A northwest Missouri man received serious injuries in a traffic crash late last Friday night in eastern Nodaway County. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Poppa of Hopkins was taken to Mosaic Life Care in Maryville. The crash happened seven miles northwest of Parnell on Route NN, in the area of Route E, as the eastbound car driven by […]
A St. Joseph resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving overturned on Interstate 35 in Daviess County. Fifty-eight-year-old Michelle Applegate refused treatment at the scene for minor injuries. The crash happened four miles north of the Winston exit as the northbound SUV traveled into the median, back across the northbound lanes, […]
A Trenton woman died as the result of a two-vehicle crash three miles south of Winston on Tuesday morning, January 18, 2022. Sixty-three-year-old Linda Wilcox was the driver of a pickup truck. She was pronounced dead by the Daviess County Coroner and taken to the Stith Funeral Home in Gallatin. The driver of a sports […]
A Carrollton resident was hurt when the sports utility vehicle she was driving traveled off Highway 23 in Lafayette County striking a fence. Fifty-four-year-old Melissa Ashley was taken by private vehicle to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton with minor injuries. The accident happened early Saturday on Highway 23 southwest of Waverly as the southbound […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained serious injuries when the car he drove lost control on ice and overturned in Schuyler County on Thursday morning, January 13th. An ambulance took 51-year-old Kevin Vorkink to the Northeast Regional Medical Center. The car traveled west on Highway 136 before running off the left side about […]
The Highway Patrol reports a child from Lee’s Summit sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident four miles west of Polo the morning of January 13th. He was the passenger in a pickup truck. A private vehicle took the five-year-old boy to the Excelsior Springs Hospital. No injuries were reported for the driver of the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Leavenworth, Kansas woman sustained minor injuries when the car she drove lost control on Interstate 35 in Cameron Wednesday morning January 12. Emergency medical services transported 34-year-old Heather Pierce to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The car traveled north on Interstate 35 before it ran off the east side of […]
A resident of Chula was injured Tuesday when the car she was driving traveled off Highway 65 near Chillicothe, struck a billboard pole, small trees, and a fence. Fifty-seven-year-old Cynthia White was taken by EMS to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe with minor injuries. The car received extensive damage in the accident at 10:30 […]
A Belton, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms and for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Maurice L. Sneed, also known as “Sneedy,” 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, to five years and eight months in federal prison without parole. […]
Eight people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 26, 2021. 2021 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics Troopers investigated the following: Traffic Crashes — 310 Traffic Crash Injuries — 92 Traffic Crash Fatalities — 4 DWI — 67 […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Wichita, Kansas women sustained moderate injuries when a car overturned seven miles north of Bethany on Tuesday morning, December 14. The driver, 24-year-old Alexas Davis, and the passenger, 32-year-old Joan Robinson, were taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital. The car traveled south on Interstate 35 before running […]
The Trenton Police Department reports a Princeton woman sustained minor injuries when one sports utility vehicle struck another at the intersection of Highway 65 and 28th Street on December 13th. A Trenton woman received a citation after the collision. Emergency medical services took 69-year-old Karen Sue Isaacs of Princeton to Wright Memorial Hospital. No injuries […]
An accident on Monday in western Adair County injured a driver from Novinger. Seventy-three-year-old Richard Entwistle received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. Entwistle was not wearing a seat belt when the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 149, struck a tree, and an embankment. […]
A woman from Marceline sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle she drove struck a tractor trailer two miles west of Utica the evening of December 10th. Emergency services took 23 year old Hannah Clibon to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. No injuries were reported for truck driver 38 year old Melvin Interiano of […]
Beginning February 2022, North Central Missouri College will be providing the two-part state nurse aid exam, including both written test and practicum, for nursing assistant certification (CNA). Individuals that complete the exam and fulfill all state requirements will be considered certified. The CNA exam will be offered at the Trenton campus, in Cross Hall classroom, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton man sustained serious injuries when a Kenworth truck overturned in Carroll County on Wednesday morning, December 8. A medical helicopter life-flighted 52-year-old Anthony Webb to University Hospital in Columbia, Mo. The truck traveled north on Highway 41 before running off the road north of County Road 381 and overturning. […]
(Missouri Independent) – The omicron variant of COVID-19 has made its way to Missouri, with the first case announced Friday. In a news release, the Department of Health and Senior Services said it was notified by public health partners of a presumed positive case for the variant that came from a St. Louis resident who […]
A Lexington resident was hurt when the vehicle he was driving overturned on Route E in Carroll County and caught fire. Forty-two-year-old Paul Young was taken to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton with minor injuries. The crash happened early Saturday morning as Young was driving west on Route E when the vehicle traveled off […]
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was arrested on December 2nd after a pursuit that traveled through Cameron. The Highway Patrol started the pursuit of a sports utility vehicle north of Cameron, with the pursuit continuing south on Interstate 35. The vehicle reportedly was driving on three tires and a rim. The vehicle […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Hale man sustained serious injuries when a ballast regulator struck a sport utility vehicle at a railroad crossing three miles northeast of Hale on Friday afternoon, December 3rd. A ballast regulator (also known as a ballast spreader or ballast sweeper) is a piece of rail transport maintenance of way equipment used […]
