A Lexington woman received minor injuries Wednesday night when a pickup slid off an icy lettered route and rolled over in DeKalb County. Forty-year-old Penny Bennett was transported by an ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The accident occurred approximately six miles to the north of Cameron as Bennett was northbound when the pickup she […]
Two teenage boys received minor injuries when a pickup Tuesday night slid off an icy lettered road in southwest Grundy County four miles east of Jamesport. Taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton were 16-year-old Darren Lowe of Jamesport and 16-year-old Luca Nichols of Trenton. A pickup driven by Nichols was eastbound when […]
Trenton City Administrator Ron Urton reports the fire scene in the 600 block of Main Street in Trenton is now under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the State Fire Marshal. Authorities have not allowed Main Street to be reopened to traffic as they continue their investigation. Detour routes […]
A Chillicothe woman was injured when the vehicle she was driving ran off a snow-covered lettered route in Livingston County late Monday morning 12 miles northwest of Chillicothe. Twenty-three-year-old Kaitlyn Owen received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. A trooper reported the sports utility vehicle was […]
A blaze early Sunday in southern Livingston County, in the Hale Fire Protection District. was fully involved in a residential dwelling at 17744 Route JJ. A Chillicothe Fire Department spokesman reported all occupants were outside and accounted for when firefighters from Chillicothe arrived at the one and a half story structure. Firefighters from the Hale […]
Two Mercer residents were hurt Saturday afternoon east of Mount Moriah when a car traveled off highway 136 and hit several trees. A passenger, 22-year old Lakeisha Meyers was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany and then flown by medical helicopter to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines with serious injuries. The […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation advises motorists to limit travel beginning Friday and throughout the weekend as a series of winter storms will impact roads across the state. “For your safety and the safety of our crews, we ask everyone to avoid unnecessary travel once the storm begins,” said Becky Allmeroth, MoDOT State Maintenance Engineer […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved an update to this year’s school calendar and the school calendar for next school year at a meeting Tuesday evening. The calendar updates for this school year include Trenton R-9 being in session March 15th and 18th, April 22nd, and May 17th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe woman sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident in Saline County Tuesday morning. A personal vehicle transported 35-year-old Mandy Stover to Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. Stover traveled south on Highway 65 when the sports utility vehicle she drove ran off the right side of the road south […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting and monthly meeting on Thursday, February 14th. The ribbon cutting will be held at 12 noon at Fernwood Retreat, the location of the former Sonrise Christian Home. Princeton Chamber President Kelly Bertrand reports the large building, erected in 1921, has been remodeled and available for bookings such […]
A single-vehicle accident Sunday night at Highway 13 and Route DD in Johnson County injured a resident of Norborne and demolished the vehicle he was driving. Thirty-three-year-old Brandan Bellamy received minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to the Western Missouri Medical Center. A trooper reports Bellamy was northbound when he apparently failed to negotiate […]
An accident Sunday night at 7:45 pm one mile east of Berlin in Gentry County injured a Maysville resident and demolished the car he was driving. Fifty-one-year-old Brent Jestes was transported by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. Jestes was westbound when the car crossed the center of Gentry County […]
The highway patrol reports a Milan resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle he was driving slid off a road Northeast of Milan, traveled over a bridge, became airborne and landed in a creek striking an embankment. Seventy-four-year-old Lanny Crawford was transported by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with moderate […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Green City man sustained minor injuries when the vehicle he drove slid on ice and overturned four miles north of Galt Friday afternoon. A private vehicle transported 31-year-old Wayli Rosales to Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. Rosales traveled north on Route J when the vehicle slid, ran off the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville woman sustained when a pickup truck ran off the road seven miles south of Maysville Wednesday afternoon. An ambulance transported 56-year-old Julie Burke to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. Burke drove north on Highway 33, south of Route RA when she reportedly lost control of the pickup, […]
The Highway Patrol reports three Brookfield residents sustained minor injuries when the minivan they traveled in was struck by the trailer of a tractor-trailer in Macon County Tuesday afternoon. Thirty-two-year-old Kristopher Masuch and 20-year-old Charles Moore were transported by ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. A private vehicle transported 26-year-old Lacee Murphy to Pershing […]
A deadline for comments has been set in a case before the Missouri Public Service Commission regarding ownership of the Grain Belt Express Clean Line. This is the proposed energy transmission project that would carry energy from Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The proposed route would pass through northern Missouri counties including from this […]
Three Texas men have recently pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing 654 firearms from United Parcel Service trailers in Springfield, Missouri, en route to Bass Pro Shops. Raynord Hunt, 36, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to the charges contained in a February 21, 2018, federal indictment. Co-defendants […]
Across Northwest Missouri, the effects of winter weather are evident everywhere you look frozen ground, canceled classes, snow-covered fields, and potholes. The Missouri Department of Transportation normally launches its pothole efforts in March, but with the extreme weather we’ve faced this year, the roads are taking a beating. When they’re not out plowing ice and […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Green City woman sustained minor injuries when one pickup truck pulled into the path of another five miles northwest of Green City on Tuesday. The driver, 56-year-old Janis Holt, was to seek her own medical treatment. The other driver, 65-year-old Paul Perkins of Milan, was not reported as injured. The […]
