A man from Braymer was fatally injured when he was thrown out of his overturning vehicle on Thursday afternoon two miles south of Braymer. The highway patrol identified the victim as 71-year-old Russell Coldiron. Coldiron’s pickup was northbound when it failed to negotiate a curve on Route E, he overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross […]
A resident of Hardin was hospitalized following a crash early Sunday morning in Ray County. Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew McMillan of Hardin received serious injuries when the pickup he was driving traveled off Manning Road and struck a culvert. McMillan was taken by private vehicle to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond, then transferred by EMS to […]
A pedestrian walking on a road in Ray County was hurt when she was hit by an unknown vehicle. Forty-year-old Christina Mayer of Lawson was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The accident happened late Saturday night on Route U northeast of Excelsior Springs as Mayer was walking west on the eastbound lane when […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Braymer man sustained serious injuries after being ejected from a utility terrain vehicle two miles east of Braymer on Friday night. Sixty-two-year-old Jerry Watson was later arrested and accused of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. He was released and taken by medical helicopter to Liberty Hospital. The UTV traveled east on […]
A woman from Polo was injured Thursday night when the sports utility vehicle she was a passenger in ran off Highway 116 in Caldwell County and overturned. Thirty-two-year-old Cristal Flurrey of Polo was taken by EMS to Liberty Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The driver, 35-year-old Dustin Cope of Excelsior Springs, wasn’t hurt. The […]
Grundy County’s election authority reports the polling location in Galt will be closed for the April 7th election because there would only be 23 voters eligible to cast a ballot at the Galt precinct. The polling site at Galt Baptist Church is used by residents of Liberty and Myers township, and that will be the […]
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards bestowed top honors to two Missouri students for their exceptional acts of volunteerism in their local communities. Missouri’s 2020 youth volunteer awardees are: Abigail Mueller, Whitfield School, St. Louis Elizabeth Ravasini, Bernard C. Campbell Middle School, Lee’s Summit R-VII School District Mueller, a high school junior, created a self-image education and […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of February 24 – March 1, 2020. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View routes closed due to flooding, as well as roadwork projects at […]
Eleven defendants have been indicted for their roles in a $1.7 million conspiracy to distribute 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and 10 kilograms of heroin, as well as illegally possessing numerous firearms. Kamel Mahgub Elburki, 31, Ashley Brooke Clevenger, 37, Edward Jason Alberty Jr., 23, Rachel Gale Simpson, 36, Daniel Jessie Ruiz, 35, and Matthew John […]
Two teenage boys from Polo were killed and three others were injured Sunday night when a car left a southern Caldwell County road and overturned. The victims, both of whom were 14 years old, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Caldwell County Coroner. The highway patrol no longer releases names of juveniles in […]
The suspect has been identified who died in an officer-involved shooting near Holt on Thursday following an armed robbery and shooting earlier Thursday. Media outlets report the man was 28 year old Jeffery Millsap of Holt. Authorities say the man stole a gun from an Academy Sports and Outdoors at Liberty, and there were no […]
Cameron and Grain Valley residents were hurt when a car hit the rear of another car that was stopped and partially blocking the driving lane of northbound Interstate 35. Forty-five-year-old Jamie Hammet of Cameron, and 71-year old Gary Hudgens of Grain Valley, both were taken to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The crash happened early […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a pickup truck striking a van and the van overturning about six miles north of Cameron Thursday morning. An ambulance transported van driver 62-year-old Allen Reed to the Liberty Hospital. No injuries were reported for pickup driver 44-year-old Jeannie Little of […]
A Braymer teenager was injured and the car she was driving was demolished Tuesday evening in a three-vehicle wreck on the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 in Clinton County. Two other drivers were not injured in the accident four miles east of Lathrop. Taken by emergency medical services to the Liberty Hospital with minor injuries […]
A Kingston resident was hurt Saturday evening in a collision at the intersection of two highways east of Lathrop, Fifty-seven-year old Jeffrey Kipp was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The operator of a sports utility vehicle, 65-year old Barbara Carpenter of Cameron, was not reported hurt. The accident happened five miles east of […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Mercer man sustained serious injuries when the pickup truck he drove struck the rear of a farm tractor one-quarter of a mile east of Mercer on Wednesday morning. An ambulance transported 45-year-old Shawn Sims to the Liberty Hospital. Tractor driver 60-year-old David Stark of Mercer was not reported hurt. Both […]
Two vehicles were stopped in southbound traffic in Clay County Monday morning and were struck by an oncoming car. Forty-eight-year-old Amy Metcalf of Dike, Iowa was taken by emergency medical services to the Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. Drivers of the vehicles stopped in traffic, 32-year-old Thomas Alley of Bethany and 59-year-old David Baker of […]
Residents of Osborn and Cameron were injured Monday morning when two vehicles collided on Interstate 35 in Clay County. Thirty-year-old Amber Bogdan of Osborn was northbound when the vehicle she was driving traveled off the highway, crossed the median and traveled into the path of a southbound vehicle driven by 28-year-old Lisa Crowley of Cameron […]
The National FFA convention Thursday through Saturday in Indianapolis. Many students from Trenton and the surrounding area will be presented with the American FFA Degree on Saturday which is the highest individual honor for members. The Trenton FFA chapter will have six recipients: Paydn Gibson, Jasper Hansen, Emily Kasinger, Tyler Kidd, Hannah Persell, and Jayden […]
Four people were injured in a two-vehicle, Interstate 35, accident on wet pavement early Monday evening two miles to the east of Holt in Clinton County. A southbound car driven by 23-year-old Skyler Johnson of Macon was merging onto I-35 from Route PP when it went out of control; crossed the median, and traveled into […]
