The highway patrol reports four people were injured, three of them seriously, when two vehicles collided at a Nodaway County intersection Sunday afternoon at 1:45 pm five miles east of Maryville. All of the injured were transported by ambulance to Mosiac Medical Center in Maryville. The patrol reports serious injuries to the driver of the […]
A jury trial scheduled for three days this week at Chillicothe has been averted when 24-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille changed his plea to guilty on second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. A third count has been dismissed. The charges stem from a fatality accident in downtown Chillicothe November 25th of 2017. The […]
The highway patrol reports a Cameron man suffered a medical emergency causing the pickup truck he was driving to travel off old Highway 36 and hit a tree east of Cameron Friday morning. Seventy-two-year-old James Erickson was taken to North Kansas City Hospital with moderate injuries. The accident took place on old Highway 36 at […]
A two-vehicle accident early Monday afternoon injured three people in Caldwell County, three miles south of Polo. Taken to Liberty Hospital were 50-year-old Cynthia Adams of Polo and a passenger in the pickup she was driving, 49-year-old Donald Holder of Excelsior Springs. Both received serious injuries. The driver of a sports utility vehicle, 65-year-old Edward […]
Three days have been set aside for a jury trial for the defendant accused in a traffic accident at Chillicothe that killed one person and injured a young girl. The fatality accident was November 25th of 2017 in downtown Chillicothe. Thirty-nine-year-old Danette Rardon of Chillicothe died in the two-vehicle wreck. Twenty-four-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille faces […]
The Trenton Police Department will participate in Occupant Protection Seat Belt Enforcement Day next week. Trenton police officers will conduct extra enforcement April 11th regarding seat belt compliance. The police department reports 160 were killed in Missouri crashes as of March 31st compared to 190 for the same period last year. Sixty-three percent of vehicle […]
A San Benito, Texas man charged with eight felonies stemming from an incident last July has entered a plea of guilty in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court. Online court information says a sentence assessment report was ordered for Gregory Scott Hill, and the case was continued pending receipt of the sentence assessment report. […]
A single-vehicle accident in eastern Adair county resulted in a Kirksville man being taken to the hospital. Fifty-two-year-old Michael Tripp received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The early Sunday morning (2:15 am) accident happened on Adair county Route J as Tripp was southbound when the […]
An Oklahoma man was hurt when he fell asleep and the pickup he was driving hit the rear of a tractor-trailer unit on Interstate 35 near Cameron. Twenty-six-year-old Zachary Lawson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer unit, 19-year old Colin Arhdekin of St. Joseph, […]
For the third year in a row, more than 900 people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes. Statewide, the preliminary numbers indicate 918 lives were lost in 2018, down slightly from 932 fatalities in 2017. Speed, distraction, impairment, and fatigue continue to be the top causes of fatal crashes. In particular, the number of cell […]
A Chillicothe teenager was injured late Thursday afternoon in a rollover accident one mile south of Utica. Nineteen-year-old Sarah Murphy received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center. The state patrol reports 18-year-old Skylar Loucks of Chillicothe was driving northbound on Livingston County Route C when the pickup failed to safely […]
A sentencing hearing was held in Division One of Carroll County Circuit Court this week for a Carrollton man who previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter stemming from a vehicle accident in December 2017. Online court information shows the court rejected a plea agreement for Blake Wilson, and he was […]
The Trenton City Council, with seven members present Monday night, unanimously accepted a bid for Rapid Removal Disposal to continue with residential trash pickup Bids on residential solid waste collection came from two companies. Rapid Removal Disposal of Trenton submitted a monthly quote of $11.25 this year and pledged to keep it at $11.25 per […]
A Clinton, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for a $4.7 million investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded 92 investors who believed they were purchasing cattle for resale at a profit. Cameron J. Hager, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, to eight years […]
A pickup truck accident one mile south of Pattonsburg Thursday morning claimed the life of a Grant City man. The Highway Patrol reports 85-year-old Charles Florea dead was pronounced dead by the Daviess County coroner. He was taken to the Stith Funeral Home in Gallatin. Florea drove the pickup south on Interstate 35 when he […]
Two drivers were injured in a Highway 24 accident east of Carrollton Monday night. According to the highway patrol, 37-year-old Scott Murphy of Bosworth received serious injuries and was flown by Life Flight Eagle helicopter to Truman Medical Center. 41-year-old Melissa Wooldridge of Carrollton received moderate injuries and was transported by private vehicle to Carroll […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Jameson teen Tuesday on two counts of first-degree property damage. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 17-year-old Jonathon Lennon Ruch posted a $10,000 cash or corporate surety bond. He is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court March 12th. Court documents accuse Ruch of acting in concert with […]
A Lexington woman received minor injuries Wednesday night when a pickup slid off an icy lettered route and rolled over in DeKalb County. Forty-year-old Penny Bennett was transported by an ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The accident occurred approximately six miles to the north of Cameron as Bennett was northbound when the pickup she […]
Two teenage boys received minor injuries when a pickup Tuesday night slid off an icy lettered road in southwest Grundy County four miles east of Jamesport. Taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton were 16-year-old Darren Lowe of Jamesport and 16-year-old Luca Nichols of Trenton. A pickup driven by Nichols was eastbound when […]
One driver was injured when two vehicles collided Monday afternoon about one-half mile west of Hamilton. Sixty-one-year-old Deborah Linter of Hamilton was taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The other driver, 64-year-old Lonnie Moyers of Kidder, wasn’t hurt An investigator noted Moyers was eastbound and Ms. Linter was westbound […]
