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Polo woman injured when SUV overturns on Highway 116

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 […]

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Bids for resurfacing Highway 6 through Trenton and Highway 6 to I-35 to be reviewed at March 4th meeting

Bids from two contractors were submitted to the Missouri Department of Transportation for resurfacing work this year in Trenton as well as Grundy and Daviess Counties. Three projects were combined into one for bidding purposes with both bids topping $4,300,000. Bids came from Emery Sapp and Sons Incorporated of Columbia and from Herzog Contracting Corporation […]

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High-Speed chase in Livingston County ends with suspects being arrested in Clinton County

Clinton County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were taken into custody following a law enforcement pursuit on Sunday that started in Livingston County and ended in Plattsburg. Both suspects were taken to the Clinton County Detention Center to await the filing of formal charges. Livingston County Sheriff’s office reported the State Highway Patrol had made […]

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Icy roads injure two in separate crashes on Highway 11

The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries in separate accidents on Highway 11 seven miles east of Kirksville Friday morning caused by ice. A private vehicle transported 20-year-old Tyler Findling of Greentop to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville after the first accident around 6 o’clock. Findling drove a pickup truck east on […]

37-year-old Matthew Guilford, of Brookfield, Missouri

“Extremely violent, dangerous felon” arrested after police pursuit through five counties

A man Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox called an “extremely violent” and “dangerous felon” was taken into custody Tuesday following a multi-county pursuit of a pickup truck. The man was wanted by Linn County and federal authorities, and several other law enforcement agencies were involved in the pursuit. Information obtained by authorities indicated that the […]

Indianola man injured in crash west of Ridgeway

The Highway Patrol reports an Indianola, Iowa man sustained moderate injuries when the sport utility vehicle he drove overturned four miles west of Ridgeway on Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 48-year-old James Taylor to the Harrison County Community Hospital. The SUV traveled west on Route A before it allegedly failed to stop for a stop […]

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Kirksville man injured in crash near Greencastle

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained minor injuries when the car he drove overturned two miles west of Greencastle Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported 23-year-old Killian Langley to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The car traveled east on Highway 6 before it ran off the left side of the road, went […]

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After budgeted expenses in 2019, Livingston County Sheriff’s Department returns $137,000 to county officials

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports his office remained within all approved budgets for 2019 and returned an amount of money to the county. The Livingston County Clerk’s Expenditure Report from December 31st indicates the total spent for all 2019 sheriff’s office budgets was $1,452,061. The total of all budgeted sheriff’s office funds returned to […]