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Fuel shortages drove February blackouts, Southwest Power Pool investigators find

(Missouri Independent) –  Rolling outages that left thousands without power in February were driven overwhelmingly by fuel shortages — especially in natural gas, executives with the Southwest Power Pool said Monday. This winter sustained frigid temperatures across the Midwest and South forced huge demand for energy while the weather made generators struggle to keep up. The Southwest Power […]

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KC woman arrested in Caldwell County

The highway patrol reports a Kansas City resident was arrested Saturday night in Caldwell County. Thirty-two-year-old Katie Grimes was accused of driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving involving an accident, displaying plates of another, and failure to register a motor vehicle. Grimes was taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center.

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Chillicothe woman injured in DeKalb County crash

A Chillicothe woman received minor injuries on Sunday morning when the car she was driving traveled off Highway 36 in DeKalb County and struck an embankment two miles east of Osborn. Thirty-Seven year-old Heather McLean was taken by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care of St. Joseph. The patrol reports she was using a seat belt. […]

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Crash on I-35 near Cameron injures Hamilton woman

A two-vehicle accident occurred on Interstate 35, four miles south of Cameron, Sunday, night injuring one driver. Twenty-year-old Kellie Berry of Hamilton received minor injuries and was taken by EMS to Liberty Hospital. The second driver was listed as 43-year-old Carisa Henderson of Cameron, who wasn’t hurt. The two vehicles were northbound when one drove […]