Traffic Accident

Pickup strikes farm tractor on Highway 36

A Callao man sustained minor injuries when a pickup truck struck a farm tractor due to hazardous road conditions one-half mile west of Callao overnight (Tuesday 1:20 am). An ambulance transported tractor driver, 50-year-old Nathan Ford, to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The driver of the pickup, 57-year-old Dale Palmer, was not reported as injured. […]

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Two from Wheeling hurt in Linn County crash

An accident early Monday evening in Linn County injured two residents of Wheeling. Fifty-year-old Karla Knouse and her daughter, 22-year-old Alexis Knouse, received minor injuries and went to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. Both women were using seat belts. The pickup driven by Karla Knouse was eastbound on Highway 36 when it went out of […]

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Two injured in crash south of Bethany

An accident south of Bethany Monday afternoon injured two people in two different vehicles. Sustaining moderate injuries were one driver, 48-year-old Janie Harding of Ridgeway, and a passenger in the other vehicle 41-year-old Angela Labee of Jameson. Both were transported by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. Ms. Labee was riding in a […]

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One killed, two injured in Clinton County crash

One person was killed and two others injured in a Clinton County collision Monday night three miles east of Lathrop. Seventy-nine-year-old Leonard Vanderpool of Cowgill was pronounced dead at the scene. Three people from Cameron in another vehicle were taken by two emergency medical service units to Liberty Hospital. Fifty-eight-year-old Fang Ming and 16-year-old Anna […]

Death Penalty or Capital Punishment

Audio: Missouri Supreme Court to consider capital punishment case and whether state’s death penalty is unconstitutional

The Missouri Supreme Court will determine whether a man was wrongly given capital punishment and whether the state’s death penalty law is unconstitutional.     Former US Army soldier and Dent County Sheriff’s Deputy Marvin Rice was convicted of murdering the mother of his child and her boyfriend in December 2011. After the incident, Rice […]

Rollover Accident

Eagleville teen demolishes vehicle after losing control on snow-covered roadway

A single vehicle rollover accident on a snow-covered road Sunday evening in Harrison county injured an Eagleville teenager. Seventeen-year-old Olivia Babinski was taken by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. Babinski was northbound when the sports utility vehicle went out of control on snow-covered Route W, the vehicle crossed […]

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Jamesport man hurt in Highway 6 crash

A Jamesport man sustained injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck a car in Winston and ran off the road Thursday evening. Fifty-nine-year-old Rock Dirks did not seek immediate medical treatment of minor injuries but was later taken by family to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver of the car, 57-year-old Joyce Hullinger of […]

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Three of six passengers injured in Tuesday evening crash east of Chillicothe; driver arrested on multiple allegations

Three people out of six who reported injuries were taken to the hospital who were involved in a sports utility vehicle accident Tuesday night on an icy road three miles east of Chillicothe.  The driver, who was not injured, was later arrested by the highway patrol. Thirty-six-year-old Mathew Pike of Chillicothe was driving westbound with six […]

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Highway 63 crash injures three

The Highway Patrol reports two Macon residents and one Farmington woman sustained injuries when a pickup truck slid on a snow-covered road and overturned one mile south of Jacksonville Friday afternoon. The driver, 23-year-old John Myers, and passenger 22-year-old Rose Masten, both of Macon, as well as passenger 24-year-old Daniele Janis of Farmington, were transported […]

Fatal Wreck

Crash in Platte County kills one, injures another

A two-vehicle crash early this morning in Platte County has claimed the life of one person and injured another. The highway patrol reports 31-year-old Aaron Lancaster was fatally injured and 19-year-old Matthew Tate of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas received moderate injuries and transported by EMS to North Kansas City Hospital. Tate was westbound on a lettered […]

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One dead, two injured in crash on Interstate 49

One person was killed and two others injured early Saturday night when a car hit the rear of another auto stopped on Interstate 49 south of Harrisonville. Fatally injured was the operator of the stopped vehicle, 82-year-old Doris Graef of Harrisonville. An occupant in the other car, 28-year old Lauren Findley of Archie, was flown […]

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One dead, one injured in northeast Missouri crash

One teenager was killed and another was seriously hurt when a car went off a road in far northeast Missouri, striking a tree, and overturning. Fatally injured was the driver, 18-year-old Damon Krogmeier of Kahoka. A passenger, 18-year-old Logan Claiborne, also of Kahoka, was taken to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois with serious injuries. The […]