SSM Health has signed letters of intent with two Missouri health systems to explore transferring ownership of its ministries in Maryville, Jefferson City, and Mexico. The Catholic, not-for-profit health system based in Saint Louis is in discussions with Mosaic Life Care based in Saint Joseph to transfer ownership of Saint Francis Hospital—Maryville and affiliated outpatient […]
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Dan Leatherman, owner of KCHI Radio in Chillicothe, dies at home
Daniel Duane Leatherman, 57, of Chillicothe, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018, at his home in Chillicothe. Dan was the owner and General Manager of KCHI Radio. Memorials may be made to the Chillicothe Education Foundation with memorials left at or mailed to Heritage Funeral Home, 3141 N. Washington, Chillicothe. A Mass of Christian Burial […]
St. Joseph man injured in crash near Osborn
The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph man sustained moderate injuries when a car ran off the road two miles west of Osborn Wednesday morning. Eighty-two-year-old Billie Gilpin drove the car west on U. S. Highway 36 when it ran off the south side of the road into the median and struck a culvert. The […]
Stewartsville man ejected from motorcycle in crash on Route Y
The Highway Patrol reports a Stewartsville man was ejected from a motorcycle early Saturday morning, sustaining serious injuries. Twenty-year-old Riley Flint traveled south on Route Y when he reportedly lost control of the motorcycle he was driving as he rounded a curve. The motorcycle ran off the road, struck an embankment, and came to rest […]
Speeding stop results in arrest of Saint Joseph woman
A traffic stop for speeding in Livingston County resulted in the arrest of a passenger. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports Deputy Nicholas Leadbetter stopped a vehicle for going 20 miles per hour over the speed limit and was soon assisted by the sheriff. Cox says the driver was cited for speeding, and one of the […]
Dr. Wyatt Pickering named medical director for emergency department at Wright Memorial Hospital
Wright Memorial Hospital began working with a new group of emergency medicine providers, Emergency Medical Services, in its emergency department. EMS is part of ENVISION Physician Services, a high quality, nationwide team of providers, which Saint Luke’s Health System uses to staff emergency departments at some of its other facilities. “Through EMS’ positive partnership with […]
Rollover crash in Worth County injures driver
A rollover accident in Worth County Tuesday afternoon injured a resident of Sheridan, Missouri. William Teager was transported by ambulance to the Saint Francis Hospital in Maryville. Teager was southbound when the vehicle he was driving began to travel off the west side of Route F. He overcorrected causing the car to cross the center […]
Blood drive to be held at Wright Memorial Hospital
The Community Blood Center is the primary supplier of blood for local hospitals and has been serving Missouri and Kansas hospitals for more than 50 years. The blood center needs to collect 580 pints of blood every day and over 140,000 pints annually to meet the needs of our local hospitals. An individual within the area […]
Highway patrol arrests two on Friday night
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two individuals in area counties Friday night. The Patrol arrested 51-year-old Gail of Eldon in Caldwell County and accused her of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway. She was transported to the Caldwell County Detention Center on a 24-hour […]
What’s coming and leaving Netflix in July, 2018
A new month means new movies and shows are added to Netflix, though you will have to say goodbye to many others. The first few days of the month are dominated by catalog movie titles featuring everything from the live-action Scooby-Doo films to the art house favorite “Chocolat”. The second half is a massive slate of original […]
Georgia woman sent to hospital after her big rig crashes near Stewartsville
The Highway Patrol reports a woman from Macon, Georgia sustained serious injuries when her 2019 Peterbilt truck ran off the road three miles east of Stewartsville in DeKalb County Friday morning. Forty-eight-year-old Sabrina Hyman drove west on U. S. Highway 36 when the vehicle traveled off the north side of the road, struck an embankment […]
North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approve budgets
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved 2018-2019 budgets for unrestricted accounts and auxiliary service accounts Tuesday evening. The unrestricted accounts budget projects total expenses of $10,568,066 with total revenue projected at $10,364,169. This means there is a budgeted operational deficit for unrestricted accounts of $203,897. The auxiliary service accounts budget projects total […]
Rider life-flighted after motorcycle crashes near Bevier
A Saint Catherine man received serious injuries Saturday afternoon when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating north of Bevier. Sixty-six-year-old Clarence Futhey was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The crash happened three miles north of Bevier on Route O when the southbound motorcycle went out of control on […]
Father and son deployed to Al Udeid Air Base during Father’s Day
Captain William Sarti and A1C Matthew Miller, both members of the Missouri Air National Guard, deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as part of a rotation from the 131st Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base (Miller) and the 139th Airlift Wing at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in Saint Joseph Miller arrived in Qatar in […]
Tractor mowing MoDOT right of way hit by pickup south of Maysville
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron woman sustained moderate injuries when the pickup truck in which she rode was struck by a tractor five miles south of Maysville Thursday morning. Thirty-six-year-old Robert Slawson of Saint Joseph drove south on Highway 33 when he began to pass a Missouri Department of Transportation tractor cutting the grass […]
Des Moines man thrown from motorcycle south of Blythedale
The Highway Patrol reports a Des Moines, Iowa man sustained serious injuries when his motorcycle overturned and ejected him about a mile and a half south of Blythedale Friday night. Forty-four-year-old Nick Briner traveled south on Route T when he reportedly failed to negotiate a curve and his motorcycle ran off the west side of […]
Jamesport man arrested after crashing motorcycle on Route EE
The Highway Patrol reports a Jamesport man sustained serious injuries when his motorcycle struck a deer one mile south of Weatherby at 2:40 am Thursday. The Patrol reports 42-year-old Joshua Verhagen traveled south on Route EE at a high rate of speed before the motorcycle hit the deer in the road. He was ejected and […]
Overturned semi truck loaded with hogs causes chaos for motorists in Cameron
The Cameron Police Department and Highway Patrol report westbound Highway 36 at Highway 69 at Cameron is back open after a tractor-trailer truck hauling hogs overturned causing some of the animals to escape the trailer Thursday morning. A spokesperson for Troop H of the Highway Patrol reports westbound 36 was cleared around 10:50. The Patrol […]
Hands-Only CPR classes available to area communities
Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton and Grundy County Emergency Medical Services are offering free hands-only CPR training to the community. Saint Luke’s Health System Marketing and Public Relations Director Jordan Ferguson says hands-only CPR is an easy to learn, life-saving technique that provides individuals with the knowledge and ability to act quickly in the event […]