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Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds owners about safety when it comes to boats and boat docks

Warmer temperatures mean spring is on the way and with it comes more opportunities to enjoy Missouri’s lakes and rivers. To ensure everyone’s safety, the Missouri State Highway Patrol stresses the importance of being aware and courteous while boating. This winter’s ice and heavy snow combinations have caused damage to some boat docks. Dock owners […]

Road Work

Utility work will narrow Gentry County Route T

Utility work will narrow Gentry County Route T just east of Gentryville this week. Sellenrick Construction Inc. will close one lane of Route T from just east of Main Street to Route A for utility maintenance beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3 through Friday, March 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily. Drivers should stay […]

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Two from Unionville injured in crash on Highway 63

Two men from Unionville were among three people taken to the hospital following an accident Sunday afternoon in Schuyler County. Receiving moderate injuries were the truck driver, 38-year-old Donald Hurley, and his passenger, 84-year-old Johnny French, both of Unionville. The driver of another vehicle, an Iowa resident, received minor injuries. All were taken by ambulance […]

Voter ID

Missouri Republicans look to reinstate voter ID requirement

(Missouri Independent) – About 137,700 registered voters in Missouri did not have a state-issued identification in 2017, according to an analysis from the Secretary of State’s Office.  Another 140,000 voters had expired IDs, and 2,000 more voters had forfeited their driver’s licenses. Under a bill passed Wednesday in the Missouri House, those registered voters would either have to […]

Traffic Accident

Harrisonville man injured after striking trailer pulled by Mack truck

The Highway Patrol reports a Harrisonville sports utility vehicle driver sustained minor injuries in an accident involving a Cameron Mack truck driver in Cass County the evening of February 23rd. Fifty-six-year-old Ralph Williams was transported to the Saint Joseph Medical Center. Truck driver 31-year-old Matthew Durham was reported as not injured. The SUV traveled west […]

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Grundy County Commission appoint health officer; participate in conference with NRCS

The Grundy County Commission appointed a county health officer and participated in a conference call with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) representatives regarding a Streambank Stabilization project the morning of February 23rd. Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray reports Elizabeth Gibson was reappointed as the county health officer. The commission, Marty Comstock and Dennis Speichenger of NRCS, […]

Rollover Accident

Three area teenagers injured in rollover crash north of Bethany, one life-flighted to Truman Medical Center

Three area teens sustained injuries when a car ran off the road and overturned multiple times 10 miles north of Bethany on Friday night, February 19th. An air ambulance transported passenger 18-year-old Sadie Summa of Bethany to the Truman Medical Center with serious injuries. An ambulance took a 17-year-old female passenger from Eagleville to the […]

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Two-vehicle crash at intersection results in driver arrest on multiple warrants

A two-vehicle accident at Cameron late Wednesday afternoon injured two drivers with one of them arrested. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as minor for 42-year-old Johnny Templeton of Cameron, who was taken by EMS to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The other driver, 32-year-old Tara Richardson of Kidder, received no injuries. The car Richardson was driving […]

Trenton Utility Committee

Trenton Utility Committee presented reports involving water treatment plant and water main construction

Reports on current and future projects were given during Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Trenton Utility Committee. The information describes preliminary costs for projects involving Trenton’s water treatment plant. This includes piping for the river and reservoir pump stations as well as the contact basins at the plant on West Crowder Road. Altogether, the cost […]