The highway patrol reports four people were injured, three of them seriously, when two vehicles collided at a Nodaway County intersection Sunday afternoon at 1:45 pm five miles east of Maryville. All of the injured were transported by ambulance to Mosiac Medical Center in Maryville. The patrol reports serious injuries to the driver of the […]
April 20, also referred to as 420 by cannabis enthusiasts as code for smoking marijuana, has quickly spread as a celebratory day across the country. While cannabis is now legalized for recreational and medicinal use in many states, it is still illegal in all states to drive under the influence of it. Law enforcement will […]
A jury trial scheduled for three days this week at Chillicothe has been averted when 24-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille changed his plea to guilty on second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. A third count has been dismissed. The charges stem from a fatality accident in downtown Chillicothe November 25th of 2017. The […]
Some defendants received prison sentences, others were placed on probation during Thursday’s session of Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court on April 11, 2019. April Dawn Hanson of Trenton pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance. A drug paraphernalia charge was dismissed. She was sentenced to four years with the Department of Corrections. […]
A car and a horse-drawn buggy were involved in an injury accident last night one mile west of Stanberry. Twenty-eight-year-old Eli Shrock of Stanberry was transported to the Northwest Medical Center of Albany, then flown by a medical helicopter (LifeNet) to the North Kansas City Hospital with serious injuries. Shrock was operating the horse-drawn buggy […]
A ten-year boy, riding an ATV, was taken to the hospital following an accident Monday night one mile south of King City. John Rigney of Albany was seriously injured and transported by emergency medical services to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph. Rigney had turned west from a field entrance, in front of a westbound […]
The drivers of two vehicles were injured Monday in a Clinton County accident three and a half miles from Lathrop. Taken to Liberty Hospital were 56-year-old Candy Baker of Lathrop who received serious injuries and 46-year-old Christina Stephenson of Cameron who sustained moderate injuries. A northbound truck driven by Stephenson traveled off the west side […]
A two-vehicle accident early Monday afternoon injured three people in Caldwell County, three miles south of Polo. Taken to Liberty Hospital were 50-year-old Cynthia Adams of Polo and a passenger in the pickup she was driving, 49-year-old Donald Holder of Excelsior Springs. Both received serious injuries. The driver of a sports utility vehicle, 65-year-old Edward […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville woman sustained serious injuries in a one-car accident one mile north of Osborn early Saturday morning. An ambulance transported 45-year-old Amy Gibson to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The car traveled south on Highway 33 before it ran off the west side of the road and returned to the […]
Three days have been set aside for a jury trial for the defendant accused in a traffic accident at Chillicothe that killed one person and injured a young girl. The fatality accident was November 25th of 2017 in downtown Chillicothe. Thirty-nine-year-old Danette Rardon of Chillicothe died in the two-vehicle wreck. Twenty-four-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille faces […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Maryville man was injured in a single-vehicle accident in southern Nodaway County. Fifty-year-old Jimmy Lake received serious injuries and was flown by a medical helicopter (Life Net) to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph. Lake was southbound on Highway 71 when he lost control of the car he was driving. […]
For as long as man has been measuring the Missouri River, the stretch flowing through northwest Missouri has never been this high. The third week of March, farmers watched helplessly as their homes, land, buildings and stored crops went under water. With very little warning, the river went from normal levels to breaking all-time records. […]
Over the past several years agencies and programs across Northwest Missouri have received almost no funding for programs working towards reducing the number of injuries and fatalities on our roads. With more than 60 fatalities in the 20 counties of Northwest Missouri during 2018, the work is not over yet. To assist agencies in this […]
A Kansas City resident was injured when the SUV he was driving struck the rear of a tractor-trailer in Livingston County. The Highway 36 accident took place Monday afternoon one mile east of Mooresville. Forty-year-old Mark Ramers of Kansas City was transported by emergency medical services to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, then flown by […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released its 2018 Senior Food Insecurity Report– calling it the first of its kind in the nation. Ashley Byrd explains. Hunger is a serious threat facing millions of seniors in the United States. In Missouri, as many as one in eight seniors are struggling from […]
A sentencing hearing was held in Division One of Carroll County Circuit Court this week for a Carrollton man who previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter stemming from a vehicle accident in December 2017. Online court information shows the court rejected a plea agreement for Blake Wilson, and he was […]
Two years of abnormal weather changed plant growth, which changes livestock digestion and in the end, cows die. The words “it’s very complex” kept popping up in a University of Missouri emergency teleconference of state and regional MU Extension specialists. This winter farmers find groups of cows dead, often falling on newly unrolled baled hay. […]
Two drivers were injured in a Highway 24 accident east of Carrollton Monday night. According to the highway patrol, 37-year-old Scott Murphy of Bosworth received serious injuries and was flown by Life Flight Eagle helicopter to Truman Medical Center. 41-year-old Melissa Wooldridge of Carrollton received moderate injuries and was transported by private vehicle to Carroll […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Lathrop woman sustained serious injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove slid on ice and overturned in Holt overnight on February 27. Holt Fire and Rescue transported 22-year-old Erica Cawthon to the Liberty Hospital. The SUV traveled west on Route PP before it slid off the south side of […]
An icy Interstate 35 Tuesday night in Daviess County contributed to a rear end collision that injured five Trenton residents, including three children. The driver, 35-year-old Marquise Jones, received moderate injuries and a passenger, 26-year-old Kayla Jones, received serious injuries. Children ages four, two and an infant received minor injuries. Kayla Jones was transported by […]
