Nevada Fields, registered nurse, at Wright Memorial Hospital, was honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for third quarter 2018. Steve Schieber, Chief Executive Officer, presented the award to Fields at a ceremony held in her honor on September 24. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an employee who provides exemplary service, going […]
A Kirksville resident was injured Sunday due to falling from a moving utility terrain vehicle two miles east of Kirksville. The mishap was on Route P Sunday morning with the patrol reporting injuries as serious for 79-year-old Jacetta Buchanan who was flown by helicopter (Air Evac) to University Hospital in Columbia. Buchanan was a passenger, […]
Missouri’s 9-1-1 dispatchers want hunters to use a summertime Smartphone boating app while they’re out in the woods. In a promotional video, Osage Beach Fire Chief Jeff Dorhauer says the software called “Raft Up” will help emergency responders find people on land and water. Linda Clemons with Camden County in mid-Missouri says the […]
A grain truck overturned Saturday night in northwest Missouri injuring the driver and spilling about 550 bushels of corn. The driver, 53-year old Randall Liles of Fairfax, was taken to Community Hospital in Fairfax with moderate injuries. The accident happened three miles west of Craig on Highway 111 as the eastbound grain truck traveled off […]
Two children from Savannah were hurt late Saturday afternoon when an all-terrain-vehicle overturned northwest of Savannah. The highway patrol reports two-year-old Eliza Hummer received moderate injuries and five-year-old Alivia Hummer had minor injuries. Both girls were taken by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Both were passengers on an ATV operated by 32-year-old John […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of September 24 – 30 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and […]
Women from Green City and Unionville were in a utility vehicle accident Thursday afternoon in rural Sullivan County. The passenger was injured and the driver was arrested in the accident that occurred six miles north of Green City. Fifty-five-year-old Lisa Cullum of Green City was driving a utility terrain vehicle northbound on Ivy Wood Road […]
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced Wednesday that the United States Department of Agriculture is investing more $398,500,000 to improve rural electric service in 13 states through the Electric Infrastructure Loan Program. Grundy Electric Cooperative, which is headquartered in Trenton, received a $10,000,000 loan, which includes $270,000 for smart grid projects. […]
Missouri Life magazine announces that Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) will be on the Katy trail for the first time from October 7 through October 12 on Missouri’s Katy Trail. Big BAM has completed four different road cycling events around the state in the past. Big BAM will be back on the road next June […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries when a car struck an International truck one mile north of Lathrop Tuesday morning. Twenty-one year old Gavin Roberts of Cameron drove south on Interstate 35 when traffic reportedly slowed approaching a crash. His vehicle then hit the rear of the southbound truck driven by […]
A car driven by a Harris teenager traveled off a Sullivan County route, struck a fence, and overturned Monday night at 10:15 pm demolishing the car. The highway patrol reports 16-year-old Kortney Banner of Harris was taken by an ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with minor injuries. Banner was wearing a seat […]
There were 27 motorcycles and 37 riders from several communities that participated in the poker run Saturday sponsored by the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce. The 160-mile ride included stops in Trenton, Altamont, Albany, and Gilman City. The event was a fundraiser for the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce’s general fund with an entry fee of […]
A Brookfield man was fatally injured and a Carrollton resident minor injuries in an accident early Saturday night east of Carrollton. Both individuals were pedestrians at the site of a stalled farm tractor and a parked car near a hillcrest on Highway 24. Sixty-eight-year-old John Burns of Brookfield was pronounced dead at Carroll County Memorial […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a pilot from Wisconsin is safe after landing his small plane south of Chillicothe Thursday afternoon. The sheriff’s office was informed at 3:53 pm by a call from the FAA reporting a possible aircraft down 7 to 10 miles southwest of Chillicothe. Sheriff Steve Cox said as responders were […]
One person was injured when two vehicles collided Monday evening one mile to the north of Unionville. The highway patrol reports 46-year-old Angela Viers of Unionville received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Putnam County Memorial Hospital. Viers was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, 56-year-old Stanley Viers of […]
A single-vehicle accident one mile west of Chillicothe injured five area youth ages 12 to 17. Take by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries were the driver 16-year-old Mercedeze Norris of Hale as well as four passengers 13-year-old Gabriel Singleton, 13-year-old Albert Jenkins both of Brookfield, 12-year-old Robert Davis and 17-year-old Madison […]
U.S. pork producers should be aware of an emerging swine disease, says University of Missouri Extension veterinarian Corinne Bromfield. Chinese pork producers reported the 13th outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) Sept. 6. It has appeared since August in several locations in China hundreds of miles apart. This leaves researchers scratching their heads over how […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained minor injuries when a minivan struck a pickup truck about three miles north of Kirksville Friday evening. Twenty-nine-year-old Erica Speiser of Kirksville traveled north on Hungry Hollow Road when the van she drove reportedly crested a hill near Ivy Road and hit the truck, driven by 41-year-old […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of September 10 through 16 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and […]
Four girls from a Milan family received minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident early Thursday evening in western Schuyler County. Sixteen-year-old Tahli Salgado-Gray was driving eastbound on Highway 136 when according to the highway patrol, she lost control of the car after the drivers’ side tire blew out. The car struck a bridge before coming […]
