A Kirksville resident was hurt Saturday evening when a car went off a road and hit a fence west of Kirksville. Thirty-six-year-old Ann Stafford was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. Stafford was a passenger in a car driven by 32-year-old Dustin Shelton of Kirksville who was […]
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Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 4 arrests on Friday, April 15th
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of multiple individuals in area counties on April 15th. Twenty-one-year-old Anguelica Franco of Kansas City and 26-year-old Matthew Menchaca of Hammond, Indiana were arrested in Linn County in the morning. Each was accused of possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and speeding. Both […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of April 18, 2022
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 April 18 – 24 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned […]
Obituary & Services: Loren Ray Parkhurst
Loren Ray Parkhurst, 89, Eagleville, MO, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at a Des Moines, IA hospital. He was born on July 24, 1932, the son of Orville and May (Hunsicker) Parkhurst. He was the second of six children. Loren attended grade school at a country school just a few miles from home. He […]
Two Kirksville teenagers injured in crash on Patterson Way
The Highway Patrol reports two Kirksville residents sustained moderate injuries as the result of a car running off the road two miles east of Kirksville Tuesday evening, April 12th. An ambulance took the passenger, 18-year-old August Lewis, to the Northeast Regional Medical Center. The driver, 18-year-old Gabriel Barber, refused treatment at the scene. The car […]
Railroad work to temporarily close Route Z in Macon County
Weather permitting, BNSF will be completing railroad repairs starting .7 miles west of Route Z and ending at Route VV. The road will be closed Monday, April 18 at 8:00 a.m. and will reopen by Wednesday, April 20 at 5:00 pm. Please use alternate routes. Motorists will need to use alternate routes during these times. […]
MoDOT planned road work in North Missouri for the week of April 11, 2022
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 April 11 – 17 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of 3 individuals on Saturday
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a Marceline resident was arrested early Saturday. Forty-eight-year-old Chad Schick was accused of felony driving while intoxicated/persistent offender and driving while revoked. A Cameron resident, the 44-year-old Amanda Miller, was arrested late Saturday night in Livingston County and accused of driving while intoxicated/prior offender, speeding 103 miles an […]
Resident of Eagleville injured in crash on Route KK
An Eagleville resident was hurt when a car turned onto Route KK in Harrison County and was hit from behind six miles north of Eagleville. Seventy-two-year-old Jorge Benitez of Eagleville was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. He was a passenger in a car driven by 72-year-old Nancy Morris who […]
MoDOT planned road work in north Missouri for the week of April 4th
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 April 4 – 10 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned […]
Sedalia man injured when big rig crashes on Highway 36
A Sedalia man sustained serious injuries when a Mack truck ran off the road two miles west of Osborn on Friday morning, April 1st. Emergency medical services took 44-year-old Jeremy Castell to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. The truck traveled east on Highway 36 before it went off the north side of the road […]
Woman from Agency dies at hospital hours after crash on Buchanan County road
A northwest Missouri accident has claimed the life of a woman from Agency. Fifty-six-year-old Tawny Moran was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph where she died on Thursday afternoon, nearly 12 hours after the accident occurred. The sports utility vehicle driven by Moran was eastbound on Buchanan County Route H when it failed […]
Four people, including a 4-year-old-child, injured in Thursday crash on Highway 36
Four people, including a child, received minor injuries in an accident on Thursday afternoon two miles west of Osborn. Thirty-six-year-old Hunter Martin of Winston allegedly fell asleep as his eastbound pickup traveled off the north side of Highway 36 and collided with another pickup that was turning north onto Fairview Road. Taken by EMS to […]
Governor Parson announces end to COVID-19 crisis in Missouri
Governor Mike Parson announced an end to the COVID-19 crisis in Missouri and that the state will be shifting to an endemic phase of the pandemic on Friday, April 1, 2022. A whole-of-government COVID-19 emergency response was taken for more than two years, an effort that responded to the needs of all Missourians during the […]
MoDOT closes Route PP due to controlled burn melting plastic culvert under the road
Part of Route PP was closed Tuesday night, March 29, 2022, after the Galt Fire Protection District extinguished a road tube fire. Firefighter Reta Smiley reports someone was doing a controlled burn along Route PP about two to three miles east of Route W. The fire worked its way to the road tube and halfway […]
Audio: Investigation by highway patrol indicates driver of pickup that killed Unionville woman was being pursued by law enforcement
Saturday night’s fatality crash in Putnam County remains under investigation and preliminary information indicates the driver of the pickup truck, a 14-year-old boy, was being pursued by law enforcement. Highway Patrol Public Information Officer in Macon, Justin Dunn, gave KTTN a prepared statement: The crash occurred on 175th Street, one mile west of […]
Audio: Missouri River repairs continue three years after the “Great Flood of 2019”
Repairs continue to and along the Missouri River from the Flood of 2019. The disaster dubbed by the New York Times as “The Great Flood,” affected missions of people and caused serious damage to the Missouri River and its supporting structures. Dane Morris, the program manager for the Missouri River, says the agency’s Kansas City […]
20-year-old woman dies in head-on crash west of Unionville, 14-year-old driver hospitalized
One person was killed and another injured in the head-on collision of a pickup truck and a sports utility vehicle west of Unionville on Saturday night. The driver of the sports utility vehicle, 20-year old Holly Hydorn of Unionville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was transported to the Playle-Jones Funeral Home in […]