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Three from Macon injured in crash on Jet Road

Three Macon residents sustained injuries when a car overturned near Macon on Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported driver 18-year-old Chloe Dailey to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon with moderate injuries. Passengers 18-year-old Kristeena Jaecques and 20-year-old James Yearwood sustained minor injuries and refused treatment at the crash scene. The car traveled east on Jet Road […]

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Princeton teen injured in crash west of Mill Grove

The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton resident sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove struck a tree three miles west of Mill Grove on Friday night. An ambulance transported 18-year-old Jarica Nelson to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. The car traveled south on Route U before the driver allegedly failed to stop at a […]

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Icy road causes crash south of La Plata

A La Plata resident received minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she was driving slid off snow-and-ice-covered Highway 63 and overturned south of La Plata. Forty-six-year old Marsha Salassa refused medical treatment at the scene. The crash happened Saturday morning nearly two miles south of La Plata as the vehicle was southbound on Highway […]

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Milan woman injured in crash east of Harris

The Highway Patrol reports a Milan woman sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove struck ran off the road and struck a tree six miles east of Harris Saturday morning. An ambulance transported 26-year-old Jamie Clark to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital of Milan. The SUV traveled west on Route E before […]

Rollover Accident

Three from Trenton injured in rollover crash that totals SUV

Three Trenton residents sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned five miles south of Jamesport Friday night. The driver, 20-year-old David Stark, was transported by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care with serious injuries. Passengers in the vehicle, 23-year-old Sean Pruitt and 17-year-old Cassie Stark, were transported by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center. Pruitt’s injuries […]

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Albany man injured when truck overturns on Route A

The Highway Patrol reports an Albany man sustained moderate injuries when the International truck he drove overturned five miles south of Albany on Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported 83-year-old Donald Coburn to Mosaic Medical Center in Albany. The truck traveled south on Route A before running off the right side of the road, returning to […]

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Hale woman injured after striking ditch on Route J

The Highway Patrol reports a Hale woman sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway on Tuesday morning and ran off the road near Hale. Emergency medical services transported 69-year-old Betty Fleener to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. The vehicle traveled west on Route J […]

Grass Fires

Firefighters respond to grass fire on Route Y

The Spickard and Grundy County Rural fire protection districts responded to a grass fire on Route Y north of 80th Street on Thursday. Grundy County Rural Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports about 40 acres burned as well as part of a shed. Four brush trucks, two pumpers, and a tanker were on scene between the […]

Grass Fires

Firefighters respond to grass fire on Route A

The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire that burned about 40 acres on Route A at 363 Northwest 50th Street on Wednesday. Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports Scott Willis started burning some grass, and the fire got away from him and spread to land owned by Teresa Oyler. Roberts says […]