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Brunswick teen hit by pickup

The highway patrol reports a teen in Brunswick was hit by a motor vehicle early Thursday evening at Highway 24 and North Butler Street. The patrol reports 13-year-old Johnathan Dorsey was taken by ambulance to the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia with serious injuries. A trooper reported Dorsey was a pedestrian attempting to […]

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1 killed, 2 injured in fatal crash near Salisbury

The Highway Patrol reports one person died and two others sustained serious injuries as the result of a van striking a pickup truck four miles south of Salisbury Thursday morning. Twenty-one-year-old Abudu Kagina of Columbia reportedly attempted to pass several vehicles on southbound Highway 129 when her van hit the driver’s side of the pickup, […]

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Kidder man arrested in Caldwell County

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Kidder man in Caldwell County Thursday morning on five allegations. The Patrol accused 58-year-old Brad James of felony possession of a controlled substance—methamphetamine, felony tampering with evidence, failure to stop at a stop sign, possession under 10 grams of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was […]

Court Gavel and Scales

Milan man enters not guilty plea at arraignment

A Milan man charged with four felonies entered a plea of not guilty and requested a public defender at a formal arraignment in Sullivan County Circuit Court Wednesday. Forty-eight-year-old Travis Von Shaw has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, and driving while suspended […]

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Cameron teen injured in Route EE crash

A single-vehicle accident Wednesday night about three miles north of Cameron injured a Cameron teenager. The highway patrol reports 16-year-old Angelina Parra received moderate injuries and was taken by an ambulance to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph. An investigator said the car she was driving southbound on DeKalb County Route EE went off the […]

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Highway patrol conducts DWI saturation in Harrison County

Highway Patrol Troop H Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald announces a driving while intoxicated saturation conducted in Harrison County resulted in 19 traffic citations and 32 warnings issued. Five officers patrolled Harrison County during the saturation Friday night at 7 o’clock to Saturday morning at 3 o’clock. The goal of the DWI saturation was to […]

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Driver injured in crash south of Gilman City

The highway patrol reports the driver was injured when a vehicle swerved to miss a deer Monday afternoon eight miles south of Gilman City. The vehicle is reported to have traveled off the west side of Route K, struck a ditch, then overturned through a fence coming to rest on its wheels. The southbound vehicle […]

Crossroads Correctional Center

Riot at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron resolved early Sunday morning

Authorities at Cameron are reporting there were no injuries to staff and “no serious injuries for inmates” during an uprising Saturday night. The Missouri department of corrections reports facility staff members and law enforcement officers resolved the incident at Crossroads Correctional Center. The corrections department reported around 8 o’clock Saturday night, a group of 200 […]

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Milan man arrested on multiple allegations

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Milan man in Sullivan County Friday night on several allegations. The Patrol accused 48-year-old Travis Shaw of the felonies of driving while revoked, possession of a controlled substance, meth, and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was also accused of failure to display valid plates. Shaw was […]

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Jameson man, who’s 4-year-old son was injured in crash, makes court appearance

A preliminary hearing has been continued for a Jameson man charged with the felonies of driving while intoxicated: serious physical injury and first degree endangering the welfare of a child, serious physical injury. Online court information shows 29-year-old Andrew Adkison appeared in Daviess County Circuit Court Wednesday. His attorney moved for the preliminary hearing to […]

Big Rig Crash

Tractor-trailer truck crashes on Highway 136

A Unionville truck driver was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville following an accident late Wednesday afternoon two miles west of Livonia. The accident report listed 74-year-old Dorvin Ledford with minor injuries. The highway patrol reports Ledford was eastbound when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off the left side of Highway 136 […]

SUV Accident

Newtown teen crashes SUV in Mercer County

A Newtown teenager received minor injuries last night in a single-vehicle accident on a rural road in Mercer County.  Seventeen-year-old Lauren Fordyce declined treatment at the scene. Fordyce was eastbound on Florence Street when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off the south side of the road, returned to the road where it […]

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Trenton residents injured in crash near Arkoe, Missouri

Two Trenton residents and one Maryville man sustained injuries when one pickup truck struck another two miles east of Arkoe Tuesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 74-year-old Thomas Metzgar of Trenton drove west on Route VV when he failed to yield at a stop sign and entered the intersection with Route N. Sixty-eight year old […]

Accident

Polo woman injured in I-35 crash on Tuesday

A Polo woman was injured when her SUV crashed on I-35 Tuesday evening. Twenty-year-old Jennifer Rash was injured when the sports utility vehicle she was driving traveled off northbound Interstate 35 and struck an embankment. She was taken by ambulance to the Liberty Hospital with minor injuries. The SUV received moderate damage in the Clay […]

Rollover Accident

Kirksville woman hurt in rollover crash in Putnam County

A Kirksville resident was injured in a rollover accident Monday afternoon in eastern Putnam County three miles north of Glendale. Twenty-five-year-old Mackenzie Schramm was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The highway patrol reported she was using a seat belt and listed her injuries as minor. Ms. Schramm was driving southbound […]