One driver was injured in a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday afternoon two miles northeast of Jamesport. Forty-four-year-old Jennifer Birdsong of Plattsburg received minor injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The driver of the other vehicle, 65-year-old Ronald Pollard of Breckenridge, was not hurt. Both vehicles were eastbound […]
The former secretary/treasurer of the Plattsburg Special Road District has been ordered to pay restitution of more than $100,000 for defrauding taxpayers. Ava L. Langner was sentenced on the charge of theft brought by the U.S. Attorney. After receiving a whistleblower complaint, a 2019 audit by Auditor Galloway’s office detailed how Langner defrauded the district in […]
A resident of Holt was killed Sunday morning when the car he was driving went off the road south of Plattsburg, hitting a tree. Forty-nine-year-old Shane Bright was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened seven miles south of Plattsburg, on Route J at Spring Town Road, as the westbound car crossed the center […]
Young at Heart Resources holds regional elections to its board of directors each year. The board is comprised of nine members representing 18 counties in Northwest Missouri. Each member term is three years. The area is divided into three regions. The service agency’s primary clients are adults at least 60 years old and their caregivers. […]
A Plattsburg teenager was taken to a hospital following an all-terrain vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon one mile south of Plattsburg. A Fifteen-year-old girl was a passenger on an ATV that struck a pothole on 240th Street and overturned onto its side. The girl was taken by EMS to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. No […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 10 people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period–from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2020. During the Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers report the following traffic statistics for 2020: Crashes ─ 321 Injuries ─ 72 Fatalities ─ 9 DWI ─ 100 Drug Arrests ─ […]
A Cameron man was killed in a crash on Interstate 35, approximately two miles north of Holt in Clinton County. It was late Wednesday night when a northbound pickup crossed the median and struck a guard rail causing 31-year-old Creighton Russell to be ejected, then struck by an unknown southbound, tractor-trailer. Russell was pronounced dead […]
Tiger Fiber is breaking ground on a hemp processing plant near St. Louis and is looking at possible locations for a processing plant in northwest Missouri. Selby says hemp could become a great new cash crop for northwest Missouri farmers. United Cooperatives of Plattsburg and Osborn has made an investment in Tiger Fiber, […]
A Clinton County accident Wednesday evening resulted in serious injuries for a resident of Plattsburg. Sixty-five-year-old Alan Burton was taken by EMS to the Liberty Hospital. Burton had been driving a northbound car that stopped for a stop sign on Highway 69, when he proceeded into the intersection, the car was hit by an eastbound […]
A Lathrop resident received injuries when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating east of Plattsburg. 56-year old Richard Dubuque was taken to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning two miles east of Plattsburg on Highway 116 as the motorcycle was westbound, it traveled onto the right shoulder, went […]
The Trenton Police Department is teaming up with the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Take-Back Day Saturday, October 24th from 10 to 2 o’clock. Old and unused medications can be placed in the green receptacle box in the vestibule of the Grundy County Law Enforcement Center in […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of October 19 – 25. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the north Missouri area for the week of September Oct. 12 – 18. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of October 5 – 11. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
Interstate 35 ramp closures continue with the schedule today (Tuesday) focusing on Exit 78 at the Route C junction just east of Pattonsburg. Weather permitting, MoDOT reports this work at the southbound ramp is planned from 12 noon to 6 o’clock. Also on the schedule, today (Tuesday, September 29) will be the northbound ramp with […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of September 28 – October 4, 2020. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in […]
A 15-year old Kansas City boy was hurt Saturday evening when he was thrown over the handlebars of a small motorcycle he was riding east of Plattsburg. The youth was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The motorcycle was traveling down a hill on private property when the boy used the front brakes and […]
The weather has delayed the start of the scrub seal on Route 13 in Caldwell and Daviess counties by one day. Vance Brothers, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will now begin the scrub seal on Route 13 in Caldwell and Daviess counties between U.S. Route 69 and Route 6 on Friday, July […]
Three people received moderate injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon two miles west of Osborn. Inured were one of the drivers, 49 year old Shelly Morgan of Gallatin as well as two passengers, 35 year old Brandy Shull-Bayte and 26 year old Jessica Eddy, both of Plattsburg. They were taken by ambulances to […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of June 15 – 21. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
