Federal Investigation

United States Senator calls for federal investigation into billing at Putnam County Memorial Hospital

United States Senator Claire McCaskill has called for a federal investigation of questionable billing practices at Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville. McCaskill wrote a letter requesting the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services examine billing that occurred when management company Hospital Partners used the hospital as a pass-through for millions […]

Traffic Accident

Crash on Friday injures Laddonia woman

The Highway Patrol reports a Laddonia woman sustained minor injuries as the result of a two-vehicle accident in Unionville Friday afternoon. Fifty-four-year-old Karen Casady of Laddonia traveled east on U. S. Highway 136 when she reportedly slowed her sports utility vehicle. The SUV was then struck in the rear by an eastbound car driven by […]

Big Rig Crash

Tractor-trailer truck crashes on Highway 136

A Unionville truck driver was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville following an accident late Wednesday afternoon two miles west of Livonia. The accident report listed 74-year-old Dorvin Ledford with minor injuries. The highway patrol reports Ledford was eastbound when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off the left side of Highway 136 […]

Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri

LIHEAP Summer program to begin June 1

One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November.  The agency was able to make a one-time […]

Accident

Unionville teen hurt in crash at city intersection

Two vehicles collided at an intersection in Unionville early Wednesday evening, resulting in one driver being taken to a hospital. The highway patrol reports 18-year-old Jessica Raisor of Unionville was taken by ambulance to Putnam County Memorial Hospital of Unionville with minor injuries. Ms. Raisor was driving a car eastbound when she attempted to make […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Unionville man arrested on multiple allegations

The highway patrol reports the arrest 25-year-old Jacob Wolfe of Unionville early Sunday. Wolfe was accused of driving while intoxicated, felony possession of the controlled substance hydrocodone, felony unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, no headlights when required, and no proof of insurance. Wolfe was transported to the […]

SUV Accident

St. Joseph woman hurt in crash near Unionville

The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph woman sustained moderate injuries as a result of her sports utility vehicle running off the road seven miles west of Unionville Friday night. Twenty-five year old Cayce Salgado traveled east on U. S. 136 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road, struck the end […]

Accident

Unionville teen hurt in crash on Highway 129

A Unionville teenager was injured early today when a car ran off Highway 129, overturned, and struck a fence. 16-year-old Madeline Pinson was taken by private auto to Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville minor injuries. It was 12:50 Wednesday morning when the single-vehicle accident happened approximately four miles southeast of Unionville. The southbound car, which […]

Traffic Accident

Unionville woman hurt in crash on Highway 63

The Highway Patrol reports a Unionville woman sustained minor injuries when her car hit a sports utility vehicle in Boone County Thursday afternoon. Seventy-two-year-old Patricia Shipley traveled south on U. S. 63, and 70-year-old Janet Warren of Lincoln, Nebraska stopped for a stop sign on Missouri 124 west at the intersection with U. S. 63. […]

Seatbelt on road

Unionville teen hurt in crash on Highway 5

The Highway Patrol reports a Unionville teen sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident seven miles north of Unionville Wednesday morning. Sixteen-year-old Sydney Tomlin traveled south on Highway 5 when her car ran off the left side of the road and overturned, totaling the vehicle. A private vehicle transported her to Putnam County Memorial Hospital […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol arrests Unionville man

The highway patrol in Putnam County reports the arrest last night of a Unionville man. According to the report, 57-year-old Thomas A. Duncan has been accused of felony possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine; felony driving while intoxicated; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and no valid license. The report said Duncan was taken to the Putnam […]

Rollover Accident

Unionville man crashes on Highway 139 near Powersville

The Highway Patrol reports a Unionville man sustained minor injuries when his truck overturned five miles south of Powersville Thursday morning. Twenty-two-year-old Cory Lewis was traveling south on Highway 139 when his truck ran off the left side of the road before overturning causing the vehicle moderate damage. The Patrol reports he was treated at […]