A Laclede resident was hurt when the pickup truck he was operating traveled off Highway 139 and hit a fuel barrel east of Sumner. Sixty-four-year-old Buddy McCune was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with moderate injuries. The crash happened during the noon hour Saturday three miles east of Sumner as the pickup was […]
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Purdin woman injured in rollover crash near Laclede
The Highway Patrol reports a Purdin woman sustained minor injuries when the car she drove overturned two and a half miles north of Laclede the morning of Friday, July 24th. An ambulance transported 26 year old Cheyenne McQueen to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The vehicle traveled south on Highway 5 before running off […]
Rollover crash near Eagleville injures KC man
The Highway Patrol reports a Kansas City man sustained moderate injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck a crossover and overturned seven miles north of Eagleville the afternoon of Thursday, July 23rd. Emergency medical services transported 30-year-old Seth Johnston to the Decatur County Hospital of Leon, Iowa. The pickup traveled north on Interstate 35 […]
Audio: Missouri’s Governor opposes statewide face mask order
The city council in southwest Missouri’s Springfield is considering a resolution that asks Governor Mike Parson to enact a statewide face mask order. Springfield affiliate KSGF quotes City Councilman Craig Hosmer as saying the order would benefit hospitals. Governor Mike Parson tells Missourinet he’s opposed to that. The governor says it’s not the […]
Texas man sentenced to 22-years with Missouri Department of Corrections for shooting at Super 8 motel in Bethany
A Dallas, Texas man accused of shooting another person in the chest in Bethany in April was sentenced in Harrison County Thursday, July 23rd after waiving formal arraignment and pleading guilty. Twenty-one-year-old Jackson Mateo Miesse was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 11 years on felony assault—first degree, 11 years on felony armed criminal […]
St. Joseph man involved in crash arrested on multiple accusations
The highway patrol reports a St. Joseph man has been arrested on multiple allegations. Thirty six year old Nicholas Newton was taken into custody about 9:30 Tuesday morning in Livingston County The highway patrol has accused Newton of felony tampering with a motor vehicle and felony possession of a controlled substance– methamphetamine. Newton also is […]
Missouri hospitals scramble to use new COVID-19 reporting system, or risk losing federal help
The federal government abruptly instructed the nation’s hospitals to shift last week to a new system of reporting COVID-19 data. Missouri Hospital Association spokesman Dave Dillon tells Missourinet they were given 72 hours to make the switch. “That’s when the wheels started coming off the wagon because the state data is linked to the federal […]
Weekly report from Wright Memorial and Hedrick Medical Center show increase of almost 500 tests for COVID-19
Information announced this morning shows 2,519 tests for COVID-19 have been conducted through Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe and Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. That’s an increase of 493 in the past week. Wright Memorial has tested 767 people with 516 of those from Grundy County, 127 from Mercer County, 17 from Livingston County, and […]
Cameron teenager and infant daughter injured after being sideswiped by stolen RV
Three people were hurt a motorcoach recreational vehicle made an improper pass and hit the side of a car in Holt. The RV went off the road and overturned onto its top and the car went off the road and came to rest on its wheels. The driver of the RV, 36-year old Dustin Leach […]
Kidder woman life-flighted after crash near Lake of the Ozarks
A Kidder resident received serious injuries Saturday night in a traffic accident south of Lake of the Ozarks. Forty-eight-year-old Marlo Crabb of Kidder was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. She was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by 50-year old Dale Crabb, also of Kidder, who was not reported hurt. […]
Browning man life-flighted after hitting creek bank, accused of DWI
A Browning resident was hurt Saturday night when the pickup truck he was driving went off a country road and hit a creek bank west of Browning. Thirty-year-old Cody Lane was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. The crash happened one mile west of Browning on Elk Road as […]
ATV strikes parked SUV head-on injuring 3, driver accused of driving while intoxicated
Three people were hurt early Sunday when an all-terrain vehicle hit a stationary vehicle head-on in Carroll County and were ejected from the vehicle. Two passengers, 20-year old Christian Coats of Norborne and a 16-year old juvenile boy from Orrick, were taken by private vehicle to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton with serious injuries. The […]
Patrol announces written and skills test for all license classes to return to normal dates and times
Highway Patrol Troop B Commanding Officer Captain James Wilt announces that written and skills testing for all classes of licenses will return to their normal dates and times in each of the troop’s 16 counties, effective Monday, July 20th. Testing locations, dates, and times can be found on the Patrol’s website under the Patrol Station […]
Two life-flighted to KC hospitals after ATV crash in Carroll County
Two people were injured Thursday night in rural Carroll county in an accident involving all-terrain vehicles when one of the ATVs had come to a stop along County Road 361 when it was struck from the rear by the other. The operator of the stopped vehicle, 22-year-old Quinton Johnson of Hale, was not reported injured. […]
One dead, one injured in rollover crash on Highway 36
One person was killed and another injured on Thursday afternoon when a sports utility vehicle traveled off a highway and overturned ejecting both occupants. The accident, just before 4 pm Thursday, happened on the westbound Highway 36 off-ramp to Highway 63 at Macon. Pronounced dead at Samaritan Hospital was the driver, 73 year old David […]
9th annual Red Cross blood drive in memory of Zach Cupp set for August 1, 2020
For the ninth consecutive year the American Red Cross is teaming up with family and friends and Marceline Fire and Rescue to host a blood drive in memory of Zach Cupp on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Walsworth Community Center, 124 Ritchie, in Marceline. In August 2012, Zach Cupp was […]
Driver injured after Big rig overturns on Highway 6
A truck driver from Ridgeway was injured when the big rig he was driving ran off Highway 6 in western Grundy County and overturned onto its side striking a MoDOT highway sign in the process. Thirty one year old Travis Ury received moderate injuries and was taken by Grundy county EMS to the Wright Memorial […]
Audio: Governor Parson signs bill letting long-term care patients put video cameras in their rooms
Governor Parson has signed a bill into law that lets long-term care center patients put electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. St. Louis Representative Jim Murphy says his legislation allows devices like video cameras to be placed within patient rooms at Missouri nursing homes, assisted living centers, and mental hospitals. Under the plan, a visible […]
Milan man injured after SUV strikes deer in roadway
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man sustained minor injuries when the sport utility vehicle he drove struck a deer and overturned about five and a half miles south of Milan the morning of Tuesday, July 14th. A private vehicle transported 22 year old Robert Carmack to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital of Milan. The […]
Weekly COVID-19 update from Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center
The Grundy County Health Department today reported there have been 22 positive Covid-19 cases since testing began. This includes one death and two of the cases remain active in Grundy County. Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital announced the COVID-19 testing has reached 2,254 as of Monday morning. That’s an increase in the number […]