Two Chillicothe teens sustained injuries when a car overturned half of a mile east of Laclede the night of Friday, September 4th. The driver, a 16-year-old girl, and the passenger, a 16-year-old boy, were transported by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield with what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries. The names were […]
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Independence man injured in UTV crash near Callao
The Highway Patrol reports an Independence man sustained moderate injuries when the utility terrain vehicle he drove had a mechanical failure and he was ejected from the vehicle six miles northwest of Callao the afternoon of Friday, September 4th. A private vehicle transported 44-year-old Edgar Madrazo to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The UTV traveled […]
Planned road work in north Missouri for the week of September 7, 2020
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 September 7, 2020. MoDOT will halt temporary lanes closures throughout the state to accommodate an increase in traffic due to the Labor Day holiday. Most temporary lane closures will […]
Chillicothe man arrested on domestic assault charge
A female contacting the Chillicothe Police Department Friday, September 4th led to the arrest of a man on domestic assault—second degree. Christopher Lee Burton of Chillicothe’s bond is $25,000 cash only. He is not to have contact with the victim. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports officers began an investigation after the woman advised her […]
70-year-old man, reported missing, returns home
A 70-year-old man reported Wednesday, September 2nd as missing and possibly endangered in the Poosey Conservation Area returned home the morning of Thursday, September 3rd. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox, says his office was on scene Wednesday, September 2nd. The Chillicothe Department of Emergency Services sent an all-terrain vehicle and two medics with lighting to […]
Missouri man sentenced for arson at Planned Parenthood clinic
A Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for the arson at the Columbia Health Center (operated by Planned Parenthood Great Plains). “This defendant’s criminal behavior placed the community in an unacceptable risk of danger,” Garrison said. “We will not tolerate the use of violence and arson as a means to achieve personal political or […]
Braymer man injured in crash after attempting to avoid deer in roadway
The Highway Patrol reports a Braymer man sustained minor injuries when he attempted to avoid a deer six miles north of Braymer the morning of Wednesday, September 2nd. Twenty-six-year-old Hans Davis refused medical treatment at the scene. Davis drove a sports utility vehicle north on Route A before he attempted to avoid the deer causing […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District issues two boil advisories
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory for part of Route U until further notice. The advisory affects customers on Route U from U. S. Highway 136 to Harbor Place as well as gravel roads in between. Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil […]
Unionville man dies in crash on Highway 5
A Unionville man, 76-year-old Dennis Starnes, died Monday in an accident two miles south of Unionville. Starnes was pronounced dead at the scene by the Putnam County Coroner. A passenger in the pickup, 54-year-old Justin Kelley of Unionville, was moderately injured and taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Starnes was driving […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol announces promotions effective September 1, 2020
Captain Scott A. Shipers, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, announces the following promotions effective September 1, 2020. Trooper Beau M. Ryun is being promoted to the rank of corporal and will remain in his current assignment as a criminal interdiction officer assigned to Zone 17, Troop A’s Special Enforcement Zone. Ryun was appointed […]
Cainsville man facing drug-related charges in Grundy County
A Cainsville man facing two drug-related counts is scheduled to appear next week in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Thirty-four-year-old James Dale Coss has been charged with a felony count of unlawful possession of marijuana and with one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Court information listed the item as […]
Lexington man injured in watercraft collision on Missouri River
A Carrollton resident escaped injury when a vessel he was operating on the Missouri River was involved in a collision with another watercraft. The accident happened Sunday morning at 7:30 in LaFayette County under conditions that the highway patrol described as foggy. 51-year-old David Swearingin of Carrollton was operating a “Monster Cat” downstream while 52-year-old […]
Missouri man charged in arson at church
A Missouri, man was charged in federal court with the arson fire at Beyond Thee Four Walls Ministries this week. Christopher A. Durant, 38, of Kansas City, was charged with arson in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo. The complaint alleges that Durant set fire to the building at […]
Kidder woman injured in crash on Interstate 35
A Kidder resident was hurt Saturday morning when the pickup truck she was a passenger in was hit by a car on Interstate 35. Fifty-two-year-old Cynthia Ross was taken to North Kansas City Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the pickup, 56-year old Ricky Ross of kidder, and the operator of the car, 21-year […]
Shelbina man accused of DWI after crashing on Highway 6
A northeast Missouri resident was hurt when the pickup truck he was driving traveled off Highway 6 and overturned east of Milan. Twenty-year-old Drake Oxendale of Shelbina was taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with moderate injuries. The crash happened early Saturday approximately five miles east of Milan on Highway 6 when the […]
Teen driver sent to hospital after crashing south of Kirksville
The Highway Patrol reports a Florissant resident sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle he drove overturned 15 miles south of Kirksville. The crash happened on Friday, August 28th after the driver swerved to miss a hole in the roadway. The SUV traveled west on Highway 11 before it ran off the road, struck […]
Two-vehicle crash on Highway 291 injures Kidder woman
The Highway Patrol reports a Kidder resident sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck in which she was a passenger was struck by a car that lost control in Clay County on the morning of Saturday, August 29th. Emergency medical services transported 52-year-old Cynthia Ross to the North Kansas City Hospital. No injuries were reported […]
Carrollton man injured, Norborne teen escapes injury in two-vehicle crash on a county road
The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton man sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Carroll County on the evening of Friday, August 28th. Emergency medical services transported 37-year-old Bobby Derickson to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The other driver, a 16-year-old girl from Norborne, was reported as not injured. A crash report indicates Derickson’s […]
DeKalb County Sheriff releases details related to murder of Maysville man
More information has been released on a criminal investigation involving the death of a Maysville man Thursday, August 27th. DeKalb County Sheriff Kasey Keesaman says officers responded to the area of 1200 Highland Street in Maysville for a report of a 40-year-old male needing an ambulance as the man was found unresponsive with a gunshot […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of August 31, 2020
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 August 31st through September 6, 2020. MoDOT will halt temporary lanes closures throughout the state to accommodate an increase in traffic due to the Labor Day holiday. Most temporary […]