Missouri State Highway Patrol Website New 2021 (MSHP)

Patrol arrests Linneus man on multiple allegations

A Linneus resident was arrested Sunday afternoon and taken to the Macon County Jail. The highway patrol in Macon County reports 62-year-old Rodney Butterfield has been accused of felony driving while intoxicated, an alleged chronic offender, driving while his license was revoked, and failure to park a vehicle, not in motion, to the far right […]

Accident Graphic

Mendon teenager injured in early morning crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Mendon teen sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove overturned several times five miles east of Mendon on July 24 at 1 am. A private vehicle took the 16-year-old girl to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The car traveled west on Route C before it ran off the left […]

Missouri State Fair 2021

Audio: Events at Missouri State Fair planned around bicentennial celebration with $9 million in renovations

The theme for this year’s Missouri State Fair is “Our Missouri Celebration.” State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says the theme is tied to the state’s bicentennial celebration, which is what the events at the fair are planned around.     August 10 is the actual 200th anniversary of Missouri entering the United States. Missouri State Fair Director […]

Medicaid Expansion in Missouri

Missouri Supreme Court rules voter-approved Medicaid expansion is constitutional

(Missouri Independent) – Missouri must expand Medicaid to 275,000 eligible people who were expecting coverage under a constitutional amendment that took effect July 1, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a unanimous opinion, the court overturned a trial court ruling that the amendment, passed in August 2020 was unconstitutional because it may increase the state’s cost for […]

Grundy Electric Foundation

GEC Community Foundation awards over $7,500 in grants

The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met on July 14, 2021, and awarded 11 grants totaling $7,522. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up, where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to Princeton R-V School District, […]