Two Jamesport residents sustained injuries when a Freightliner truck struck a sport utility vehicle in Jamesport on May 27th. The driver of the SUV, 50-year-old Francesca Robb, and her 15-year-old girl, who was a passenger in the SUV, were transported by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. No injuries were reported […]
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Linneus woman injured in attempt to avoid deer in roadway
The Highway Patrol reports a Linneus woman sustained minor injuries after a deer traveled into the path of a car four miles west of Chula the morning of May 27th. An ambulance transported 58-year-old Kathi Tolly to the Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. The car headed east on Route K before the deer traveled into […]
Attempts to ban teaching on ‘critical race theory’ multiply across the U.S.
(Missouri Independent) – From statehouses to Congress, Republicans have launched into a fight against the teaching of “critical race theory,” which just a year ago was a niche academic term. Experts in critical race theory say it’s about acknowledging how racial disparities are embedded in U.S history and society, and the concept is being mischaracterized […]
Eagleville teen injured in rollover crash on Highway 69
An Eagleville teenager was taken to the hospital in Bethany after he was injured early Wednesday evening in a single-vehicle rollover accident near the Iowa state line. A sixteen-year-old boy received moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital following the 6:40 Wednesday evening wreck. The sports utility vehicle was southbound […]
Missouri man sentenced to 21 years in prison without parole for leading meth conspiracy
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in southwestern Missouri. Nathen D. Libertus, 31, of Stella, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 21 years in federal prison without parole. On May 20, 2020, Libertus pleaded guilty to participating […]
Boater safety certification course to be offered in Macon
Highway Patrol Troop B will offer a free boater safety certification course at its headquarters in Macon. The program will be held on June 12th from 9 to 3 o’clock. Missouri law requires individuals born after January 1st, 1984 to carry a boater safety education certification card and picture identification anytime they operate a vessel […]
Carroll County crash injures one, demolishes both vehicles
A Carroll County crash has injured a resident of Laclede. Thirty-year-old Nelson Fay received serious injuries when the van he was driving was hit by another vehicle Monday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 24 and Carroll County Road 271. The other vehicle allegedly failed to halt for a stop sign and traveled into the […]
Woman from Turney injured in single-vehicle crash on Route K
A single-vehicle accident two miles south of Novinger has injured the driver of a car. Seventy-seven-year-old Diane Defries of Turney, Missouri, was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. A trooper said the southbound car ran off the right side of Route K and struck a concrete culvert. The […]
Man sentenced to 15 years in a Missouri prison for distributing almost 6,000 pounds of cocaine in KC area
A man who was a leader of a $56 million criminal enterprise was sentenced in federal court for his role in the conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms (5,732 pounds) of cocaine in the metropolitan area. Jose Luis Armendariz-Rascon, Kansas City, Kansas, also known as “Uncle” or “Rambo,” 40, was sentenced by U.S. Chief […]
Mid-America Music Festival holding raffle for Kansas City Royals suite
The Mid-America Music Festival is holding a raffle for a Kansas City Royals signature suite for the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 31st at 7:10. The CFM Insurance Royals Suite package includes the 400-square feet suite on the third baseline, 18 Kauffman Stadium admission tickets, and five premium parking passes. The suite includes […]
Two 16-year-old teenagers seriously hurt in crash southeast of Gallatin
Two teenagers received what the Highway Patrol called serious injuries when a pickup failed to negotiate a turn. It went off the north side of Sunset Avenue in Daviess County, striking an embankment. The driver and two passengers were 16 years old, and names were not released by the patrol due to the juvenile status. […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol: “Every available trooper to be out enforcing traffic laws during Memorial Day weekend”
The Patrol will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness Reduction Effort) during the long holiday weekend. This means every available trooper will be on the road enforcing traffic laws and assisting motorists. Over the 2020 Memorial Day holiday weekend, 10 people died, and 444 were injured in 1,081 traffic crashes. Last year, troopers made […]
Iowa woman dies in head-on crash with Kenworth truck
An Iowa resident was killed when the car she was driving was involved in a head-on collision with a truck east of Albany. Fifty-nine-year-old Katherine Showers of Oskaloosa, Iowa was pronounced dead at the scene two miles east of Albany on Highway 136. The truck driver, 49-year old Marvin Andersen of Gilman City, was not […]
Man from Kidder injured when car hits big rig on Highway 36
The Highway Patrol reports a Kidder man sustained minor injuries when the car he drove struck a Peterbilt truck two miles west of Hamilton on Friday evening, May 14. An ambulance transported 61-year-old Brad James to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. No injuries were reported for the truck driver, 41-year-old Jimmy Kell of Castor, Louisiana. […]
Woman from Winston injured in two-vehicle crash near Cameron
A Winston woman sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident four miles north of Cameron Friday evening, May 14th. Sixty-eight-year-old Sandra Bridgeman was to seek her own medical attention for minor injuries. No injuries were reported for the other driver, a 17-year-old boy from Cameron. Bridgeman’s vehicle traveled north on Highway 69, and the other vehicle […]
Three teenage girls from Newtown injured in crash southeast of Princeton
The Highway Patrol reports three Newtown teens sustained minor injuries when a car overturned four miles southeast of Princeton on the night of May 12th. Emergency medical services took the driver, a 16-year-old girl, and two 15-year-old female passengers to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The car traveled west on Route E before the driver […]
Missouri’s Governor Parson abandons plans to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to working-age adults on July 1 because lawmakers refused to include funding for the health care program in the state budget, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday. In a news release, Parson said the state was withdrawing documents submitted to the federal government necessary to add the approximately 275,000 […]
Two Freightliner trucks collide on I-35 injuring driver from Florida
An out-of-state resident was injured when according to the Highway Patrol, the Freightliner she was driving struck the rear of another big rig Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 35 in Harrison County. Injuries were moderate for 47-year-old Summer Cook of Panama City Beach, Florida, who was taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital in […]
Parson vows to veto crime bill if it includes penalties for lying under oath to Missouri legislature
(Missouri Independent) – The fate of a wide-ranging crime bill was called into question on Tuesday over a provision that would stiffen penalties for lying under oath to the legislature or obstructing a legislative investigation. During a conference committee on Tuesday morning convened to work out differences on Senate Bill 53, House members said the bill […]