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Missouri Conservation Commission approves Missouri Department of Conservation bear hunting framework

The Missouri Conservation Commission recently gave final approval to the Missouri Department of Conservation for the state’s first black bear hunting season framework. The Commission finalized the hunting season framework and related regulations at its December 11 open meeting in Jefferson City. The approved framework limits any future bear hunting to areas of southern Missouri […]

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Blythedale man arrested on Sunday morning

The highway patrol reports a Blythedale resident, 20-year old Ryan Jones, was arrested Sunday morning in Harrison County. Jones is accused of driving while intoxicated/drugs, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to place a vehicle not in motion as near to the right-hand side of a highway as practical, and no proof of insurance. Jones […]

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Two-car crash in Adair County injures Ottumwa teenager

One person from Iowa was taken to the hospital in Milan following a two-vehicle accident late Sunday night on Highway 6 in western Adair County. Nineteen-year-old Manuel Ruano of Ottumwa received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. A trooper reported cars driven by Ruano and 27-year-old Yadira Hernandez-Jimenez, […]

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Missouri Highway Patrol reports traffic fatalities increase over Thanksgiving holiday weekend compared to 2019

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 10 people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period–from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2020. During the Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers report the following traffic statistics for 2020: Crashes ─ 321 Injuries ─ 72 Fatalities ─ 9 DWI ─ 100 Drug Arrests ─ […]

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Bethany woman injured in crash west of McFall

A Bethany woman was injured early Sunday evening in a single-vehicle accident three miles west of McFall. Fifty-one-year-old Stacey McClellan was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. The minivan was traveling on Route T when it went off the north side of the road, struck the ditch, and […]