Fatal Crash

Unionville man dies in crash on Highway 5

A Unionville man, 76-year-old Dennis Starnes, died Monday in an accident two miles south of Unionville. Starnes was pronounced dead at the scene by the Putnam County Coroner. A passenger in the pickup, 54-year-old Justin Kelley of Unionville, was moderately injured and taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Starnes was driving […]

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Two-vehicle crash on Highway 291 injures Kidder woman

The Highway Patrol reports a Kidder resident sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck in which she was a passenger was struck by a car that lost control in Clay County on the morning of Saturday, August 29th. Emergency medical services transported 52-year-old Cynthia Ross to the North Kansas City Hospital. No injuries were reported […]

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Carrollton man injured, Norborne teen escapes injury in two-vehicle crash on a county road

The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton man sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Carroll County on the evening of Friday, August 28th. Emergency medical services transported 37-year-old Bobby Derickson to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The other driver, a 16-year-old girl from Norborne, was reported as not injured. A crash report indicates Derickson’s […]

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway

Galloway rolls out COVID-19 plan: “A mask requirement is our ticket to freedom”

State Auditor Nicole Galloway has released a plan detailing how she would handle the state’s COVID-19 response if elected as Missouri’s governor. She announced the plan as Missouri closes in on 76,000 positive cases since March, including more than 1,400 coronavirus-related deaths. Galloway is making stops this week in Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis, and […]

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Crash in Caldwell County injures two senior citizens

Drivers of two vehicles were injured Friday morning when a collision occurred two miles east of Polo in Caldwell County. Eighty-six year old Althea Templeton of Richmond received moderate injuries 80-year-old Carolyn Rupe of Braymer received minor injuries. Both women were taken by emergency medical services to hospitals. Templeton went to Ray County Memorial in […]

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Bethany man extradited to Grundy County

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the extradition of a Bethany man from Harrison County to Grundy County. Twenty-one-year old Treigh Michael Fehring was arrested Wednesday, August 19th on felony third-degree assault. His bond is $10,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court Tuesday, August 25th. Court […]