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Trenton teen injured in Sunday morning crash

A Trenton teenager was injured Sunday morning just one-half mile west of Trenton. Nineteen-year-old Nathaniel Carter was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. A trooper reported Carter was eastbound when it traveled off the south side of Northwest Third Street, down into a ditch, and struck a tree. Vehicle damage […]

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Motorcyclist injured in Caldwell County crash near Braymer

A California motorcyclist was injured early Sunday evening in a Caldwell County accident four miles to the northwest of Braymer. Seventy-one-year-old Ronald Parsons of El Segundo was taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. Parsons was southbound on Turkey Road when the motorcycle traveled off the west side; the driver […]

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Trenton teenager hurt in Saturday crash; driver accused of being intoxicated

A Trenton teenager was hurt Saturday evening when a pickup truck overturned northwest of Trenton. Seventeen-year-old Tierney Doolittle was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. She was a passenger in a pickup operated by 18-year-old Jonathan Huber-Bethards of Trenton who was not reported hurt. The accident happened at Northwest Crane Lane and Northwest […]

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J. Eggleston to chair committee on oversight of local taxation

Speaker Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, announced the creation of the Interim Committee on Oversight of Local Taxation. Haahr formed this interim committee to evaluate how local governments are determining taxes and are impacted by current tax policy. “Missourians across the state have raised serious concerns on how counties access property tax values and the fairness of […]

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Penalties increase for poaching in the state of Missouri

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri legislature and governor have taken actions to increase penalties for those caught poaching Missouri game animals and other native wildlife species.  Missouri Governor Michael Parson signed HB260 into law July 11. Called the Poaching Bill, it significantly raises fines for those convicted of illegally taking Missouri […]