The Highway Patrol reports an Indianola, Iowa man sustained serious injuries when the Freightliner truck he drove hit the towed unit of a Kenworth truck in northeastern Clinton County at noon on Friday, October 15. An ambulance took 61-year-old James Paul to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. No injuries were reported for the other […]
A registered sex offender compliance check in Chillicothe on October 14 resulted in the arrest of a 71-year-old man about an incident on October 7 in which a man allegedly exposed his genitals to a female child inside a business. The Chillicothe Police Department reports Police Chief Jon Maples and Sheriff Steve Cox conducted an […]
Andrew County Interstate 29 – Bridge replacement project northbound over Hopkins Creek (mile marker 58) through October * (Capital Paving & Construction, LLC) I-29 – Bridge painting project at the Nodaway River Bridge (mile marker 66.4) through mid-November I-229 – Permit work north of Route K, Oct. 16 – 22 One lane will remain open […]
Smithfield and Roeslein Energy have made a $30,000 donation to the Grundy County Industrial Development Corporation to help the IDC with costs associated with the Thompson River Bank Stabilization Project, taking place on Highway 6 west of Trenton. The IDC has committed to pay for engineering costs associated with the work along with any cost […]
Drivers from Polo and Kansas City were injured in an accident Thursday afternoon three miles east of Lathrop. Both drivers received moderate injuries and were taken by EMS to Liberty Hospital. The car driven by 31-year-old Sedina Dzilic of Kanas City had halted for a stop sign on Highway 69; then drove into the path […]
(Missouri Independent) – On Tuesday, a reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state that Social Security numbers of school teachers and administrators were vulnerable to public exposure due to flaws on a website maintained by Missouri’s department of education. The newspaper agreed to hold off publishing any story while the department fixed the problem and […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Brashear man sustained moderate injuries when he was ejected from the motorcycle he drove six miles west of LaPlata on Wednesday night, October 13. A private vehicle transported 23-year-old Lucas Grgurich to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The motorcycle traveled north on Hilton Avenue before he reportedly lost […]
The first bridge to be replaced under the FARM (Fixing Access to Rural Missouri) Bridge Program is Route B over Smokey Branch in Linn County, just west of Missouri Route 139 and north of Meadville. The road will close on Monday, October 25, 2021, for construction and will remain closed until the end of February […]
A Highway 24 accident in Carroll County early Wednesday evening injured drivers of two vehicles. Injuries were minor for 30-year-old Patrick Swan of Brunswick and 18-year-old Trenton Kiesling of Buckner. Swan was taken to Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall and Kiesling went to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. Kiesling’s sports utility vehicle crossed the centerline […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Jose I. Gonzales, 39, of West Plains, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On July 23, 2020, Gonzales pleaded guilty to […]
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory until further notice due to water main repair. The advisory affects Sullivan Rural Water customers on Highway 11 from the intersection of Highway 129 and Highway 11 north to Nevada Road. It includes Niagua Road, Moss Drive, and Mitoon Road.
The Missouri Department of Conservation congratulates 15 new conservation agents upon their graduation from MDC’s 2021 Conservation Agent Training Academy. The agent class of 2021 took the Conservation Agent’s Oath during a special graduation ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 12 at Richardson Fine Arts Center on the Lincoln University campus in Jefferson City. MDC Director Sara Parker […]
Trenton Municipal Utilities staff will begin flushing the distribution system in the area east of Highway 65 and to the City limits on the east side of town beginning Thursday, October 14th and running through the remaining month of October and possibly into the first week in November. Flushing the water system is a semi-annual […]
A Marceline man charged with 43 counts of first-degree sex offenses had counts bound over to Division One of Linn County Circuit Court on October 13th. Online court information indicates the court found probable cause to believe Roger Cupp committed 32 counts that involved statutory rape, attempted statutory rape, and statutory sodomy. He was bound […]
Saturday, October 16, 2021, has been designated National Move Over Day to remind drivers to help protect emergency personnel working on the side of the road. In 2020, three people were killed and 51 injured in the 231 traffic crashes involving parked emergency vehicles displaying emergency lights. Preliminary statistics indicate there have been 168 traffic […]
Captain Ryan A. Burckhardt, director of the Missouri Information Analysis Center, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, Missouri, is transferring to Troop C, Weldon Spring, Missouri, where he will serve as commanding officer. Burckhardt joined the Patrol on July 1, 1997, as a member of the 74th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, […]
Promoters are calling it a Freedom March and it’s set for Tuesday, October 12, 2021, in the north part of Chillicothe. Those participating are to park vehicles at 405 Park Lane. The group, at 5:30, plans to march on the public sidewalk along Washington Street which also is Highway 65. The group said the event […]
Three teenagers from Brookfield were injured Sunday afternoon when a truck ran off a Linn County road at a curve and overturned two miles east of Brookfield. The youths, ages 16 and 17, were taken by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. The driver received minor injuries and the two passengers received moderate […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an Atchison, Kansas resident was arrested Saturday morning in Clinton County. Forty-three-year-old Christopher Baker was accused of resisting arrest by fleeing causing a substantial risk, careless and imprudent driving, failure to drive on the right half of the road, and failure to signal. Baker was taken to the Clinton […]
One person was hurt when two vehicles attempted to turn at a Polo intersection. Seventy-seven-year-old Sherry Funk of Stanberry was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. She was a passenger in a sports utility vehicle driven by 78-year old Herman Funk of Stanberry who wasn’t hurt. The driver of the other vehicle, […]
