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Two injured in crash on Wednesday afternoon in Carroll County

Two people were taken to hospitals following a two-vehicle accident late Wednesday afternoon in Carroll County. Fifty-year-old Glen Waters of Norborne and 71-year-old Linda Nunamaker of Carrollton both received minor injuries.  Waters was taken by emergency medical services to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton while Nunamaker was transported by private vehicle to the Hedrick […]

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Big rig hits combine on Highway 36 near Mooresville

The Highway Patrol reports a Breckenridge man sustained minor injuries when a tractor-trailer struck the combine he operated one mile west of Mooresville on Tuesday morning, September 29th. Emergency medical services transported 60-year-old Curt Shonk to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. No injuries were reported for truck driver 72-year-old Daniel Deal of Kansas City. The […]

Deadly Crash

Man from Iowa killed when train collides with dump truck

A locomotive hit a dump truck in far northwest Missouri Saturday afternoon fatally injuring the truck driver. Fifty-two-year-old Troy Landess of Clarinda, Iowa was pronounced dead at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn, Nebraska approximately one hour after the crash. The operator of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive, 55-year old Daniel Peterson of Beatrice, […]

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Two teenagers injured in Saturday crash on Route M

Residents of Cameron and Guilford were hurt late Saturday afternoon when a pickup truck went off Route M in western Gentry County three times. Eighteen-year-old Tylee Copple of Cameron and 17-year old Katlyne Pappert from Guilford were taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. They were passengers in the pickup driven […]

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Big rig crashes on Highway 36 west of Callao

The Highway Patrol reports a Pawnee, Illinois man sustained minor injuries when the tractor-trailer he drove ran off the road two miles west of Callao on Thursday, September 24th. An ambulance transported 53-year-old Matthew Henson to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. The truck drove west on Highway 36 before going off the left side of […]

Utility Rates or Electrical Rates or TMU or Trenton Municipal Utilities

Trenton Utility Committee to recommend 20% and 15% rate increases to wastewater and water rates

Citing a need to generate additional funds for Trenton’s water and sewer departments, the Trenton Utility Committee has voted to recommend that the full city council consider an increase in rates. A discussion was held among three committee members and the Trenton City Administrator before a motion was made to request rate increases for both […]

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Big rig overturns near Brookfield injuring driver

An Agency man sustained serious injuries when the semi-truck he drove overturned half of a mile west of Brookfield the morning of Tuesday, September 22nd. An ambulance transported 60-year-old Joseph Williams to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The truck traveled east on U. S. Highway 36 before running off the left side and overturning.  […]