Livingston County will host a truck and tractor pull on July 6th with competition to be held at the fairgrounds area of the Litton Ag Science center off Highway 190 northwest of Chillicothe. Organizers report they will be running two tracks and two sleds. Track one features eight categories and is sponsored by Brotherton Truck […]
Shortage of cattle forage is forcing some Ozark herd owners to chop trees to feed leaves. That method was used in big droughts of the 1930s and 1950s. Damage comes from more than an intense drought, said Craig Roberts, University of Missouri forage specialist in a weekly teleconference. Regional extension specialists update state staff on […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained serious injuries when a car collided with his motorcycle Wednesday evening. Twenty-two year old Drew King traveled east on Missouri 11 six miles north of Brashear when a westbound car, driven by 22-year-old Emily Schleffinger of Crystal Lake, Illinois, crossed the center of the road and struck […]
Of all the factors that led to the off-target movement of dicamba in 2017, volatility remains the most controversial. Older formulations, such as Banvel and Clarity, have long been known to volatilize when sprayed under certain environmental conditions. Engenia, FeXapan, and XtendiMax were all marketed as dicamba formulations substantially lower in volatility than previous formulations. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Breckenridge resident sustained moderate injuries when a tractor-trailer truck struck her sports utility vehicle five miles east of Hamilton Wednesday afternoon. The Patrol notes 18-year-old Samantha Johnson attempted to overtake the truck, driven by 54-year-old Nathaniel Jeffries of Kankakee, Illinois on westbound U. S. Highway 36 but did not allow […]
One truck driver was hospitalized and another escaped injury when two semis’s collided last night west of Waverly. The highway patrol reports 49-year-old Michael Schwartz of Hettick, Illinois was flown by medical helicopter (Life Flight) to the Research Medical Center in Kansas City with serious injuries. The truck Schwartz was driving was eastbound on Highway […]
The Highway Patrol reports three individuals sustained injuries in three separate accidents in Harrison County Tuesday morning. Fifty-year-old Lori Croley of Trenton traveled west on Route H three miles west of Gilman City when her vehicle crossed the center of the road and ran off the south side. Then the vehicle overturned before coming to rest […]
The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire northeast of Trenton Monday night. The fire department reports high winds and dry surface fuels made the fire in a field at Route NN and Northeast 45th Street difficult to control. Galt Fire Protection District provided assistance and brush trucks from both fire […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports it will install additional safety devices on U. S. Route 63 near Kirksville. Interactive flashing lights and signs will be installed in the next few weeks on either side of the intersections of Illinois and East Shepherd Streets in order to alert motorists on U. S. 63 of vehicles […]
A traffic accident two miles north of Marceline injured two Illinois residents while a third from Illinois was not hurt. The accident happened about 5:25 pm Sunday on U.S. Highway 36 about a quarter mile east of the Highway 5 junction as a car driven by 43-year-old Lucia Trujillo-Morales was eastbound, passing another vehicle when […]
A couple from Machesney Park, Illinois was injured last night in an accident four miles north of Unionville. The highway patrol reports the sports utility vehicle they occupied apparently crossed the center of a road and struck a unit being towed by a pickup. The report listed injuries as serious for the driver of the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a family from Zion, Illinois was transported by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center after an accident in Clinton County Monday night. Forty-seven-year-old Tracy Pennell drove on northbound Interstate 35 when the family’s car lost a wheel about two miles northeast of Lathrop. Tracy Pennell lost control of the vehicle […]
Two people were hurt, when according to the highway patrol, a pickup truck failed to yield and was hit by a car on Highway 6 west of Kirksville. The driver of the pickup, 75-year old Larry Hayes of Milan, was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with moderate injuries. The driver of the […]
Eight miles north of Eagleville, 19-year-old Shiloh Leavitt of St. Jacob, Illinois received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. She was a passenger in a car driven by her father, 51-year-old Richard Leavitt of Bluegrass, Iowa who wasn’t hurt. The highway patrol reports the car was southbound […]
An Illinois truck driver was treated and released following the big rigs’ rollover accident yesterday morning one mile east of Stewartsville. At 5:30 Thursday morning, 35-year-old John Zimmerman of Mount Sterling, Illinois was westbound when the semi tractor-trailer traveled off the south side of U.S 36, and overturned onto its driver’s side in the median. Zimmerman […]
Monday night on Interstate 35 in Clinton county, two vehicles were southbound when, according to the highway patrol, a van struck the rear of a pickup truck from behind. Both vehicles traveled to the shoulder of I-35 and came to a stop. The accident, five miles south of Cameron, involved a pickup driven by 49-year-old […]
An Illinois man was hurt when the sports utility vehicle he was driving hit the rear of a pickup truck east of Hamilton. 60-year-old James Stromer of Westchester, Illinois was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The driver of the pickup, 42-year-old Melissa Webb of Breckenridge, was not reported hurt. The accident […]
An Illinois woman was taken to a hospital after the sports utility vehicle she was driving was involved in an I-35 accident Sunday afternoon in Daviess County. 24-year-old Katrina Emery of Cary, Illinois was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The highway patrol reports Ms. Emery was northbound in the passing […]
The Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC otherwise known as the Grain Belt Express has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate, and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line, and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe […]
In rural Harrison county, two men from Algonquin, Illinois were in a car northbound on Interstate 35, according to the highway patrol, when the driver, 21-year-old Travis Lane, apparently fell asleep. The car traveled off the east side of the highway and struck an embankment. Lane received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to […]
