Chillicothe Police, just after 6 a.m. Sunday, responded to a single-vehicle accident that injured four minors. The accident occurred at the Walnut Street entrance of Simpson Park. Officers reported a juvenile driver lost control of the vehicle, traveled off the left side of Walnut Street, and went into a creek. The juvenile driver and three […]
A Linneus resident was arrested Sunday afternoon and taken to the Macon County Jail. The highway patrol in Macon County reports 62-year-old Rodney Butterfield has been accused of felony driving while intoxicated, an alleged chronic offender, driving while his license was revoked, and failure to park a vehicle, not in motion, to the far right […]
Seven people, including a minor child, escaped injury in a boating accident Sunday evening at Long Branch Lake in Macon County. The highway patrol reports a ski boat was westbound near the main boat ramp when it struck a rock jetty that was just below the surface of the water. The boat received moderate damage […]
The highway patrol reports a Kansas City resident was arrested Saturday night in Caldwell County. Thirty-two-year-old Katie Grimes was accused of driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving involving an accident, displaying plates of another, and failure to register a motor vehicle. Grimes was taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center.
Residents of Eagleville and London, Kentucky sustained injuries when a car struck a deer and ran off the road three miles north of Eagleville on July 24 at 1:55 am. The driver was later arrested. Passengers 21-year-old Peggy Lawson and 21-year-old Charles Bray, both of London, Kentucky, and 18-year-old Grant Trusty of Eagleville were taken by […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Mendon teen sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove overturned several times five miles east of Mendon on July 24 at 1 am. A private vehicle took the 16-year-old girl to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The car traveled west on Route C before it ran off the left […]
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that 29 troopers graduated from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, July 23, 2021. The ceremony began at 9 a.m. and took place on the South Lawn of the Missouri State Capitol. The public was invited to attend the event or watch […]
Captain Clark N. Stratton, the commanding officer of Troop H, in St. Joseph, announces the assignment of one new trooper within the Troop H area. The new trooper was a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s 111th Recruit Class that graduated from the Patrol Academy on July 23, 2021. The new trooper will report […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of July 26 through August 1. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a woman and a boy from Novinger sustained minor injuries when a pickup truck struck a minivan two miles west of Kirksville on Friday afternoon, July 23. A private vehicle took the minivan driver, 31-year-old Samantha Sthole, and her seven-year-old passenger to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. No injuries […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports no one was arrested after officers responded to a call of an alleged domestic violence in progress the night of July 22, in which a male was reportedly pointing a handgun at a victim. The Highway Patrol and a Chillicothe Police officer also responded to a home in the north […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting arrests Thursday evening, July 22, 2021, in Daviess and Caldwell counties. A man from Tomball, Texas, 39-year-old Harry Hicks, was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. The highway patrol in Daviess County accused Hicks of resisting arrest, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, […]
A Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in the Springfield, Mo., area. Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, of Everton, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to commit […]
A Unionville man arrested by the Highway Patrol in Sullivan County Thursday morning, July 22 has been charged with two felonies. Thirty-one-year-old Matthew Whitlock faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident, second offense, and operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license, third and subsequent offense. He also faces a misdemeanor […]
The Highway Patrol reports an Excelsior Springs man sustained moderate injuries when a motorcycle ran off the road one mile west of Jamesport Thursday morning, July 22. Emergency medical services transported 51-year-old Leslie Keasling to Liberty Hospital. The motorcycle traveled east on Highway 6 before it failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the […]
Highway Patrol troopers working in Daviess County have made separate arrests this week of two drivers for alleged alcohol consumption and drug usage. Sixty-year-old Savannah resident Ricky L. Smith was arrested Wednesday evening and accused of felony driving while intoxicated as well as possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He’s also accused of failure to […]
A woman from Texas faces charges in Caldwell County after she allegedly took a vehicle without permission and left her five year old son on the side of a highway July 19th. Online court information shows 24 year old Josephine Louise Barrera of San Antonio, Texas has been charged with the felonies of first degree […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory until further notice. The advisory boundaries are from U. S. Highway 136 to the Grundy County line and from the Weldon Fork of the Grand River to Route Y.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is taking part in the American Association of State Troopers’ “2021 America’s Best Looking Cruiser Contest” and invites the public to vote for the MSHP’s cruiser. The 2021 MSHP submission features a marked, black MSHP Dodge Charger sitting in front of a rustic barn with the U.S. flag painted on […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt presented two St. Charles City Police Department officers with his “Back the Blue” award. Officer Dillon Porzel and Officer Christopher Scanga were honored with the award in a ceremony at the St. Charles Police Department headquarters. “Our state’s law enforcement make tough decisions and incredible sacrifices every single day. As […]
