Rollover Accident

Stanberry woman rolls pickup on snow-covered Route M

A Stanberry woman was hospitalized following a single-vehicle rollover accident in rural Nodaway County. Thirty-seven-year-old Cassie Edson received serious injuries and was taken by EMS to a Mosaic Life Care facility. The pickup, on Sunday night, began to slide on snow-covered Route M when it crossed the center of the road and went off the […]

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Maysville resident injured in crash on Saturday

A Maysville resident was hurt when a trailer, towed by a pickup truck, jackknifed and caused a collision with an oncoming sports utility vehicle. A passenger in the pickup, 41-year old Chrystal Bessar of Maysville, was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with minor injuries. The driver of the pickup, 20-year old Dalton […]

Power Outage

Underground wire fault causes power outage in Trenton

Power was out for approximately 25 minutes for almost 550 customers in Trenton on Tuesday afternoon, March 1st. That according to City Administrator and Utility Director Ron Urton, who says the power outage affected an area mainly west of the railroad tracks. Urton reports an underground wire faulted and shorted out near Eighth and Washington […]

Rollover Accident

Osborn teen injured in rollover crash

The highway patrol reports a car experienced a defect causing the steering wheel to lock, resulting in the car traveling off a lettered route in Clinton County.  The car overturned several times coming to rest on its wheels. Eighteen-year-old Quentin Hughes of Osborn received moderate injuries and was taken by EMS to Cameron Regional Medical […]

Donald Kauerauf, the director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, speaks during a press conference at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on July 21, 2021

Before ouster, Missouri health director drafted a letter to senators that was never sent

(Missouri Independent) – On the Friday before a drawn-out confirmation battle ended with his ouster from office, Missouri state Health Director Donald Kauerauf wrote an impassioned letter meant to convince conservative legislators who were on the fence about his appointment.  The message: While he believed in vaccines and data and science, he didn’t believe in vaccine […]

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Charges Filed: Man subdued by passengers, flight crew after causing disturbance on flight; plane forced to land in Kansas City

A California man was subdued by several passengers and flight attendants when he tried to open the exit door on an American Airlines flight en route to Washington, D.C., on Sunday afternoon, forcing the plane to land at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Juan Remberto Rivas, 50, was charged with one count […]

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Man from Polo injured in crash on Highway 13

The Highway Patrol reports a Polo man sustained moderate injuries when the car he drove hit a pickup truck in Ray County on Friday morning, February 11th. An ambulance took 44-year-old Matthew Fleener to the Ray County Memorial Hospital. No injuries were reported for the pickup driver, 28-year-old Whitney Marrant of Richmond. The car traveled […]