The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports nine people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period–from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2021, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 28, 2021. There were no boating crashes or drownings. During the Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers report the following traffic statistics for 2021 (preliminary): Crashes ─ 457 […]
An accident two miles south of Humphreys on Tuesday morning, November 23rd claimed the life of a Humphreys man. The Highway Patrol reports the body of 27-year-old Dakota Dalton was taken to the Ruschmeier Funeral Home in Milan. Dalton drove a sports utility vehicle south on Highway 139 before the vehicle ran off the left […]
The highway patrol reports a 14-year-old boy from Laredo was taken to a hospital after the vehicle he was a passenger in, swerved to avoid a deer on Highway 6 at the edge of Jamesport at 5:15 pm Sunday. Fifty-seven-year-old Gary Carman of Hamilton was driving eastbound when the sport utility vehicle swerved because of […]
A truck hauling hogs overturned east of Stewartsville early Saturday night. The driver, 38-year old Ryan Parker of Comfrey, Minnesota was taken to Mosaic Medical Center in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The crash happened approximately four miles east of Stewartsville on Highway 36 as the driver of the westbound truck lost control, crossed the […]
One person was killed and another was injured in an accident early Monday evening one mile north of Mercer. Sixty-four-year-old Gary Sexton of Liberty was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:45 pm. Receiving serious injuries was 71-year-old Merlin Hall of State Center, Iowa who was taken by ambulance to Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, […]
A northwest Missouri man lost his life when the pickup he was driving went off Highway 169 in Buchanan County and struck a tree one-half mile south of St. Joseph. Thirty-six-year-old Joshua Oliver of Agency was pronounced dead at Mosaic Life Care 45 minutes after the 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon wreck. The pickup was northbound […]
A Sunrise Beach resident received serious injuries when they crashed their pickup in Chariton County. Thirty-three-year-old Dougie Bruce was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The crash happened Saturday morning four miles west of Triplett as the westbound pickup went off the right side of Route M, hit a guard rail, crossed […]
A resident of Kidder was injured early Monday evening in a rollover accident on Highway 36 near Wheeling. Fifty-five-year-old Daniel Landi was taken by EMS to Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries. The sports utility vehicle was westbound when it went off the left side of the highway, the driver overcorrected causing the vehicle to […]
A Macon man sustained what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries when the motorcycle he drove overturned three-quarters of a mile west of Macon the afternoon of November 5th. An ambulance took 62-year-old George Stark to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The motorcycle traveled west on Jet Road before Stark reportedly lost control on the […]
Authorities in Ray County report a man from Lawson was killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Wednesday afternoon. Fifty-two-year-old Daniel Miller was attempting to travel up a hill when the all-terrain vehicle overturned, ejecting him from the vehicle. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene along Highway 10 in Ray County. Authorities reported Miller […]
A three vehicle wreck occurred late Tuesday afternoon in Carroll County with two of the drivers taken to hospitals. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 28 year old Cedric White of Carrollton who was taken to Carroll County Memorial Hospital. 42 year old Marcus Davis of Odessa received moderate injuries and went to […]
A woman and young boy from Minnesota were injured early Tuesday evening in an Interstate 35 accident one mile south of Pattonsburg. Authorities report the car was allegedly forced off the highway by a tractor-trailer. The car went into the median, struck the ground, partially overturned, and was demolished. Taken to the Liberty Hospital were […]
A Kansas City resident received serious injuries when the car he was driving went off Interstate 35 north of Bethany and overturned. Thirty-seven-year-old Cody Stone was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The accident happened early Sunday six miles north of Bethany on I-35 as the northbound car traveled off the left side […]
(Missouri Independent) – President Joe Biden is meeting with congressional Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday morning to pitch lawmakers on a new slimmed-down framework for what would be included in a massive social reform package, according to senior administration officials. The $1.75 trillion blueprint that Biden is presenting to Democrats includes a universal pre-K program for 3-and-4 […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Gardner, Kansas man sustained minor injuries when he lost control of the Peterbilt truck he drove and overturned one mile east of Marceline on Wednesday, October 27. Twenty-six-year-old Jacob Miller was treated at the scene. The truck traveled east on Highway 36 before striking a guardrail, overcorrecting, and overturning. The […]
A King City woman received serious injuries in a rollover accident on Tuesday afternoon in southern Gentry County two miles south of Ford City. Fifty-four-year-old Rebecca Buckingham was taken by Grand River EMS to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. The minivan was northbound on Route AA when it went off the west side of […]
(Missouri Independent) – After vehemently defending having the state pick up the tab for Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s trip to the U.S.-Mexico border last week, Schmitt’s office clarified over the weekend that the state only covered travel costs for a staff member. Chris Nuelle, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office, said Schmitt’s U.S. […]
Severe storms with radar indications of rotational winds capable of producing a tornado prompted the National Weather Service to issue a tornado warning late Sunday afternoon for southeast Harrison County, northern Grundy County, and southern Mercer County. There was no known touchdown. Grundy County Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs reports tornado sirens in Trenton were […]
A Unionville man sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he drove swerved to avoid a deer and overturned one mile north of Hartford on Friday afternoon, October 22. A private vehicle transported 70-year old David Hoerner to Putnam County Memorial Hospital. The pickup traveled north on Route YY before running off the right side […]
A Jamesport girl was injured Wednesday night in a rollover accident one mile north of Lock Springs. The 15-year-old received minor injuries and was taken by another vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The pickup went off the east side of the north-south portion of Highway 190, the driver over-corrected causing the vehicle to travel […]
