel spilled into Medicine […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an 18-year old Cameron resident, Ethan Johnson, was arrested early Saturday afternoon in DeKalb County and accused of misdemeanor resisting arrest, careless and imprudent driving, and speeding. Johnson was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail.
The highway patrol reports a Cameron resident, 39-year old Kenneth Regina, was arrested Saturday morning in DeKalb County and accused of leaving the scene of a vehicle crash, possession of methamphetamine, tampering with physical evidence for a felony, driving while intoxicated/drugs, possession of fewer than ten grams of marijuana, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron woman sustained serious injuries in an accident eight miles west of Old Pattonsburg on Friday night, April 23rd, involving a sports utility vehicle. A private vehicle transported the driver, 69-year-old Mary Probert, to the Liberty Hospital. The SUV traveled north on Route D before allegedly failing to stop for […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Gilman City man sustained minor injuries as the result of the Kenworth truck he drove failing to negotiate a curve in Old Pattonsburg on the morning of April 23rd. An ambulance transported 55-year-old Timothy Kollanda to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The truck traveled west on Route Z […]
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to make the public aware of the Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Patrol Response Operation To Enforcement of Construction zone Traffic) enforcement projects scheduled for Monday, April 26, 2021, and Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The projects are part of a joint effort with the Missouri […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Chester Scott Burress, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri for the sexual trafficking of a child. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit and the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Meadville woman sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove swerved to miss a deer seven miles northeast of Meadville the morning of April 21st. An ambulance transported 40-year-old Angela Wiles to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The car traveled east on Route B before running off the right […]
A Trenton man was arrested in Grundy County on the morning of April 20th as a fugitive from out of state. The Highway Patrol reports 31-year-old Derek Baker’s original charges were five counts of possession of child pornography. Baker has been charged with felony fugitive from out of state. The arrest warrant was from Nebraska. […]
