The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton woman sustained moderate injuries when the sport utility vehicle she drove struck an embankment and overturned about six miles east of Bethany Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 26-year-old Jessica Stark to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The SUV traveled west on U. S. Highway 136 before running […]
A Green City High School graduate has received the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Outstanding Senior Award. Natalie Ayers has been involved in multiple clubs and organizations during her four years in Columbia. She has also received several other awards. Ayers served as the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education has approved a health insurance proposal from broker Thomas McGee that involves no increase in premiums for employees. The base PPO for an employee will remain at $607.35, and the base HSA will stay at $516.63. The district cap will remain at $600. This is the second year the […]
The Highway Patrol reports an Albany woman sustained minor injuries when the sport utility vehicle she drove struck a deer about five miles west of Albany Thursday morning. Emergency medical services transported 44-year-old April Willis to Mosaic Life Care in Albany. The SUV traveled west on U. S. Highway 136 before the vehicle’s front driver’s […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen accepted several ordinances at a meeting Monday evening. One added a new chapter to city code regarding regulations for medical marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, testing, transportation, and dispensaries. The board voted in April to draft a city ordinance reducing the medical marijuana dispensary distance requirement from 1,000 feet to 100 feet […]
A Hale man facing felony charges following an investigation into an alleged incident in Bedford this weekend has been found in contempt of court. Online court information shows 39 year old Gary Forrest Goodhart has been charged with the felonies of driving while revoked or suspended and resisting arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing—creating a […]
Two bridges in Grundy County have been closed by the Missouri Department of Transportation due to structural deficiencies. During a conference call this (Tuesday) morning regarding recently completed bridge inspections, a MoDOT representative told the Grundy County Commission one bridge was closed on Northeast 90th Street and another was closed on Southwest 86th Avenue. Presiding […]
Contractors are scheduled to being repairing a bridge in Caldwell County that was struck by a vehicle last year. Due to the damage it sustained, the bridge on Route 13 over U.S. Route 36 in Hamilton has been narrowed since the crash. Crews from Comanche Construction, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, plan […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Breckenridge man being pursued by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department sustained serious injuries when he was ejected from a motorcycle last (Monday) evening. An ambulance and air ambulance transported 35 year old Shane Walter to the University of Missouri Hospital of Columbia. The driver of a pickup truck involved in […]
Because of a water main break, a precautionary boil advisory has been issued for some customers in Sullivan County. According to the water district office in Milan, affected are customers on Route AB, north of Illinois Drive. This also includes Illinois Drive, Ivy Drive, Jamboree Road, and Indiana Drive. The affected rural water customers have […]
A Bosworth resident was hurt when the car he was driving was hit by another vehicle at a Bosworth intersection. Fifty-five-year-old Keith Sedgwick was taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe with minor injuries. The other driver, 23-year old Blake Crawford of Bosworth, was not reported hurt. The crash happened Saturday afternoon at the intersection […]
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 May 11 – 17. All road closures for roadwork, incidents, and ongoing flooding can be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in […]
A former inmate at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron has been charged with felony violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections or to an inmate by an inmate stemming from an alleged incident in March 2019. Fifty-two-year-old Jeffrey Sterling is scheduled for an initial appearance is scheduled in DeKalb County Circuit Court […]
The driver was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a passenger was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident in rural Nodaway County. Thirty-seven-year-old Neil Minor of Tarkio was ejected from the overturning car and died at the scene of the crash three miles west of Maryville. Minor was a passenger in a car driven by 31-year-old Elizabeth Merriett […]
Governor Parson encouraged Missourians to shop local and support Missouri-based businesses, which will be critical to stimulating the state’s economy moving forward. “We are on the road to recovery, and we must continue taking steps to protect ourselves and others. With that said, we encourage Missourians to safely re-engage in the economy,” Governor Parson said. “Now more […]
A car and bicycle accident Tuesday night one mile north of Cameron injured two people and the arrest of one. Thirty-four-year-old Travis Pyzer of Plattsburg was northbound on Route EE when his car sideswiped a bicyclist, 34-year-old Pride Willis of Cameron. Both men were taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. A trooper […]
The Princeton City Council received an offer on Monday evening for a property on Broadway. Deputy City Clerk Corey Willett reports Todd Kelly wanted to pay the back taxes on the property. The council made a counteroffer of him paying $1,000. Last year’s budget was reinstated until a new one can be adopted. A budget […]
A Palmyra teenager was killed early Sunday in northeast Missouri. Nineteen-year-old Jarrad Verdier was pronounced dead at the scene five miles east of New London in Ralls County. The patrol reports Verdier was thrown from the eastbound four-wheeler when it traveled off the right side of Oak Hill Road and struck a fence. Verdier was […]
A pedestrian was hit by a car in southwestern Macon County on Saturday morning resulting in moderate injuries. The pedestrian, 48-year old Charles Davidson of Excello, was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Macon. The driver of the car, 50-year old Gayle Akery of Excello, was not reported hurt. The patrol accused Akery accused of felony […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the arrest of a Chicago man after the sheriff’s office responded to calls for service regarding a very fast and careless driver on Highway 36. Twenty-five-year-old Jerome Halsey the Third was arrested for alleged excessive speed and posted bond (no amount listed). He is scheduled for Livingston County Court […]
