Two Rolla residents were hurt late Saturday afternoon when a pickup truck hit the rear of a slow-moving military vehicle in southern Macon County. The driver of the pickup, 50-year-old Patrick Johnston, was taken by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with moderate injuries. An eleven-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the pickup, […]
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Milan man sustained minor injuries
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man sustained minor injuries when the car he was driving hit another car two miles west of Kirksville on Friday evening, June 10th. An ambulance took 55-year-old Lloyd Raygor to the Northeast Regional Medical Center. No injuries were reported for the other driver, 21-year-old Hannah Chang of Kirksville. Chang’s […]
Linn County court has sentenced a Brookfield man in two separate cases
A Linn County court has sentenced a Brookfield man in two separate cases. Linn County Prosecuting Attorney Shiante McMahon says in a news release that Clarence Turner will serve six years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for one felony counts of first degree sexual abuse and one count of being a sex offender physically […]
Resurfacing project on Highway 36 in Livingston county has been postponed
A resurfacing project on Highway 36 in Livingston County has once again been postponed. The start date was first pushed back from June 6 to June 8, but the contractor is now scheduled to begin Monday, June 13. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corp. to complete the project which extends […]
Highway Patrol reports two children from Callao sustained serious injuries near Macon
The Highway Patrol reports two children from Callao sustained serious injuries as the result of a car hitting a truck near Macon on Thursday morning, June 2nd. An ambulance transported the four-year-old boy and five-year-old girl to the Samaritan Hospital. They were passengers in the car. No injuries were reported for the driver of the car, […]
Novinger man arrested on Thursday by Adair County Sheriff’s office
Cody W. Elder, of Novinger, was arrested on Thursday, May 26, 2022, by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office. Elder is charged two Class D felony counts of receiving stolen property. Elder is currently incarcerated without bond at the Adair County Law Enforcement Center in Kirksville. The stolen items recovered from the arrest have been returned […]
Unionville man facing multiple felony counts of domestic assault
A Unionville man facing multiple felony counts of domestic assault entered a plea of not guilty on Thursday, June 2nd. The court modified bond conditions for 38-year-old Brant Stevan McCormack to $100,000, 10% authorized, with previous bond conditions. Bond was not previously listed. Bond conditions were added, including no contact or communication with the alleged […]
Ford factory adding third shift at its Missouri factory in Claycomo
Ford is adding 1,100 third-shift workers at its Missouri factory. KMBC-TV in Kansas City reports the auto company’s 95 million dollar Kansas City expansion is in response to Ford increasing production of its transit van and its new electric transit van. The company currently has about seven thousand workers at the Claycomo plant. […]
Death totals from traffic crashes in Missouri over Memorial Day Weekend
During the counting period which started at 6 p.m., Friday, May 27 and ended at 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 30, eleven people died in traffic crashes in Missouri according to data released by the Highway Patrol on Tuesday. Troopers worked nine of those deaths. Four happened in the Troop C area, two fatalities in Troop D […]
Bid for bridge replacement north of Wheeling was awarded to MS Contracting in Brookfield
The bid for the Bridge replacement north of Wheeling was awarded (pending final verification) to MS Contracting in Brookfield and totaled $447,647. Presiding Commissioner Ed Douglas says this is a 71-foot bridge and the work is expected to start in July and be complete in 120 days from closing the bridge. Douglas says the bid […]