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 […]
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Bethany teen demolishes SUV in Sunday crash on Highway 13
A resident of Mercer was injured when two vehicles collided on a slush-covered highway in Harrison County Sunday afternoon one mile south of Bethany. Sixty-one-year-old Billy Fisher was taken by private vehicle to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. Fisher was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Quinton Johnson […]
Driver totals big rig west of Meadville
The Highway Patrol reports a Brunswick man sustained moderate injuries when the tractor-trailer he drove ran off the road one mile west of Meadville on Friday. An ambulance transported 63-year-old Harold Goodwin to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The truck traveled east on Highway 36 before running off the right side of the road and […]
Green City man injured in Friday rollover crash
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 […]
70-year-old Ethel woman crashes on icy Highway 63
The Highway Patrol reports an Ethel woman sustained minor injuries when she lost control of the pickup truck she drove on ice and overturned near Kirksville Wednesday evening. An ambulance transported 70-year-old Barbara Schwebach to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The pickup traveled east on Highway 11 one mile west of Business Highway […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education to consider calendar updates at upcoming meeting
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will consider calendar updates for this school year as well as approval of the calendar for next school year at a meeting next week. The board will meet at the district office Tuesday afternoon, February 12 at 4:30 to give individuals an opportunity to attend the final home basketball […]
Big rigs crash on I-35 in Harrison County
Residents of Georgia and Nebraska were injured early Thursday morning in an Interstate 35 accident in Harrison county involved two tractor trailers. A Freightliner driven by a Minneapolis, Minnesota man, 45-year-old Abdurazaq Jama, had already jack-knifed in a crash causing the semi and towed unit to block a majority of the southbound Interstate. A Peterbilt […]
Three from Hamilton hurt in crash on icy Highway 36
Three residents of Hamilton, including an infant, received injuries Wednesday night when a car slid off an icy highway 36 in Buchanan County one mile east of Easton. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for the driver, 29-year-old Timothy Stone, and an infant boy Karter Stone. Another passenger, 23-year-old Kasey Elliott, received moderate injuries. […]
Maysville woman injured in crash on Highway 6
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville resident sustained minor injuries when the vehicle she drove struck a pickup truck a quarter of a mile east of Maysville Wednesday morning. An ambulance transported 93-year-old Helen Owens to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Pickup driver 80-year-old Roy Trussell of Maysville was not reported as injured. Owens traveled east […]
Cannabis workshop for business hopefuls to be held in Kansas City
Cannabis consultant Advisors will be holding in-depth workshops for cannabis business hopefuls in three Missouri cities next month. The “Getting Ready for New Markets” workshops, designed to prepare attendees for success in licensing and establishing cannabis businesses as the Missouri market opens up, are scheduled for: St. Louis – Feb. 18, 5:30-9pm University of Missouri-St. Louis, […]
Winter weather takes toll on north Missouri roads
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 […]
Livingston County Sheriff reports “significant change” in traffic stops and citations
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox has released an End of Year Report for 2018 showing the office had what he called a “significant change” in the number of traffic stops and citations. There were 1,427 traffic stops in 2018 compared to 967 in 2017, which was an increase of 460. There were also 521 citations […]
Deputy Leadbetter and K-9 Zaki graduate extensive K-9 training course
Livingston County Sheriff Deputy Nicholas Leadbetter and K-9 Zaki recently graduated from a Dual Purpose K-9 course taught by representatives of Torchlight K-9 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sheriff Steve Cox reports Leadbetter learned fundamentals of everyday K-9 care and obedience for every day and tactical situations. Leadbetter and Zaki learned together and trained in different weather […]
Two from Jamesport injured, 11-year-old life-flighted after crash on icy road
The Highway Patrol reports two Jamesport residents sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle lost control on ice and ran off the road five miles south of Jamesport Wednesday morning. An air ambulance transported passenger 11-year-old Ivan Miller to Children’s Mercy Hospital with serious injuries and an ambulance transported the driver, 77-year-old Larry Raymo, to […]
Green City woman hurt in crash on Route M
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 […]
Gallatin Board of Aldermen meet with lengthy agenda
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen voted to transfer money from a certificate of deposit and from one account to another at a meeting Monday. A total of $65,199.06 will be moved from the CD at Farmers Bank to the City Clerk General Fund. The balance from the City Clerk Industrial Development Authority of the City […]
FEMA urging residents to prepare as record cold temperatures envelop the area
As officials from the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region VII office continue monitoring the development of an arctic outbreak that could bring recording-setting cold temperatures to several cities throughout the Midwest, residents are encouraged to act now, preparing both their home and families for whatever may arise. “We are […]
Cameron man injured after rolling Jeep multiple times on Highway 36
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries when he lost control of 2005 Jeep Wrangler on a snow-cover road and it overturned three miles east of Stewartsville Thursday afternoon. An ambulance transported 22-year-old Riley Horton to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Horton was traveling west on Highway 36 when he lost control, and […]
Pickup strikes farm tractor on Highway 36
A Callao man sustained minor injuries when a pickup truck struck a farm tractor due to hazardous road conditions one-half mile west of Callao overnight (Tuesday 1:20 am). An ambulance transported tractor driver, 50-year-old Nathan Ford, to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The driver of the pickup, 57-year-old Dale Palmer, was not reported as injured. […]
Missouri traffic fatalities decrease slightly in 2018
For the third year in a row, more than 900 people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes. Preliminary numbers indicate 918 lives were lost in 2018, down slightly from 932 fatalities in 2017. Speed, distraction, impairment, and fatigue continue to be the top causes of fatal crashes. In particular, the number of cell phone related […]