A man Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox called an “extremely violent” and “dangerous felon” was taken into custody Tuesday following a multi-county pursuit of a pickup truck. The man was wanted by Linn County and federal authorities, and several other law enforcement agencies were involved in the pursuit. Information obtained by authorities indicated that the […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the 2020-2021 school year calendar Monday evening. The start date for Princeton will be August 25th, and the last day is scheduled for May 19th, 2021. Snow days are built into the calendar, with a total of 1,109.1 hours. That exceeds the state minimum of 1,044 hours by […]
A Kirksville man died after the all-terrain vehicle (2010 Polaris Sportsman) he was operating hit a pickup and overturned. The accident took place on Sunday, February 2. 2020 in eastern Putnam County, one mile to the east of Martinstown. Fifty-four-year-old Clell Evans was pronounced dead at (2:10 pm) at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in […]
A pickup truck accident in La Plata on Friday afternoon, February 7, 2020, claimed the life of a La Plata man. Seventy-two-year-old William Stites was transported to the Macon County Coroner’s Office. Stites drove the pickup south on U. S. Highway 63 before it ran off the west side of the road, overcorrected, went off […]
A Gilman City man died Thursday evening in a two-vehicle crash near Jamesport. The highway patrol identified the victim as 92-year-old William Turner. He was pronounced dead at Wright Memorial Hospital nearly one hour after the wreck. The other driver, whose from Gallatin, received minor injuries. Turner’s pickup was eastbound and a sports utility vehicle […]
North Central Missouri College Foundation announces recipients of the Nancy Ball Book Scholarship. Sixteen recipients were awarded a $250 book scholarship in honor of Nancy Ball’s gift to the NCMC Foundation. Recipients were selected based on their involvement on campus, recommendation by a faculty/staff organization sponsor and a 250-word essay. “This is the first time […]
Grundy County Commissioners adopted a deficit budget for the calendar year on Wednesday, however, as in recent years, commissioners hope expenses will be less than projected and revenues come in higher than anticipated. That combination has allowed Grundy County to finish the calendar year with a balanced budget. Such was the case for 2019 when […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Lena, Louisiana man sustained minor injuries as the result of a Kenworth truck running off the road about one mile north of Pattonsburg on Tuesday morning. An ambulance transported the truck driver, 53-year-old Troy Holt, to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The driver of a pickup truck, 44-year-old […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe man sustained minor injuries when the pickup he drove lost control on ice and snow and overturned two miles north of Marceline on Friday morning. Forty-four-year-old Kelvin Kimler was taken to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The pickup traveled east on Highway 36 before it ran off the […]
An Illinois girl was hurt Saturday evening when the pickup truck she was a passenger in overturned on ice-covered Interstate 35 near Eagleville. The 16-year-old from Round Lake, Illinois was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. The girl’s father, 43-year-old Bernardo Gomez of Round Lake, was the driver of the […]
Three people were injured Sunday morning in a head-on collision when two pickup trucks collided at Parnell in eastern Nodaway County. Fifty-seven-year-old Ronald Petersen of Grant City was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in Maryville with serious injuries. The other driver, 58-year old David Auffert of Parnell, was taken by private vehicle to […]
An accident on private property in rural Caldwell County has hospitalized a Hamilton man. 54-year-old Jeffrey Dalton was injured when he was on foot and got pinned against a skid steer loader as his pickup rolled downhill. He was flown by a medical helicopter (Life Flight Eagle) to the Truman Medical Center with serious injuries. […]
An oral request for bond modification was sustained in Division One of Putnam County Circuit Court Wednesday morning for an Oskaloosa, Iowa woman reportedly involved in a pursuit and vehicle accident involving a deputy in Unionville in October. Online court information shows bond was continued for Tori Lyn Craver, and the request for bond modification […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Jameson men sustained moderate injuries in a three-vehicle accident three miles north of Cameron on Wednesday morning. The driver of a pickup truck, 60-year-old Christopher Nelson, and his passenger, 22-year-old Dylan Nelson, were transported by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver of a car, 53-year-old Donald Jennings […]
The list of topics at the Computers on the Farm conference continues to grow as more farm users enroll. The annual get-together at the Lake of the Ozarks aims to help all users interested in on-farm applications, says University of Missouri Extension specialist Kent Shannon. Registration is still open for the January 17 and 18th […]
Separate accidents on northbound Interstate 35 in Clinton County Thursday injured two drivers while two others were not hurt. Fifty-two-year-old Gary Young of Cameron was in a MoDOT work truck in the process of repairing the passing lane of I-35 when it was struck in the rear by a pickup driven by 55-year-old William Eaton […]
The Highway Patrol has identified the pedestrian killed by a northbound pickup truck on Interstate 35 near Eagleville Monday evening. The body of 26-year-old Kalif Abdiaziz of Saint Cloud, Minnesota was taken to the Roberson Funeral Home in Bethany. Pickup driver 30-year-old Nathan Martin of Pulaski, Iowa was reported as not injured. The pedestrian was […]
In northern Harrison county, the Highway Patrol reports a pedestrian attempting to cross Interstate 35 was struck and killed by a northbound truck. The highway patrol, in their online report, has not identified the pedestrian who was described as walking in the dark from the east side to the west side while on the northbound […]
Gloria Elizabeth Ku from Princeton, MO, has been selected as North Central Missouri College’s Outstanding Student for December. Gloria, originally from Patchakan, Corozal, Belize Central America, is pursuing her nursing degree at the Bethany site where she can take classes at night and in the evening to work with her busy schedule. Gloria will graduate […]
A pickup truck Sunday night hit two cows on a lettered route in eastern Putnam County six miles southwest of Martinstown. The pickup was driven by 50-year-old Thad Minear of Unionville who wasn’t reported hurt. A passenger, 32-year-old Lacey Cassday-Minear of Unionville, received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to the Northeast […]
