The Green Hills Regional Planning Commission Board of Directors announces the next Executive Director of the commission. Corrine Watts plans to assume her duties in the first week of March. She is currently the Director of Workforce Services for the Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council in Olympia, Washington. She will replace Randy Railsback who was […]
The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission has posted a Request for Qualifications for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Phase 1A for timber harvest. This will be, likely, the smallest of multiple phases of timber harvest and tree clearing. It is approximately 90 acres where the future East Locust Creek Reservoir (ELCR) dam […]
A Gallatin teenager was taken to the hospital Monday morning after the vehicle she was driving went out of control, then overturned on a snow and ice-covered lettered route five miles southwest of Gallatin. The 16-year-old girl received moderate injuries and was transported by Daviess County EMS to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The 1998 Ford Ranger […]
Seven people from Texas, including five children, were injured when the van they occupied was hit by a large truck. The crash occurred on Sunday morning in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 about seven miles north of Pattonsburg. The highway patrol said the Volvo Truck driven by 51-year-old Haysam Elkott of Temple Terrace, Florida […]
A Gallatin resident was hurt early Sunday north of Hamilton when the car he was driving hit a bull on Highway 13 during foggy conditions. Thirty-four-year old Cory Rhoads was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The crash happened one mile north of Hamilton on Highway 13 as the car was southbound […]
A Kansas City resident was seriously hurt early Saturday when a pickup truck overturned on Highway 36 east of Hamilton. Fifty-year-old Jacqueline Pickering was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center. She was a passenger in a pickup driven by 50-year old David Pickering of Kansas City who was not reported hurt. The crash happened 12 […]
One person was killed and three others seriously hurt in a head-on crash involving a car and SUV on Interstate 35 south of the Lathrop exit. Fatally injured was the driver of the car, 48-year old Scott Ford of Kansas City. Three passengers in the sports utility vehicle were taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in […]
Seven Lenexa Kansas residents were hurt late Friday afternoon in Daviess County when a sports utility vehicle traveled off Interstate 35 and hit an embankment north of the Winston exit. Two of the passengers, 45-year old Elaine Wright, and A ten-year-old girl were taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The driver, 21-year […]
The Highway Patrol arrested three men in area counties on December 31st. Thirty-two-year-old Andrew Steinberger of Altoona, Iowa, was arrested in Daviess County the morning of December 31st. He was accused of misdemeanor resisting arrest, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle, and driving at a speed less than 40 miles per hour on an […]
Drivers of two pickup trucks received minor injuries in an early Monday afternoon (12:55 pm) accident in Green City. Both 66-year-old Dennis Foster of Green City and 77-year-old Susan Pace of Milan were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Foster was northbound when he allegedly failed to yield at the Highway 6 intersection […]
Three northeast Missouri residents died in a head-on crash early Monday morning one and a half miles west of Novinger. The two drivers were killed at the scene while one passenger died nearly three hours later at a hospital. The state patrol identified the victims as 36-year-old Nicholaus Ford of Kirksville and his passenger, 30-year-old […]
A Cameron teenager was arrested at 10 o’clock Sunday night with preliminary charges pending in DeKalb County. Seventeen-year-old Breauna Botts of Cameron has been accused of distribution of marijuana, possession of drugs-prescription pills, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia. Botts also was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated, speeding, as well as careless and […]
A teenager from Maysville was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle rollover accident on Highway 6 in the eastern part of DeKalb County. Seventeen-year-old William Scrivens received minor injuries after the westbound car he was driving swerved to miss a deer in the road, the vehicle went off the south side of the highway […]
Multiple arrests have been reported by the Highway Patrol from the weekend including one in Daviess County and three in Harrison County. Saturday morning, 42-year-old Phillip Cunningham of Junction City, Kansas was taken into custody while in Daviess County. The state patrol accused Cunningham of driving while intoxicated, aggravated offender as well as failure to […]
Investigation continues into a possible vehicular assault in the 200 block of Washington Street in Chillicothe on December 24th. Chillicothe Police Sergeant Cody Dysart reports officers responded and spoke with the victim. A suspect has been identified. While on the scene, officers arrested a man on an outstanding warrant from Livingston County. Dysart notes the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove ran off the road and overturned three miles east of Kirksville on Wednesday morning, December 23rd. An ambulance transported 52-year-old April Craig to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The vehicle traveled west on Highway 6 before running off […]
A resident from Coffey has been arrested by the highway patrol in Daviess County and jailed on a drug allegation. Forty-four-year-old Daniel Jackson was arrested at around 10:30 on Friday night and accused of felony possession of methamphetamine as well as being accused of holding no valid operator’s license. Jackson was transported to the Daviess-DeKalb […]
Corporal Aaron Post of Platte County was recently named as Missouri’s Outstanding Conservation Agent for 2021 for his accomplishments and service to his community and conservation. A committee from MDC’s Protection Branch selected Post as outstanding agent. Cpl. Chris Ely of Texas County was runner up. Post was also selected as MDC’s Kansas City Region […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation has closed the St. Joseph and Chillicothe offices to the public due to rising COVID-19 concerns. MDC staff will still be able to answer phone calls to those offices. Sales of 2021 Natural Events Calendars will continue if arrangements by phone are made for contactless pickup outside the buildings. MDC […]
The Harrison County Health Department and Harrison County Health Officer Courtney Cross have issued a public health order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The order involves all persons at least two years old wearing a face covering or mask any time they are or will be in contact with others who are not household […]
