One person was injured on Wednesday afternoon when a car ran off a lettered route two miles west of Marceline. Taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital was 25-year-old Cole Green of Triplett who was a passenger in a car driven by 24-year-old Corbin Cockrell of Marceline, who wasn’t hurt. The car was northbound when it went […]
A four-year-old Trenton boy was hurt when the car he was a passenger in was hit by a truck in Spickard. The boy was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton with moderate injuries. The driver of the car, 28-year old Samantha Lynch of Trenton, and the driver of the Peterbilt truck, […]
Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick joined Missouri bankers across the state to voice concerns about an Internal Revenue Service proposal requiring financial institutions to turn over financial account information for accounts with inflows or outflows totaling more than $10,000. At stops in St. Charles, Jefferson City, and Springfield, the Treasurer and Missouri financial institution leaders […]
Olivia Carter is the 2021 School Counselor of the Year, Missouri School Counselor of the Year, and the school counselor at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Carter, who has been a counselor for ten years, says she thinks she was chosen for the national award after helping her elementary school reduce in-school discipline […]
(Missouri Independent) – Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for the Biden administration to intervene to block the state’s new emergency regulation that abortion advocates contend could cut off Medicaid funding for its clinics around the state. Without federal action, Planned Parenthood said it may need to turn to the courts. […]
A Marceline resident was hurt when the pickup truck he was driving overturned off a lettered road in Macon County. Thirty-eight-year-old Jason Farris was taken by private vehicle to Samaritan Hospital in Macon with minor injuries. The accident happened early Saturday four miles south of Bevier on Route C as the northbound pickup went off […]
(Missouri Independent) – Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for the Biden administration to intervene to block the state’s new emergency regulation that abortion advocates contend could cut off Medicaid funding for its clinics around the state. Without federal action, Planned Parenthood said it may need to turn to the courts. […]
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, […]
A Maryville resident received serious injuries when a utility terrain vehicle crashed north of Maryville. Sixty-year-old Phillip McGinley was ejected from the UTV and flown by medical helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Mcginley was a passenger on the UTV, which was operated by 31-year old Adam Mattson of Maryville. Mattson […]
A Cameron woman was injured Monday night in an Interstate 35 accident five miles south of Cameron. Twenty-four-year-old Kelcey Ross was taken by ambulance to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the truck, Menno Bontrager, wasn’t hurt. Ms. Ross was southbound, on northbound I-35 when a head-on collision occurred with a northbound pickup […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced new legislation to make social media companies liable for bodily or mental harm their products cause to children. Senator Hawley’s bill would close the Section 230 loophole protecting these companies and allow parents to sue and obtain damages from social media companies wholly or partly responsible for harm to users under […]
A Rushville resident was hurt when she drove through a T-intersection where a stop sign was not visible. Seventy-six-year-old Joyce Newton was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. The accident happened late Saturday morning in southwestern Buchanan County about three miles south of Rushville. Ms. Newton was eastbound on Blakley […]
Approximately 50 community members attended a special meeting of the Grundy County Health Department Board of Trustees on September 30, 2021. The meeting addressed isolation and quarantine at schools and more than a dozen individuals spoke. Before comments were made by the public, Board President NiCole Neal began the meeting by saying the health department […]
A pedestrian was struck Sunday night at approximately 8:45 pm by a vehicle while she was attempting to cross Highway 6 in Altamont. Twenty-year-old Cassie James of Cameron received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter (LifeFlight Eagle) to Truman Medical Center. The car was driven by 28-year-old Nicole Gutierrez of Gallatin who wasn’t […]
A Browning man was injured early Thursday evening when the vehicle he was driving struck the rear of a tractor\-trailer truck approximately one-half mile east of Browning. Sixty-four-year-old Michael Taylor received minor injuries and was to seek his own treatment. The truck driver wasn’t hurt. Taylors’ sports utility vehicle was westbound on Route O when […]
A King City resident was hurt when the car he was driving traveled off a lettered route in Gentry County, overturned several times, and ejected the driver from the vehicle. Twenty-eight-year-old Jesse Chitwood was transported by Grand River Ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. The crash happened early Saturday approximately […]
A Lineville, Iowa resident was hurt late Saturday night in Princeton when the car she was driving went off a street and crashed into a building on High Street South of Highway 65 Seventy-six-year-old Linda Conlon was taken to Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa with moderate injuries. The car was southbound on Highway 65, […]
A Marceline resident was hurt late Saturday afternoon in a three-vehicle accident in Chariton County. Twenty-three-year-old Dylon Ewigman was taken to the University of Missouri Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the car, 33-year old Kristen Lee of Marceline, was not reported hurt. The crash happened on Route E three miles east of Rothville […]
Limiting women’s access to abortion and other reproductive health care can have a devastating impact on state economies. According to new data from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, restrictions on the books in Nebraska cost the state $1 billion annually in lost income, productivity, and state revenues. Andi Curry Grubb, Nebraska state director for Planned […]
A Linn County accident on Highway 5 injured a Marceline resident Wednesday morning two miles north of Marceline. Seventy-one-year-old Mary Murphy was taken by ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with moderate injuries. The other driver, 21-year-old Taylor Phillips of Marceline, wasn’t hurt. The northbound minivan driven by Murphy failed to yield to an […]
