Tag: Cooper County
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Confirmed EF-2 Tornado Causes Damage In Pilot Grove
The National Weather Service reports the tornado that hit the Pilot Grove area in Cooper County during the morning hours of Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2025, was an EF-2. EF-2 tornadoes pack winds of up to 135 miles per hour. Trees and power lines were brought down and some buildings were destroyed. Cooper County officials said…
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Missouri Highway Patrol Responds To Multiple Stranded Motorists
Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F responded to 121 calls for service, 74 stranded motorists and 22 non-injury crashes on Friday, January 10, 2025. Troop F serves 13 counties in Central Missouri including Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard and Montgomery. Troop F continues to recommend that people stay safe at home while MoDOT works to…
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Missouri Highway Patrol Responds To Fatal Hit-Run-Accident On I-70 In Cooper County
A Woolridge woman is dead following a fatal hit-and-run in Cooper County last (Wednesday) night. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol crash report it happened around mile marker 110.8 on eastbound I-70 shortly after 10:30. 59-year-old Terry Ricketts was pronounced dead at the scene. The report says the crash happened when an unknown vehicle hit…
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Boonville Man Arrested in Cooper County
Jacob A Ivy, 28, of Boonville was arrested last night for DWI and leaving the scene of an accident. He is being held on bond at Cooper County Jail.
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Bunceton Man Seriously Injured in Crash on Highway B
A Bunceton man is in University Hospital with was serious injuries after a single vehicle crash on Highway B in Cooper County last night. Warren Pennington, 53, left the highway and overturned according to the Highway Patrol. He was transported by Cooper County EMS.
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Hallsville Man Seriously Injured When He Rolls His Truck on I-70
A pickup truck went off Interstate 70 and rolled multiple times yesterday afternoon in Cooper County, seriously injuring the driver, a Holts Summit man. The Highway Patrol crash report indicates that Russell Cornelison Sr., 36, went off the right side of the road, hit an embankment, and rolled several times. He was wearing a seat…
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Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Facing A Dozen Misdemeanor Charges
A Master Sergeant with the Missouri State Highway Patrol is charged with a dozen misdemeanors after allegedly falsifying information on traffic stops. Zachary Czerniewski of Montgomery City is facing 10 charges in Montgomery County and 2 in Cooper County. Czerniewski is accused of claiming not to have conducted searches after stopping black males when in…
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New CDC Masking Recommendations For mid-Missouri Counties
New recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a majority of Americans no longer need to wear a face mask while indoors. The CDC classifies counties by 3 different community levels which are classified as low, medium, and high. These community levels are determined by case numbers, hospital admissions, and hospital beds…
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Crews Search River For Missing Columbia Woman
The search for a missing Columbia woman will continue next week. Authorities searched a section of the Lamine River in Cooper County yesterday [Tuesday] for the remains of Mengqi Ji Elledge, but nothing was found. According to the Mid-Missouri Sheriff’s Dive Team, the search will pick up again next week. According to a release, police…
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Mexico Man Injured In Cooper County Accident
A Mexico man has moderate injuries after a 2 car accident in Cooper County last (Sunday) night. According to the Highway Patrol it happened on I-70 eastbound, 126 feet east of the 102 mile marker. A vehicle driven by 72 year old Robert K. Boahrer of Mexico was entering the interstate, when another vehicle traveled…
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Highway Patrol Locates Drugs In Cooper County Traffic Stops
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has seized nearly 50 pounds of marijuana during three separate traffic stops in Cooper County. Troop F reports the stops have taken place over the last four days along Interstate 70. In addition to the marijuana, troopers also found 550 imitation opioid and benzodiazepine pills and a handgun.
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K9 Uncovers Large Amount Of Meth In Cooper County
The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a man from the state of California after a K9 officer located a large amount of methamphetamine last night. [Thursday] The patrol reports a trooper stopped 45 year old Johnny Thompson. After briefly questioning Thompson, the trooper decided to search the car. K9 Rony located approximately 20 pounds of…
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Woman With Serious Injuries In Cooper County Crash
A St. Peters woman is in serious condition after a one car accident in Cooper County yesterday (Sunday) morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened on I-70 eastbound about 75 feet east of the 95.6 mile marker. The crash occurred when a vehicle traveled off the left side of the road and overturned.…
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Woman Found Dead On Interstate 70 Had Children In Car
Two children were in the vehicle in which a 40 year old South Dakota was found dead in on December 13. Scott White with the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Melissa Peskey’s children, ages 5 and 11, were in the car when troopers found it crashed near mile marker 96 on Interstate 70. White said…
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Autopsy Results Revealed From Woman Found Dead in Wrecked Vehicle in Cooper County
A woman found dead in a wrecked vehicle last week in Cooper County died from a gunshot wound according to an autopsy report by the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Officer. Missouri Highway Patrol Troopers found the body of 40 year old Melissa Peskey of South Dakota in a vehicle around mile marker 96 on I-70…