Seven Lenexa Kansas residents were hurt late Friday afternoon in Daviess County when a sports utility vehicle traveled off Interstate 35 and hit an embankment north of the Winston exit. Two of the passengers, 45-year old Elaine Wright, and A ten-year-old girl were taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The driver, 21-year […]
The Highway Patrol arrested three men in area counties on December 31st. Thirty-two-year-old Andrew Steinberger of Altoona, Iowa, was arrested in Daviess County the morning of December 31st. He was accused of misdemeanor resisting arrest, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle, and driving at a speed less than 40 miles per hour on an […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that dog breeder Marlisa McAlmond of Cedar Ridge Australians in Oregon County, Missouri was found in criminal contempt of a court order. The order was entered earlier this month. Attorney General Schmitt previously filed an application for an order to show cause and a 24 count criminal complaint against […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Columbia man died and another Columbia man sustained serious injuries when a box truck slid off the road and overturned one mile north of Excello on Tuesday afternoon, December 29th. The passenger, 62-year-old John Linder, was pronounced dead by the Macon County Coroner at the scene and was taken to […]
State Senator Jill Schupp wants the full report released about the COVID-19-related deaths within Missouri’s veterans’ homes. An independent, external investigation was launched in October into the roughly 154 veterans who have died so far from the coronavirus. Investigators from Armstrong Teasdale law firm were charged with reviewing what COVID-19 safety measures have […]
Drivers of two pickup trucks received minor injuries in an early Monday afternoon (12:55 pm) accident in Green City. Both 66-year-old Dennis Foster of Green City and 77-year-old Susan Pace of Milan were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Foster was northbound when he allegedly failed to yield at the Highway 6 intersection […]
A Cameron teenager was arrested at 10 o’clock Sunday night with preliminary charges pending in DeKalb County. Seventeen-year-old Breauna Botts of Cameron has been accused of distribution of marijuana, possession of drugs-prescription pills, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia. Botts also was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated, speeding, as well as careless and […]
Sunday’s update on COVID-19 in Missouri shows the average number of cases has diminished to 2,036 for the week ending on Thursday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services dashboard shows 382,094 cases year to date and 5,312 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 as of last Thursday, December 24. That’s 1,450 cases added since Saturday. […]
A teenager from Maysville was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle rollover accident on Highway 6 in the eastern part of DeKalb County. Seventeen-year-old William Scrivens received minor injuries after the westbound car he was driving swerved to miss a deer in the road, the vehicle went off the south side of the highway […]
Multiple arrests have been reported by the Highway Patrol from the weekend including one in Daviess County and three in Harrison County. Saturday morning, 42-year-old Phillip Cunningham of Junction City, Kansas was taken into custody while in Daviess County. The state patrol accused Cunningham of driving while intoxicated, aggravated offender as well as failure to […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Ridgeway woman on December 25th on multiple allegations and a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Twenty-three-year-old Tonie Guernsey was accused of exceeding the posted speed limit of 98 in a 55 zone, misdemeanor driving while intoxicated—drugs, no insurance, and no seat belt. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department […]
(Missouri Independent) – A Cole County judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit alleging limitations on the number of medical marijuana licenses issued by the state were unconstitutional. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled that the regulations at the heart of the lawsuit were “properly promulgated and are in compliance with Missouri’s laws and Constitution.” She […]
A woman from Hamilton was injured Wednesday morning in Platte County when the vehicle she was driving north, improperly merged onto Interstate 29 and was struck by another northbound vehicle. Fifty-seven-year-old Candy Simpson of Hamilton received minor injuries and was taken by EMS to the North Kansas City Hospital. The driver of a car, 31-year-old […]
A man and woman from western Missouri’s Lincoln are jailed without bond Tuesday, after being charged with murder for the torture and killing of a four-year-old child. Reporter David Oliver from our Springfield television partner KOLR-10 says the child was beaten, submerged in a pond, and left to freeze on the bank, before being taken […]
A Springfield man was injured late Tuesday night in a single-vehicle accident in southern Livingston County five miles north of Tina. Thirty-five-year-old Kenneth Grace was northbound when the car failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 65 and traveled off the road where the front struck a traffic post. The car continued north off the […]
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office in central Missouri is investigating a four-year-old child’s death on Sunday morning. Investigators say the child had been beaten, along with two others who survived. The four-year-old girl died in Cole Camp, Missouri. According to the sheriff’s office, the father told authorities his daughter “had been beaten, submerged […]
Two drivers were taken to a hospital Sunday evening following an accident on Highway 36, ten miles to the west of Chillicothe. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as minor for 21-year-old Brady Bothwell of Mooresville and moderate for 65-year-old Stewart Seidel from Port Washington, Wisconsin. Both were taken by Chillicothe EMS to Hedrick Medical Center. […]
Three Albany residents were hurt early Saturday evening north of St. Joseph in the collision of a van and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 169 and D Highway in Avenue City. The driver of the van, 55-year old Kenneth Laythum, was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. […]
The Highway Patrol arrested two Independence residents in Caldwell County the morning of December 17th on drug-related allegations. Twenty-seven-year-old Hannah Kennedy was accused of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Thirty-year-old Johnny Beauregard was accused of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia—prior drug offense as […]
A man from Indiana was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle, rollover, accident late Wednesday night eight miles west of Princeton. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 44-year-old John Stewart of Madison, Indiana who was taken by EMS to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. Stewart was westbound when the sports utility […]
