Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol arrests three over the weekend

A Rockford, Illinois woman arrested by the Highway Patrol in Daviess County Friday morning has been charged with two misdemeanors. Online court information shows 47-year-old Susan Brown has been charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to drive within the right lane of the highway with two or more lanes in the same direction.  Bond was […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Minnesota man arrested in Harrison County

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Minnesota man in Harrison County Friday morning on two allegations. The Patrol accused 50-year-old Ehab Yassa of exceeding the posted speed limit by 26 miles per hour or more and failure to drive in the right lane of a highway with two or more lanes in the […]

MoDOT Laying Ashpalt

Resurfacing project planned in Cameron

A much-needed resurfacing project through Cameron is scheduled to begin after the Independence Day holiday. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corporation to complete the U.S. Route 36 resurfacing project which stretches from Grindstone Creek to just east of the Caldwell County line. Crews will mill off the old surface and […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol arrests three on a multitude of alleged charges

The highway patrol reports a St. Joseph man, 53-year old Timothy Bernard, was arrested in Worth County late Saturday morning and accused of felony possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful window tint, failure to maintain the right half of the road, and no proof of insurance. Bernard was released […]

Workers resurface a road with asphalt

MoDOT plans resurfacing project through Cameron

A much-needed resurfacing project through Cameron is scheduled to begin after the Independence Day holiday. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corporation to complete the project which stretches from just west of Route 33 to just east of the Caldwell County line. Beginning Monday, July 9, the contractor will close one […]

MoDOT road work and maintenance

Highway 36 work wrapping up near Osborn

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the new alignment of the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 36 near Osborn. Since March, crews from Herzog Contracting Corporation and their subcontractors, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, have been rebuilding the westbound lanes on a new alignment and added turn lanes at the junction of […]

Charges Filed

Charges filed against Canton man in Caldwell County

A Canton, Michigan man arrested by the Highway Patrol Monday has been charged in Caldwell County. Online court information shows 24-year-old Ian McCormick has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor failure to drive within the right lane of the highway with two or more lanes in the same direction. The […]

Life Flight Helicopter

One life-flighted after crash south of Chillicothe

The Highway Patrol reports a man sustained serious injuries when his car struck a tractor-trailer four miles south of Chillicothe Friday afternoon. Twenty-six-year-old Ryan Schuermann traveled south on Highway 65 when his car crossed the center line and struck the driver side and rear duals of the northbound tractor-trailer driven by 66-year-old Edgar Hoyt of […]

Manslaughter

Princeton teen makes Division One court appearance on manslaughter charge

A Princeton teenager has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an accident last October 8th that claimed the life of Lineville resident Saige Boswell. Seventeen-year-old Elijah Charles Mandich of Princeton appeared Wednesday in Division One of Mercer County Circuit Court. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the first-degree.  The defendant’s request to modify the cash bond […]