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Two injured in rollover crash east of Browning

Two people received minor injuries in a rollover crash at midday Wednesday ten miles east of Browning. The driver, 50-year-old Scott Walker of Kansas City and passenger, 38-year-old Shayla Gerlt of Browning were taken by private auto to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. The eastbound car went out of control on what was […]

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Milan woman injured in crash east of Green Castle

A Milan resident received minor injuries in a crash on Wednesday afternoon one mile east of Green Castle. Forty-nine-year-old Maria Esquivel was taken by private auto to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 45-year-old Alejandro Lopez Gonzalez of Milan who wasn’t hurt. The vehicle was eastbound […]

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North Central Missouri College student Jacquelyn Perez honored as Newman Civic Fellow

Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 290 students who will make up the organization’s 2020-2021 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. The 2020 cohort—the largest group of Newman Civic Fellows to date—includes Jacquelyn Perez (Milan, MO), a student at North Central Missouri College. The […]

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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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Two from Macon arrested on drug-related offenses

Two men from Macon were arrested early Tuesday morning in Livingston County and accused of various drug-related offenses. Thirty-five-year-old Elisha Walter and 40-year-old William Cooper were taken to the Chillicothe Police Department and placed on a 24-hour hold. Elisha Walter was arrested on two felony warrants including possession of methamphetamine in Macon County and dangerous […]

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Retired priest charged with sex-related crimes in southeast Missouri

A retired Roman Catholic priest from southern Missouri is now charged with four sex-related felonies in southeast Missouri’s Stoddard County, involving alleged sexual abuse of minors. Missourinet’s Cape Girardeau television partner KFVS reports 76-year-old Frederick Joseph Lutz was arrested Wednesday morning in Springfield, where he now lives. Stoddard County Prosecutor Russell Oliver has charged Lutz […]

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Two injured in single-vehicle crash west of Carrollton

The Highway Patrol reports two Carrollton residents sustained minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident west of Carrollton Wednesday morning. Emergency medical services transported driver 21-year-old, Kaylee Hughes, to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital, and a private vehicle took passenger 18-year-old Mackenzie Hughes also to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The vehicle traveled west on Route […]