18-Wheel truck big rig

Five injured on I-35 when big rig causes chain reaction crash

Five individuals from Oklahoma City were taken to hospitals in Liberty and Cameron following a chain reaction, three-vehicle accident this morning in Clinton County. The Interstate 35 accident happened five miles to the north of Lathrop with the highway patrol listing all injuries as minor. Heading northbound were a tractor-trailer, a pickup truck, and an […]

ATV Accident

Four injured in Sunday four-wheeler/UTV crash

Four were injured, including one seriously, when a four-wheeler and a utility terrain vehicle collided Sunday afternoon at a rural intersection nine miles northwest of Chillicothe. Flown by medical helicopter (LifeFlight Eagle) to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City was 61-year-old Orville D. Curtis of Chillicothe, the operator of the UTV. His son, 36-year-old Orville […]

Pedestrian accident

Pedestrian from Dawn struck on Livingston County Road 424

Early Monday evening, (6:05 pm) a pedestrian, whom the highway patrol described as jogging on Livingston County Road 424,  was struck by an unknown westbound vehicle. The patrol reports 24-year-oldar old Tia Smith of Dawn received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The incident happened approximately […]

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Rollover crash at Leisure Lake injures Trenton woman

A rollover accident yesterday at Leisure Lake injured a rural Trenton woman. 70-year-old Diana Hoppe received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol reports Mrs. Hoppe was eastbound when her sports utility vehicle went off the right side of Leisure Lake Drive and struck a wooden […]

Officer Involved Shooting

Carrollton police shoot man after alleged confrontation on Saturday night

Media reports indicate a Carrollton police officer Saturday night shot a man whom police say approached them with a handgun while they were investigating a complaint about a loose dog. The Missouri Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident, said police were called to a residence in the 300 block of East Third Street at Carrollton about 10:15 […]