Music will prevail this week when the Unionville Lions Club presents the 10th Old Time Country Music Festival starting tonight and continuing through Saturday night. Organizers report events are held in the air-conditioned building at the fairgrounds, on Highway 5, in Unionville. Tonight at 7 o’clock will be a performance by the Southern Express Band […]
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Jet ski accident at Lake Thunderhead injures Des Moines woman
The Highway Patrol reports a West Des Moines, Iowa woman sustained moderate injuries in a jet skiing accident at Lake Thunderhead five miles north of Unionville. Twenty-five-year-old Justine Irwin of Perry, Iowa drove the jet ski north when a passenger, 23-year-old Haley Irwin of West Des Moines, was ejected during a sudden turn. An air ambulance […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Drug Take Back Day set for Saturday, April 28
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration will hold a Drug Take Back Day April 28th. Unused prescription drugs will be collected at various locations in the area that day from 10 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Missouri locations include the Grundy County Law Enforcement Center in Trenton, the Mercer County […]
Area high schools recognized for promoting safe driving habits
Two area high schools have won awards for implementing impactful and creative school and community outreach activities in a competition to end unsafe driving habits in Missouri. Bucklin High School and Putnam County High School of Unionville were among 14 schools in the state that received recognition for educating their peers and community about the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Winterfest in Unionville to be held Saturday, December 2
The historic square in Unionville will be the site of Winterfest activities this Saturday, December 2. The Putnam County Museum, located on the southeast corner of the square will open at 9 a.m. for free browsing. Volunteers at the museum periodically change the attractive displays of the extensive assortment of antiques and staff will be […]
Pray Across Missouri events to be held in area communities today through Friday
The Missouri Baptist Convention will hold Pray Across Missouri in several area counties in the next few days. The initiative will be held at the Putnam County Courthouse in Unionville today at 1:30. On Thursday, November 2, an event will be held at the Sullivan County Courthouse in Milan at 10:30 in the morning, the […]
Two-night course to assist elected board members offered in area communities
You’ve just been elected to a public board of directors, now what? The University of Missouri Extension offers a two-night course to help newly elected board members. The course is offered at Unionville, Kahoka, Trenton, Brookfield, Edina and Palmyra, 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 16. Topics: Roles and responsibilities of board members. Procedures and […]
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 […]
Unionville man involved in crash on Wildflower Drive
A couple from Machesney Park, Illinois was injured last night in an accident four miles north of Unionville. The highway patrol reports the sports utility vehicle they occupied apparently crossed the center of a road and struck a unit being towed by a pickup. The report listed injuries as serious for the driver of the […]