Shortly after 3 o’clock Monday morning, a Cameron man was injured as the car he was driving struck the rear of a stopped vehicle on Interstate 35 in Clay County. Sixty-two-year-old Timothy Carr was taken by emergency medical services to North Kansas City Hospital with serious injuries. The highway patrol reports another vehicle with emergency […]
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Two women in Trenton arrested on felony assault charges
Two women were arrested by police Saturday as a result of alleged altercations in Trenton that authorities say injured two other individuals. Three felony counts were filed against both 29-year-old Kelly Jean McClure of Trenton and 29-year-old Colby Marie Jackson of Wheeling. The charges were filed Sunday by new Grundy County Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Puckett. […]
Big rig crash near Laclede injures one
A man from Orlando, Florida was hurt when a tractor-trailer truck overturned on highway 36 west of Laclede. Thirty-seven-year-old Nathan Lee was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with moderate injuries. Lee was a passenger in a truck driven by 21-year-old Adam Simpson of Independence who was not reported hurt during the crash. The […]
Two injured in Carroll County crash on Highway 10
The Highway Patrol reports two men sustained injuries when a transit van struck a sports utility vehicle west of Carrollton Thursday morning. Emergency medical services transported the van driver, 26-year-old Jarrodd Ford of Carrollton, and the SUV driver, 78-year-old Charles Kallenberger of Norborne, to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. Ford sustained moderate injuries and Kallenberger’s […]
Two from Jamesport injured, 11-year-old life-flighted after crash on icy road
The Highway Patrol reports two Jamesport residents sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle lost control on ice and ran off the road five miles south of Jamesport Wednesday morning. An air ambulance transported passenger 11-year-old Ivan Miller to Children’s Mercy Hospital with serious injuries and an ambulance transported the driver, 77-year-old Larry Raymo, to […]
Georgia woman crashes north of Trenton on icy road
Just after 4 o’clock Thursday, the highway patrol reported 50-year-old Missy Obey of Riverdale, Georgia received moderate injuries in an accident one and a half miles north of Trenton. She was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The pickup was northbound on 65 when it began sliding on the snow and ice covered road; […]
Trenton man slides off road west of Galt
Twenty-seven year Marty Fisher of Trenton was westbound when the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 6, began sliding on the icy road, went off the north side where it overturned and came to rest upright demolishing the pickup. Fisher, who was using a seat belt, was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital […]
Dr. Molly Harp joins Wright Memorial Hospital
A family practice physician will join Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group in Trenton. Doctor Molly Harp will begin treating patients at the Physicians’ Group in early February. Harp most recently worked as the medical director at Hamilton Family Health. She says she is “excited” to join Saint Luke’s and Wright Memorial Hospital and looks forward to […]
Raytown man hurt when car slides off snow-covered road
A Raytown man sustained injuries when a car slid off a snow-covered road and overturned three miles south of Atlanta Monday night. Twenty-two-year-old Ian Mahl was treated for minor injuries and released at the scene. Mahl traveled north on U. S. Highway 63 when he reportedly lost control of the car, and it slid off […]
Chula woman slides off roadway near Chillicothe
A Chula woman received a minor injury Monday afternoon in an accident at the north city limits of Chillicothe. Thirty-year-old Latina Bru went by herself to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. Bru was southbound on Highway 65 and attempted to turn east onto Mohawk Road when the sports utility vehicle slid off the southeast side […]
Two arrested in Daviess and DeKalb Counties
The highway patrol reports separate arrests on Sunday of motorists in Daviess and DeKalb Counties. Independence resident, 54-year-old Paul Jones, was arrested at mid-afternoon and faces several possible violations in Daviess County. Online information says Jones is accused of driving while intoxicated for alcohol; failure to yield to an emergency vehicle; as well as careless […]
St. Joseph woman arrested in Caldwell County
A Saint Joseph woman arrested by the Highway Patrol Tuesday night in Caldwell County faces several charges in Caldwell County. Twenty two year old Dayanitza Perez Castro has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance as well as the misdemeanors of failure to register an out-of-state vehicle or trailer in Missouri when a […]
Livingston County Health Center to sell 911 Rural Location Signs
Livingston County Health Center announces that their office, located at 800 Adam Drive, will be the site to purchase 911 Rural Location Signs through an initiative of its Aging in Place Coalition. The coalition met with Livingston County Commissioners, County Clerk Sherry Parks, Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright and volunteer fire chiefs, Livingston County Sheriff […]
Missouri Parole-Reform Lawsuit moves forward as a class action
A class-action lawsuit seeking major reforms of Missouri’s parole system just got the go-ahead from a federal judge in St. Louis. The case, Gasca vs. Precythe, alleges that the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole violates people’s due-process rights by not sufficiently educating them about their right to a hearing, and not screening them quickly or […]
Audio: Missouri Republican Congressman says border agents want wall
The partial government shutdown is in day 25 over President Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a southern border wall. Northern Missouri Republican Congressman Sam Graves says border security agents support the wall. Democrats, including Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, claims more technology is needed at the border. They say the wall would […]
Trenton City Council overrides Mayor’s veto, hires law firm in regard to land and fire department burn tower
The Trenton City Council last night over-rode the Mayor’s veto and selected a special tax attorney to prepare legal documents related to the financing of the fire departments’ burn training tower and land development. The agreement is with the public finance law firm Gilmore and Bell. The company was represented at last evenings’ city council meeting […]
Highway 63 crash injures three
The Highway Patrol reports two Macon residents and one Farmington woman sustained injuries when a pickup truck slid on a snow-covered road and overturned one mile south of Jacksonville Friday afternoon. The driver, 23-year-old John Myers, and passenger 22-year-old Rose Masten, both of Macon, as well as passenger 24-year-old Daniele Janis of Farmington, were transported […]
NRCS watershed efforts continue to benefit farmers, communities
Sixty years after the first of 1,182 flood-prevention structures were built in Missouri with federal financial and technical assistance, landowners who have witnessed the before-and-after effects of heavy rain are still praising the benefits of the watershed projects. “Panther Creek used to flood almost every time it rained, but it hasn’t flooded at all since […]
Audio: Will Missouri Legislature pass a ‘Right to work’ bill this year? Senate leader is not convinced.
Missouri Senate President Dave Schatz does not think a Right-to-work proposal will make it to the governor’s desk this year. In 2017, the legislature passed a right to work bill quickly, but voters overturned the law in a referendum last August. Senator Eric Burlison, a Republican from Springfield, has filed a Right-to-work proposal […]
Audio: Outnumbered Democrats in Missouri legislature to defend progressive ballot victories, seek bipartisan criminal justice changes
Minority leaders in the Missouri legislature believe they’re taking a realistic approach to the upcoming session. New House Democratic Leader Crystal Quade of Springfield says her party will focus on defending progressive ballot measures passed by voters, noting the new laws are already under threat. Senate Democratic Leader Gina Walsh of Bellefontaine Neighbors […]