The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of December 10 through the 16th from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Galt women sustained minor injuries when the driver of a sports utility vehicle lost control on a wet and partially ice-covered portion of U. S. Highway 65 in Pettis County Thursday morning. Driver 44-year-old Mary Sawyer and passenger 20-year-old Breanna Sawyer were transported by private vehicle to Fitzgibbon Hospital of […]
The bridge on Route PP over the East Medicine Creek, just east of Osgood, is now closed, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge was closed after a regularly scheduled inspection revealed critical deterioration to the structure. The anticipated closure time will not be known until an assessment is complete. During the closure, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton woman sustained minor injuries when she lost control of the sports utility vehicle she drove on a snow-covered portion of Highway Z in Grundy County Tuesday morning. Emergency medical services transported 42-year-old Brandy Knapp to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. Knapp traveled north on Highway Z when she lost […]
A woman from northeast Kansas died Monday following an accident just west of Clarksdale in DeKalb County. The 11:15 Monday morning wreck involved a semi truck and a car. The highway patrol reports 51-year-old Cherri Edwards of Troy, Kansas was pronounced dead by DeKalb County Coroner Heath Turner, some 30 minutes after the accident happened. […]
An elderly Moberly man who was the subject of an Endangered Silver Advisory due to being reported missing was pronounced dead after a traffic accident. Fatally injured was 81-year old Donald McCreary of Moberly who was involved in a motor vehicle accident Friday morning two miles west of Moberly on Route BB. The eastbound sports […]
A parade will be held as one of the activities for Five Points Alive’s Trenton Downtown Christmas Saturday afternoon and evening, December 1st. ATVs, vintage cars, trucks, businesses, and others are invited to decorate entries and line up in front of Geyer Hall on Main Street at 4:50. Cindy Jennings with Five Points Alive says […]
A boy from Chula was injured Tuesday afternoon when the car he was driving went off a lettered road after traveling over an ice patch. Sixteen-year-old Ash Chappell of Chula was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries. Chappell was northbound on Route V when he over-corrected after hitting a patch […]
Route 5 in Sullivan County that was closed last week between Route E and Business Route 5 (Pearl Street/Ribbon Road) in Milan is now open to traffic. Workers from the Missouri Department of Transportation discovered a potential void under the roadway, as well as shoulder and roadside slides. After further investigation, it was found that […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports nine people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period–from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2018, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 25, 2018. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated the following: 2018 Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Statistics Crashes ─ 587 Injuries ─ 108 Fatalities ─ 9 DWI ─ 86 Drug Arrests ─ 67 […]
Four Cameron residents were hurt Sunday morning when a sports utility vehicle went into a ditch east of Cameron. The driver, 37-year old Clint Riddle, and passengers, five-year-old Clinton Riddle, eight-year-old Kaylee Riddle, and 13-year old Rachel Gehrs, all of Cameron, were taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The accident happened one mile […]
Route 5 in Sullivan County is now closed between Route E and Business Route 5 (Pearl Street/Ribbon Road) in Milan. Workers from the Missouri Department of Transportation discovered a void under the roadway, as well as shoulder and roadside slides. The roadway will remain closed until the damage can be fully assessed and appropriate repairs […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in north Missouri planned for the week of November 26 through December 2 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations […]
As thousands of Missouri drivers travel home to spend Thanksgiving with family and friends this week, the Missouri Department of Transportation is urging them to exercise patience, caution and good judgment behind the wheel. The holiday week brings a trifecta of concerns to the roadway, including impaired driving, distracted driving, and heavy interstate congestion. The […]
Following repairs to a water main break, a portion of rural Mercer County has been placed on a precautionary boil order. Affected are rural water customers on Mercer County Route Double C. The precautionary boil water notice will be in effect until 9 o’clock Wednesday morning unless there’s other notification made by the Mercer County […]
A teenager from Dawn was injured Sunday afternoon in an accident five miles southwest of Chillicothe. The highway reports 16-year-old Michael Koehl received minor injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to Hedrick Medical Center. He was using a seat belt. The teenager was westbound when the vehicle he was driving failed to make […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Spickard man was transported to a hospital by air ambulance following accidents west of Brookfield. A car, driven by 20-year-old Triston Walmsley of Spickard, was reportedly stopped sideways on westbound U. S. Highway 36 east of Route TT due to a prior crash when a westbound minivan, driven by 34-year-old […]
The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries in two vehicle accidents in the same area in La Plata Friday evening. A pickup truck, driven by 76-year-old Marvin Swan of Promise City, Iowa, turned west onto Route D and crossed the southbound lanes of U. S. Highway 63 when a car traveling south on U. […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of November 19 – 25 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and […]
Fifteen Missouri properties have made a list of historic places considered as endangered. Executive Director Bill Hart with the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation says the locations range from a train depot in northwest Missouri’s Bethany to the Henry Miller House in southeast Missouri’s Bloomfield. Executive Director Bill Hart with the Missouri Alliance […]
