A 59-year-old man from Montgomery City was seriously injured in a crash in Lincoln County Monday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports, the man was driving a large truck on Route E, East of Norton Road in Lincoln County, when he traveled off the right side of the road and overturned….
Possible inappropriate purchases has spurred an audit of the Bellflower Fire Protection District. The Missouri state auditors, at the request of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, have announced the audit as of Friday. Concerns about possible inappropriate purchases by the department and fuel cards being used to buy fuel for personal vehicles is going to…
Two cats died in a residential fire in Montgomery County on Wednesday morning. The Montgomery Fire Protection District responded to Garden Place around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Crews found heavy smoke in the basement that had carried throughout the ground floor. The crews were able to quickly extinguish the flames, but much of the residence suffered…
Two Laddonia residents were injured in a crash in a two-vehicle crash in Montgomery County on Tuesday. The crash reportedly happened at 4:35 p.m. yesterday on West Hudson St. at North Madison St., when a 2008 Dodge Ram tried to make a right turn when a Dodge Dart crossed the center line, colliding with the…
The trial for a Cooper County man accused of multiple felonies has been moved to another county. 42-year-old Sam Shetler, who is the former head of an Amish “retreat”, is charged with three counts of Trafficking for the Purposes of Forced Labor, one count of First-Degree Sodomy, four counts of First Degree Kidnapping with Terrorizing,…
Two separate crashes in the early afternoon hours of Monday killed three people on I-70 in Montgomery County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced two collisions: The first crash happened around the 181 mile-marker between two tractor-trailers in which one driver was killed and the other was injured. According to the social media post from…
A Jonesburg man is behind bars after prosecutors accused him of shooting a 60-year-old man several times during an argument. 77-year-old Roger Fischer has been charged with first-degree assault causing serious physicl injury, two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon. Court documents say that the shooting happened on Tuesday at…
Two Mexico residents are being held in the Montgomery County jail after officers found a large amount of drugs and improvised explosives during a traffic stop. An officer initially pulled the vehicle over for failure to stop at a stop sign near West Ford Street and South Sturgeon Street. Upon making the traffic stop, the…
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One man was killed in motorcycle accident in Montgomery County Tuesday evening. Missouri State Highway Patrol announced that the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Route J near Loutre Valley Lane. The crash reports state that the 1992 Harley Davidson struck an embankment before ejecting the rider from his bike. The 42-year-old rider from…
Amazon and local groups are clashing over a planned data center in Montgomery County following the company’s announcement of a $10 million investment in the project. Amazon held a community Q&A Tuesday where roughly 75 residents asked questions about water use, energy demand, and environmental impact, while company representatives highlighted planned community investments and infrastructure…
MU Healthcare has announced that they have laid off 74 employees in a redesign for the system. The University of Missouri sent out a press release earlier today, where Chief Executive Officer Ric Ransom said, “These decisions are difficult, but they are necessary to ensure MU Health Care remains strong, competitive, and capable of serving…
Governor Mike Kehoe confirmed today that Amazon is set to build a $10 billion data center in Montgomery County. This follows the announcement last month that Google would invest $15 billion of their own into a data center in New Florence. Kehoe cited that the data center would boost the local economy including generating tax…
A Montgomery City man was sentenced Friday for his part in his 2-year-old child’s death in September 2024. According to court documents, Bryan Danter had pled guilty in April and was sentenced to a total of 15 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for second-degree felony murder, second-degree drug trafficking and unlawful possession of…
