Trenton police report a resident was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital for injuries sustained when the vehicle he was driving struck a parked vehicle on Mabel Street. Police listed injuries as minor for 62-year-old William Edward Kelsey of Trenton. Kelsey was northbound when he reportedly reached for a cell phone, and his […]
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Two from Unionville injured in crash on Highway 63
Two men from Unionville were among three people taken to the hospital following an accident Sunday afternoon in Schuyler County. Receiving moderate injuries were the truck driver, 38-year-old Donald Hurley, and his passenger, 84-year-old Johnny French, both of Unionville. The driver of another vehicle, an Iowa resident, received minor injuries. All were taken by ambulance […]
Sullivan County Health Department in Milan to hold COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Wednesday
The Sullivan County Health Department in Milan will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Wednesday morning at the North Central Rural Electric Coop shop building in Milan from 9 until 11 o’clock. Pre-registration is required by calling special telephone numbers beginning Monday morning at 9 o’clock. All three of those special telephone numbers are 660-292-2491, […]
Missouri Attorney General: Not enough evidence for murder charges in Tory Sanders case
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has announced his office’s findings after reviewing all available existing evidence and any available new evidence in the Tory Sanders case. Consistent with the findings of then-Attorney General Josh Hawley and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, who also consulted with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the Attorney General’s […]
Maggie Fernandez is Putnam County Career and Technical Student of the Month
The Putnam County R-1 School District recently recognized Maggie Fernandez as the Career and Technical Education Student of the Month for February 2021. Student winners are chosen by the vocational faculty based on a set of criteria that includes: attendance, grades, cooperation with fellow students and teachers, enthusiasm for subject(s), attitude both in the classroom […]
Brinda Marsh named Wright Memorial Hospital 2020 Employee of the Year
Wright Memorial Hospital recently announced their 2020 Employee of the Year. Brinda Marsh, a pharmacy technician II at Wright Memorial Hospital, was presented with the award at a ceremony held in her honor on February 25. The other finalist for the award was Audra Beverlin, 4th Quarter 2020 Employee of the Quarter. Marsh has been […]
Safer Streets Initiative leads to over 500 charges in first two years
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that, to date, his Safer Streets Initiative, which was launched in early 2019, has resulted in 516 charges against 289 defendants across the state. Additionally, 356 firearms have been taken off the streets as a result of the initiative. “Since taking office, prosecuting violent crime in Missouri’s major […]
Patrol reports arrest of woman in Daviess County
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Kansas woman in Daviess County on February 24th. Forty-year-old Sara Savage of Stilwell, Kansas was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance, driving while intoxicated, exceeding the posted speed limit, failing to drive on the right half of the road, and not having insurance. She was […]
Trenton man pleads guilty to bad checks; Spickard man waives preliminary hearing on sexual abuse allegation
Rural Trenton resident Jerry Urick, on a plea agreement in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, has been sentenced, fined, and placed on probation in connection with bad checks from late last year. Urick on Tuesday pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of passing bad checks. Five other counts were dismissed according to […]
Two from Cameron arrested by highway patrol
Two people from Cameron have been arrested in DeKalb County. The Highway Patrol reports 47-year-old Juan Fernandez was taken late Monday night to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail in Pattonsburg. Fernandez was arrested on warrants from Independence which include unlawful possession of a firearm, as well as resisting arrest, obstructing police, interfering with police, and fleeing […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol report arrests over the weekend
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Novinger resident in Adair County. Thirty-year-old Brandon Sizemore was arrested on multiple allegations including felony possession of methamphetamine at a county jail; felony unlawful use of a weapon; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia driving while suspended and an Adair County warrant for driving without a […]
Hawley, members of Missouri delegation ask for review of natural gas supply
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and members of the Missouri Congressional Delegation sent a letter to the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking for a review of the natural gas supply in light of electricity outages, rolling blackouts, and controlled service interruptions across Missouri and the Midwest during extreme winter weather. “Due to […]
Single-vehicle rollover crash on Route A injures two
Two people from Moberly were taken to Mosiac Life Care in Albany after a single-vehicle rollover wreck Wednesday afternoon in rural Gentry County. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as moderate for 29-year-old John Laxson and 28-year-old Monica Rainey. Laxson’s sports utility vehicle was northbound when it ran off the west side of Route A and […]
Two-vehicle crash at intersection results in driver arrest on multiple warrants
A two-vehicle accident at Cameron late Wednesday afternoon injured two drivers with one of them arrested. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as minor for 42-year-old Johnny Templeton of Cameron, who was taken by EMS to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The other driver, 32-year-old Tara Richardson of Kidder, received no injuries. The car Richardson was driving […]
Missouri House committee votes to forgive federal unemployment debts
(Missouri Independent) – Thousands of Missourians facing repayment of mistakenly paid unemployment benefits would get some relief under legislation passed with a bipartisan vote Wednesday in a Missouri House committee. The bill, which will likely be debated on the House floor next week, would forgive debts due to overpayments from federal coronavirus relief programs but would not […]
Green City man arrested on domestic assault and burglary allegations
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Green City man in Sullivan County the morning of February 17th on a couple of allegations. Thirty-five-year-old Jeremiah Hurdle was accused of domestic assault—first degree and burglary—first degree. He was taken to the Sullivan County Jail on a 24-hour hold.
Maysville man hospitalized after crashing on Route A
A Maysville man was taken to a hospital after the vehicle he was driving failed to negotiate a curve and ran off a lettered route last night in DeKalb County. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 62-year-old Richard Churchill who was taken by another vehicle to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. The […]
Audio: Missouri bills would move some local races and issues to a later election
Legislation has been filed this session that would move some local races and issues, such as fire department and tax increase proposals, from April to later in the year. During a Missouri House Budget Committee hearing this week, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says he has not taken a position on the idea. However, he […]
Audio: Governor Parson extends heating fuel deliveries by executive order
Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 21-03 temporarily relaxing hours of service regulations for commercial motor vehicles transporting residential heating fuels. “With unseasonably cold temperatures impacting much of the state and nation, the demand for heating fuel only continues to rise. This has resulted in significant delays in the distribution of residential heating […]
FBI Terrorism Task Force announces more arrests relating to violence at U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
FBI Special Agents and members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested the following individuals on federal charges related to the violence on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. William Norman Chrestman, of Olathe, Kansas was arrested on federal charges of Conspiracy, Civil Disorder, Obstruction of an Official Proceeding, Threatening to assault a […]