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16-year-old killed in head-on crash near Newtown

Views: 3The Highway Patrol reports a Newtown teenager died and two area residents sustained minor injuries as the result of a pickup truck and sport utility vehicle involved in a nearly head-on crash two miles northwest of Newtown Wednesday morning. The body of 16-year-old Coy Miller was taken to the Roberson Funeral Home in Princeton. […]

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Missouri State Highway Patrol announces results of “Hazardous Moving Operation” in north Missouri

Views: 0Troop H of the Highway Patrol has announced the results of a “Hazardous Moving Operation” conducted in Caldwell, Livingston, DeKalb, and Buchanan counties. Five officers patrolled the counties during the operation, which was held Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3 o’clock, with the goal of detecting traffic violations that contribute to traffic crashes. The […]

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Cameron woman arrested on drug allegations

Views: 194A Cameron woman arrested by the Highway Patrol in Daviess County on Friday morning has been charged in Daviess County. Thirty-seven-year-old April Brown faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid as well as misdemeanors of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and […]

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Patrol reports arrest of Pattonsburg woman

Views: 1The Highway Patrol arrested a Pattonsburg woman in Harrison County Friday morning on several allegations. Thirty-one-year-old Samantha Giles has been accused of the misdemeanors of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident as well as careless and imprudent driving involving a crash, possession of under 10 grams of marijuana, and failure […]

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Troop H to conduct DWI saturation in northern Missouri

Views: 0Troop H of the Missouri State Highway Patrol will conduct three driving while intoxicated saturation events in August. The special enforcement operations will encompass every county within Troop H including Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, Mercer, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, and Worth. The areas selected for enforcement are based on a high number of drinking-related […]

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One injured in crash east of Trenton

Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Kansas City resident sustained minor injuries as the result of a car striking a utility pole about 12 miles east of Trenton Thursday morning. Emergency medical services transported 18-year-old Brittany Savage to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The driver, 17-year-old Tiffany Savage of Kansas City, was reported as not […]

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Audit of Missouri Department of Public Safety raises concerns with procedures under agency’s former director

Views: 0State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released a report raising concerns about the process used by the Missouri Department of Public Safety (DPS) under the agency’s former director when awarding and managing a contract for the coordination of fingerprint technology at local law enforcement agencies. “Missourians should have confidence their tax dollars are being used […]

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Chillicothe man strikes deer with car near Humphreys

Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a deer entered Highway 6 in western Sullivan County and was struck by an eastbound car one mile east of Humphreys. The driver, 55-year-old Mitchell Mayer of Chillicothe, received minor injuries and was taken by a personal vehicle to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. Damage to the car was […]

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Hamilton woman arrested on parole warrant

Views: 0The highway patrol reports a Sunday arrest of a Hamilton resident. Thirty-seven-year-old Michelle Nally was arrested on a felony probation and parole warrant which had an original charge of larceny. She also was arrested on a misdemeanor Caldwell County warrant on an original charge of allegedly obstructing justice. Nally was taken to the Clinton […]

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Kingston man arrested on multiple allegations

Views: 1The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Kingston man in Caldwell County on Friday afternoon on several allegations. Sixty-three-year-old Dennis Yoakum was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance—opiates, misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, speeding 26 miles per hour or more over the limit, and failure to drive on the right half of […]

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Two from Chillicothe hurt in Friday crash; driver arrested on DWI allegation

Views: 2The Highway Patrol reports two Chillicothe residents sustained injuries as the result of a minivan striking a guardrail seven miles west of Chillicothe on Friday night with the driver later arrested. An air ambulance transported passenger 33-year-old Aaron Sannipoli to Truman Medical Center of Kansas City with serious injuries. Emergency medical services transported 57-year-old […]