A Laredo resident was injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday night one mile west of Trenton. The highway patrol reports 18-year-old Ashley Casper of Laredo was taken by Grundy County EMS to Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. Ms. Casper was driving a car westbound on Highway 6 when a vehicle in front of hers, […]
Starting in 2020, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has added additional regulations to the Wildlife Code of Missouri as part of its ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The new regulations change the requirements for transporting deer carcasses into Missouri and throughout the state […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man was pronounced dead at the scene of a Highway 6 traffic crash two miles west of Green City. An investigating officer reports 82-year-old Robert Scobee was westbound when the car he was driving struck the rear of a car that had slowed to yield to a farm tractor. […]
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, encourages everyone to plan for a safe 2019 Labor Day weekend. It’s everyone’s responsibility to operate both vehicles and vessels safely and observe all Missouri laws. Incorporating safety into your weekend plan–choosing your route, making sure your equipment is in good working condition, being […]
A Rock Port man was hurt early Sunday in Nodaway County when the motorcycle he was operating was hit by a deer and went out of control. Twenty-year-old James Barnhart was taken to Fairfax Community Hospital with moderate injuries. The crash took place two miles west of Burlington Junction on Highway 136 as Barnhart had […]
Two people were hurt late Friday night when a compact sports utility vehicle went off a country road and hit a tree southeast of Grant City. Twenty-nine-year old passenger, McKenzie Denson of Grant City, was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Medical Center in Albany with moderate injuries. Another passenger, 38-year old Ericka Coslow of Ravenwood, […]
After facing continued delays due to weather and flooding, Boone Construction Company, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation has made steady progress on both the West Yellow Creek and West Locust Creek bridge replacement projects. Crews expect construction on the West Yellow Creek Bridge, east of Milan, to be completed in late August and […]
A Green Castle resident was hurt when the motorcycle he was operating slid into the rear of a sports utility vehicle near Kirksville. Twenty-seven-year old Tyler Anderson was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The driver of the SUV, 66-year-old Dwight Hurley of Novinger, was not reported hurt. The crash […]
A Lathrop man being pursued by Plattsburg police was hurt when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating. Thirty-two-year-old Michael Johnston was taken to Liberty Hospital with minor injuries. The crash happened early Saturday six miles east of Lathrop on Highway 116 at Highway 69 when the eastbound motorcycle went out of control […]
Work is underway on both U.S. Route 65 through Chillicothe and on Linn County Route M. Missouri Petroleum, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, began work earlier this month to prepare the roadways for a micro-resurfacing project. Over the course of this week, crews will remove the existing pavement markings in preparation for a […]
A northeast Missouri resident was hurt when the car she was driving was hit from behind by a vehicle operated by a Princeton man. Forty-year-old Crystal King of Alexandria was taken to Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri with minor injuries. The driver of the other car, 35-year old Landon Brown of Princeton, was not […]
Corn and soybean crops planted on “prevented acres” not planted last spring may provide corn and soybean forage for cattle this fall. With a wet spring, many farmers failed to make quality hay for cow herds. Now, cover crops needed on bare crop ground may produce quality forage. Earlier regulations on unplanted cropland restricted using […]
Immigration rights groups, including the ACLU, are vowing to sue to stop the administration’s new asylum rules, which take effect today. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that blocks non-Mexican migrants from applying for asylum if they arrive on the southern border without proof they were refused asylum in the first country they […]
The Jamesport Tri-County Board of Education accepted several bids Monday evening. A bid for bread was accepted from Graves, and a bid for milk was accepted from Anderson Erickson. Bookkeeper/Secretary Heather Turner reports the price varied on the bread and milk depending on the type. Bids for fuel were accepted from Landes and MFA Oil. […]
Contractors from Capital Paving and Construction, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, continue to progress on a bridge rehabilitation project in Clinton and Daviess counties. Beginning Monday, July 8, crews plan to close the Route C (Pattonsburg) bridge over Interstate 35. The bridge is expected to reopen in mid-September. Both Route C and KK […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved a resolution Monday evening adopting the revised employee handbook and safety manual. Police Chief Mark Richards reported police officers have issued summons for code violations not corrected after given notice. He said other residents were contacted regarding grass, but the weather has slowed mowing. Public Works Director Mark Morey […]
The Highway Patrol reports five Kirksville residents sustained moderate injuries in a five-vehicle accident three miles east of Green Castle Tuesday morning. Occupants of two of the vehicles were transported by ambulance to the Northwest Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. They were 38-year-old Serge Sinele, 29-year-old Jiga Lelo, 22-year-old Tlantini Lufuma, 22-year-old Josiane Mahuya, and […]
The approximately 1.4 million children who comprise nearly one-quarter of Missouri’s population are more likely to live in poverty than Missouri’s children in 1990. According to the KIDS COUNT Data Book, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The 30th edition of the Data Book — a comprehensive annual report on child well-being for […]
Kate Dougherty attempted to drive her shiny white SUV across a road flooded by the swollen waters of the Fabius River in northeast Missouri. In a self-shot Facebook video, she calls the experience a combination of mortification and embarrassment. Though she survived, Dougherty realized she had put her life in danger. And she totaled the […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation is increasing its efforts to slow the spread of the deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) throughout Missouri by proposing new regulations that would change requirements for transporting deer carcasses and add carcass-disposal requirements for meat processors and taxidermists. If approved, the regulations would become effective Feb. 29, […]
