Life Flight Eagle Helicopter

Macon man hurt in midnight crash in Chariton County

A midnight single vehicle accident in northern Chariton County injured a resident of Macon. The highway patrol said 32-year-old Jay Patel received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Pershing Hospital in Brookfield then transferred by medical helicopter to the University Hospital in Columbia. The patrol reports Patel was northbound when his car, a […]

Traffic Accident

Hamilton man hurt when dump truck overturns on Highway 36

The Highway Patrol reports a Hamilton man sustained serious injuries when his vehicle overturned in Caldwell County Tuesday morning. Forty-four-year-old Robert Feigly lost control of his dump truck when the front driver’s side tire on it failed two miles southwest of Breckenridge on eastbound U. S. 36. The dump truck traveled into the median and […]

Spickard School

Spickard Board of Education meets

The Spickard R-2 Board of Education voted to put a tax levy increase on the April ballot at its meeting Monday evening. The board also decided all staff would pay a portion of their insurance. Budget amendments, the 2017-2018 budget, and calendar revisions were approved. The board held an executive session to discuss personnel and […]

Traffic accident

Eagleville teen hurt in Love Truck Stop parking lot crash

The Highway Patrol reports an Eagleville teen sustained moderate injuries as the result of a two-vehicle accident in the Love’s Truck Stop parking lot in Eagleville Wednesday morning. Sixteen-year-old Logan Huitt attempted to turn left and failed to yield to 59-year-old Gary Nerison of Auburn, Nebraska. Huitt’s pickup truck struck the left front of Nerison’s […]

Blood Drive

Three blood drives scheduled for area communities today

Blood drives are scheduled today in Trenton, Unionville, and Bethany. The American Red Cross conducts a blood drive this afternoon at the Sunnyview Nursing Home, station two activities room. Blood donations will be accepted from staff and the public from 2 o’clock until 6 o’clock. The American Red Cross will be at Putnam County Memorial […]