MoDOT Road Work

MoDOT planned road work for the week of May 7, 2018

The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]

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Lawson man thrown from vehicle in Ray County crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Lawson man sustained serious injuries when he was ejected from his vehicle in a one-vehicle crash in northwestern Ray County Saturday. Twenty-year-old Brett Yager traveled north on Route C when his vehicle reportedly crossed the center line and ran off the left side of the road about 131 feet north […]

Canine Officer Zaki in Body Armor

K-9 officer Zaki stops escaping prisoner in Chillicothe

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox credits the departments’ law enforcement K-9 with running after a prisoner who fled on foot while at the sheriff’s office in Chillicothe, but stopped once he saw the dog in action. 20-year-old Jeremiah Joel Bailiff of St. Louis was being finger-printed when the alleged escape from custody occurred. Bailiff had been arrested following […]

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1 dead, 1 injured in crash northwest of Cameron

A Monday morning two vehicle crash northwest of Cameron has claimed the life of one person and seriously injured another. The highway patrol said 49-year-old Marsha Fairbanks of Maysville was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene by the DeKalb County Coroner. The other driver, 31-year-old April Benedict of Cameron, was taken by emergency […]

Traffic accident

Norborne teen injured in Carroll County accident

A Norborne resident was hurt on Wednesday morning when the pickup truck she was driving hit the side of a bridge and overturned in northwestern Carroll County. Seventeen-year old Lauren Kerby of Norborne sought her own treatment, for injuries described as minor by the Highway Patrol.  The accident occurred as the westbound pickup hit the […]