Roy Blunt Reservoir

Major announcement to advance East Locust Creek Reservoir to be made Tuesday

On Tuesday, August 14th at 10:00 AM at “the bottom of the lake” in Boynton, Missouri J.R. Flores, State Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service, will be making a major announcement that will advance the East Locust Creek Reservoir project significantly.  NRCS is the federal sponsor of the Reservoir project.   Flores and NRCS have been critical […]

Missouri State Fair 2018

Audio: 2018 Missouri State Fair opens Thursday in Sedalia

(Missourinet) – Thousands of people are expected to travel Thursday to west-central Missouri’s Sedalia for the opening of the 2018 State Fair. Governor Mike Parson is expected to speak at Thursday’s noon opening ceremony, on the fairgrounds. State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says one of the biggest changes involves SIX nights of fireworks, which are being […]

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Braymer woman injured when car strikes big rig trailer

A Braymer resident was hurt when a car hit the side of a tractor-trailer unit near Breckenridge. Forty-one-year-old Angel Butterworth of Braymer was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning on Highway 36 south of Breckenridge. Ms. Butterworth was a passenger in a car turning west from a […]

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Three injured, one child life-flighted after Saturday crash

The highway patrol reports three Maysville residents were seriously hurt Saturday night when a car traveled off Highway 33. A passenger in the vehicle, five-year-old Brenton Jestes was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center, then flown by medical helicopter to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Another passenger, three-year-old Alyssandra Jestes, was taken to Cameron […]

Roy Blunt Reservoir

$25M in grant money sought for roads, bridges and broadband in East Locust Creek Reservoir project

The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission and the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission have applied for a $25,000,000 grant for roads, bridges, and broadband in the area of the East Locust Creek Reservoir project in Sullivan County. The United States Department of Transportation Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant would ensure adequate and […]

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15-year-old Milan teen totals vehicle near Osborn

The Highway Patrol reports a Milan teen sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident two miles west of Osborn Thursday afternoon. Fifteen-year-old Perla Acosta drove a sports utility vehicle east on U. S. Highway 36 when the vehicle traveled into the median. The driver reportedly overcorrected, and the SUV traveled across the eastbound lanes. The […]

Missouri Hospital Association

Hospital workforce challenges persist in Missouri

A new report from the Missouri Hospital Association finds increased turnover rates among the majority of hospital-based healthcare positions. Vacancy rates decreased for several employee categories, including registered nurses, between 2016 and 2017. However, combined turnover among all professions surveyed increased statewide from 16 percent in 2016 to 17.7 percent in 2017. “Every Missourian has […]

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Southwest Missouri man crashes near Cameron

A southwest Missouri resident was injured south of Cameron when the sports utility vehicle he was driving left Highway 69 and hit an embankment. Twenty-four-year-old Kyle Maserang of Carthage was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened Saturday morning three miles south of Cameron on Highway 69 when the southbound […]

Unusual Accident

Unusual accident on I-35 leaves one person injured

An accident seven miles south of Cameron Tuesday afternoon left one person injured in an unusual I-35 accident. The highway patrol said 43-year-old Michelle Perry of Wheeling was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened when a southbound pickup had a mechanical failure with the tow dolly. The […]

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Mooresville man arrested on assault allegation

On Sunday, July 22, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department and Chillicothe Department of Emergency Services responded to Mooresville on a report of a man being assaulted and injured. Sheriff Steve Cox said the investigation resulted in one person joking to a neighbor about throwing a spittoon into a pool when the male neighbor responded with […]