Drugs

Audio: Representative Vicky Hartzler wants Missouri to institute drug monitoring program

U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler wants Missouri to join the rest of the country in instituting a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. Hartzler met with Boone County Hospital officials Tuesday to discuss the opioid epidemic.     Boone County and about half of Missouri’s counties currently participate in a monitoring program established by Saint Louis County […]

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Driver totals van on Highway 6 west of Novinger

The Highway Patrol reports two Milan residents sustained minor injuries when the minivan in which they were passengers slid on ice and overturned four miles west of Novinger Wednesday morning. Thirty-year-old Mele Celestine and 30-year-old Simbi Nkuazoosala were transported by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital of Milan. Driver 23-year-old Jacque Matoondo Nitu of […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol reports arrest of two area women

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two women in area counties Tuesday on various allegations. Twenty-year-old Angela Young of Lake Ozark was accused of speeding 16 to 19 miles per hour over the limit, possession of marijuana—10 grams or less, and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. She was released on a summons. The Patrol […]

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Chillicothe woman injured in Saline County crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe woman sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident in Saline County Tuesday morning. A personal vehicle transported 35-year-old Mandy Stover to Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. Stover traveled south on Highway 65 when the sports utility vehicle she drove ran off the right side of the road south […]

Traffic Accident

Three transported to hospital after crashing on I-35

Three women, including two from Cameron, were taken to a hospital Monday night with minor injuries following a single vehicle accident in Clay County. Twenty-six-year-old Shelbe Monzingo was driving southbound when the car went off the left side of Interstate 35 and struck a guard rail. Her passengers were 37-year-old April Brown of Cameron and […]

Vehicle Crash

KC woman rolls vehicle on I-35

A Kansas City resident was injured Monday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving went out of control on the ice and slush and rolled over on Interstate 35 in Harrison County three miles north of Bethany. Fifty-three-year-old Melody Shoemaker received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. […]

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Milan man loses control of SUV on county road

The highway patrol reports a Milan resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle he was driving slid off a road Northeast of Milan, traveled over a bridge, became airborne and landed in a creek striking an embankment. Seventy-four-year-old Lanny Crawford was transported by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with moderate […]

Big Rig Crash

Driver totals big rig west of Meadville

The Highway Patrol reports a Brunswick man sustained moderate injuries when the tractor-trailer he drove ran off the road one mile west of Meadville on Friday. An ambulance transported 63-year-old Harold Goodwin to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The truck traveled east on Highway 36 before running off the right side of the road and […]

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Big rigs crash on I-35 in Harrison County

Residents of Georgia and Nebraska were injured early Thursday morning in an Interstate 35 accident in Harrison county involved two tractor trailers. A Freightliner driven by a Minneapolis, Minnesota man, 45-year-old Abdurazaq Jama, had already jack-knifed in a crash causing the semi and towed unit to block a majority of the southbound Interstate. A Peterbilt […]

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Four injured on ice covered I-35 south of Eagleville

The Highway Patrol reports several individuals sustained moderate injuries when a pickup truck lost control on ice and overturned five miles south of Eagleville Wednesday afternoon. Forty-five-year-old Sara Canelas and 13-year-old Isaac Verduzco, both of Colby, Kansas were transported by North Harrison Ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. Forty-one-year-old Jose Verduzco-Hernandez of Colby, […]