The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the results of its 2017 Public Opinion Survey. The Patrol received a 91.2% overall approval rating with 92.7% of the respondents also rating the Patrol’s appearance, attitude, and demeanor as good or excellent. About three out of five respondents reported having direct contact with the Patrol. Eighty-nine point three […]
A Lathrop man has been injured in an I-35 traffic accident at Cameron. The highway patrol reports 34-year-old Matthew Carrel was taken by ambulance Monday morning to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious Injuries. Carrel’s northbound pickup went off the east side of Interstate 35 and struck a guardrail. The vehicle came to […]
An investigation by the Chillicothe Police Department, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old Chillicothe man on drug charges. The police department reports a Livingston County search warrant was executed in the 200 block of East Bridge Street in Chillicothe after a report of […]
Captain James E. Wilt, the commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces the following Troop B transfer. Trooper Keenan J. Cool will transfer from Troop H, Zone 10, Daviess and DeKalb counties, to Troop B, Zone 3, Putnam and Sullivan counties. Cool was appointed to the Patrol on January 2, 2014, and after graduating from […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two men in Putnam County for drugs Friday night. The Patrol accused 28-year-old Dexter Bartmess of Unionville of possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana as well as possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also accused of failure to dim headlights, failure to display valid plates, no […]
The Highway Patrol Troop B will conduct driving while intoxicated saturations in Linn County this month. Commanding Officer Captain James Wilt says special enforcement operations, such as DWI saturations, enable the Patrol to enhance its efforts in removing impaired drivers from the roads. He adds that driving while impaired continues to be a major contributing […]
The Highway Patrol conducted a driving while intoxicated saturation in Harrison County this weekend. Troop H Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald reports six officers patrolled the county from Saturday night at 7 o’clock to Sunday morning at 3 o’clock. Officers arrested two individuals for DWI, three minors in possession, and two individuals for misdemeanor drugs. […]
A Kansas City man is to appear in circuit court at Trenton next month after being charged with a felony and two misdemeanor counts stemming from a rollover, injury accident last week. The crash happened last Thursday on Highway 6 east of Trenton and the arrest was made by the State Highway Patrol. A charge […]
A Trenton man has died in an accident just after 12 a.m. Saturday in Doniphan County, Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a Polaris UTV driven by Steven Greg Sims, 50, of Trenton was northbound on Ash Point Road just south of 170 Road when the UTV rolled onto its right side. The driver and […]
Highway Patrol Troop H will conduct a driving while intoxicated saturation in Daviess County in September. Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald says areas for special enforcement are based on a high number of drinking-related crashes, the high number of contacts with drivers who have been drinking, and officers’ input as to probable contact with DWI […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Cameron woman in Dekalb County early Tuesday morning. The Patrol accused 58-year-old Therese Lewis of the misdemeanor of driving while intoxicated as well as no insurance and possession of marijuana, prior offender. She was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail on a 12-hour hold.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol asks the public to be aware of and plan for the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. The eclipse will follow a diagonal path across Missouri approximately from St. Joseph in the west to Ste. Genevieve in the east. Thousands of visitors are expected to arrive in the days […]
The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Topeka, Kansas resident Sunday afternoon in Daviess County. According to patrol, 35-year-old Derrick Thomas was arrested on a warrant from Shawnee County, Kansas for alleged violation of a sex offender registration act. The original charges, according to the patrol, are first-degree child molestation and first-degree statutory rape. […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Kansas man was arrested early Saturday afternoon in Daviess County He was accused of felony tampering with a motor vehicle, felony possession of stolen property, felony leaving the scene of an accident, speeding 107 miles an hour in a 60 zone, failure to drive on the right half […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Kansas City, Missouri man on an out-of-state warrant in Daviess County Thursday afternoon. Forty-nine-year-old Clarence Williams was arrested for a Shelby County, Tennessee warrant for felony rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery. The Patrol also accused him of not having a valid operator’s license. Williams […]
A Funeral service for 27-year-old Jeffrey Carl Bowman of Chillicothe will be Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Calvary Baptist Church of Chillicothe with burial in the Plainview Cemetery of Chula. A scheduled family visitation will be Tuesday night from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock at the Lindley Funeral Home of Chillicothe. Survivors of […]
The highway patrol reports arrests of motorists in Livingston and Daviess Counties Sunday evening. The highway patrol said 34-year-old Jeffrey Davenport of Chillicothe was arrested about 6:30 pm on a Livingston County sheriff’s office felony warrant for driving while revoked. Davenport also was accused of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. […]
While the whereabouts of 19-year-old Tanner Ward of Trenton remains a mystery, local authorities have now issued a warrant for his arrest. Online court information shows a probation violation report was filed Tuesday by the Missouri Probation and Parole. The information also shows a capias warrant was issued July 6 at the request of the […]
Livingston County Sheriff Deputy Chris Mueller and canine Deputy Zaki assisted the Highway Patrol with a drug arrest July 4th. Sheriff Steve Cox reports Zaki indicated two areas of the vehicle stopped for traffic violations on U. S. 36 near LIV 405. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of alleged cocaine. […]
The Missouri Highway Patrol Saturday arrested a Nebraska motorist on Grundy County charges involving drugs and alcohol. 52-year-old William James Fune of O’Neil, Nebraska is accused of possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine; as well as driving while intoxicated, persistent offender. Bond is $30,000 cash and Fune is scheduled for an appearance Tuesday in the […]
