Five people died in traffic crashes, one person died in a boating crash, and one person drowned during the 2022 Labor Day holiday weekend. The Patrol investigated four of the traffic fatalities; Springfield Police Department investigated one traffic fatality. The 2022 counting period for the Labor Day holiday was from 6 p.m., Friday, September 2, […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a man was arrested on September 1st after a sports utility vehicle was checked speeding. A deputy near Mooresville radioed that the SUV was going east on Highway 36 at 96 miles per hour in a 65 zone. Another deputy responded to Highway 36 and reportedly checked the vehicle […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Texas woman sustained minor injuries as the result of the transit van overturning one mile south of Winston Tuesday morning, September 6th. Emergency medical services transported 44-year-old Monica Solis Estrada of Laredo, Texas to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The van traveled north on Interstate 35 before it reportedly swerved to […]
A portion of southwest Grundy County will be under a precautionary boil water advisory after water service is restored. The affected area has boundaries of Route WW on the north, the Thompson River on the east, the Livingston County line is the southern boundary, and the Daviess County line is the west boundary. A spokesman […]
Jeanne Faye Weller, 75, Ridgeway, MO passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022, at a Bethany, MO hospital. She was born December 17, 1946, in Bethany, Missouri the daughter of Gilbert and Vesta (Lobba) Champlin. On April 18, 1970, she married Jim Weller in Ridgeway, MO. He survives of the home. Jeanne worked as a data […]
A teenager from Salina, Kansas was injured in a rollover accident late Monday morning, three miles south of Cameron. The 14-year-old boy was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by 59-year-old Lori Mobley of Salina, Kansas, who wasn’t reported hurt. The teenager received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical […]
A motorcyclist from Brookfield was injured, then arrested Monday night, following an accident six miles north of Browning. Thirty-four-year-old Lucas Adams received moderate injuries when the motorcycle he was operating ran off Highway 5 and struck a ditch. Adams was taken by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. Adams was not using any […]
(Associated Press) – Police said a suburban St. Louis woman was beaten, stomped, and stabbed to death and her house was soaked in gasoline while two children were inside. Officers responded to a house in Hazelwood early Sunday after a child called to say his mother was dead and his father had fled the scene, […]
(Brownfield) – A jury has sided with 102 Missouri farmer plaintiffs against the Cooper County Health Board in its effort to regulate Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Plaintiff attorney Brent Haden tells Brownfield the jury found the Cooper County Health Board violated Missouri Sunshine laws when setting regulation V and its replacement regulation VI in 2018 […]
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that seven educators have advanced as finalists for the 2023 Missouri Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are Christina Andrade Melly, Ritenour — English Language Arts, Ritenour High School Dr. Allison Fleetwood, Nixa Public Schools — Theatre, Nixa High School Cotreena Jones, Ferguson-Florissant School District — English Language Arts, Johnson […]
Governor Parson and the Department of Public Safety will honor 23 first responders during a ceremony Wednesday in Jefferson City. The officers and firefighters will be awarded Missouri Public Safety medals for “heroic, life-saving or extraordinary acts beyond the call of duty to protect the public during 2021.” Governor Parson will present Missouri’s […]
The Missouri Department of Social Services has between 900 and 1,000 vacancies. The agency oversees child welfare services, the foster care system, Medicaid healthcare coverage, food stamps help, and other needs. Karen Meyer, the agency’s Human Resources director, says the turnover rate is about 35 percent. She says the department will continue to […]
(Missouri Independent) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late last week signed off on the approval from the agency’s independent vaccine advisers that recommended an updated coronavirus vaccine booster this fall. The CDC recommended boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for those who are 12 years old and older and from Moderna for those who are 18 […]
The federal government is taking new steps to protect people in Ohio and other states from “forever chemicals.” PFOA and PFOS are two types of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals, which are used in common products such as nonstick coatings, food packaging, and firefighting foam. They linger in the environment and are linked to increased cancers […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for September 2022, which are effective Sept. 1, 2022. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operations, purchase equipment, and storage structures or meet cash flow needs. Operating, Ownership, and Emergency Loans […]
An arrest was made Sunday afternoon by the Highway Patrol in Sullivan County. Thirty-three-year-old Codi Hanna of Pleasant Valley, Missouri was accused of driving while intoxicated, DWI with someone under the age of 17 in the vehicle, and driving while his license was suspended. Hanna also was arrested on two traffic warrants from Platte County. […]
The operator of a motorcycle was injured Sunday afternoon in an accident four miles south of Kirksville. Seventy-six-year-old Paul Walker of La Plata received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The driver of a pickup, 49-year-old Jeffrey Sewell of Kirksville wasn’t hurt. The pickup had stopped at […]
An upcoming fish removal project by the Missouri Department of Conservation on the Grand River will seek answers about ways to manage invasive carp populations in the state’s big rivers and their feeder streams. From Sept. 12-16, MDC will close the Brunswick Access and the lower eight miles of the river before it flows into […]
Big crowds were in attendance at many of the events held over the weekend as Trenton High School Alumni gathered for their annual Alumni Weekend Reunion. Steve Maxey, Secretary of the Foundation Trust for Trenton High School/THS Association reports bigger crowds than in most years were in Trenton from the Friday night Mixer, Saturday Open […]
A former deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release for violating an inmate’s civil rights in 2016. On May 26, Melvin Hilson, age 50, pleaded guilty in federal court to willfully depriving an inmate of his constitutional right to be […]
