A Holliday woman has serious injuries following a watercraft collision in Monroe County yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol it happened on the south fork arm of Mark Twain Lake when a Kawasaki 900 driven by 20-year-old Michael Maubach of Shelbina, hit a 2002 Yamaha XLT 800 PWC driven by 18-year…
A semi truck driver is dead after colliding with a Norfolk Southern freight train outside of Madison, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol the crash happened three miles east of Madison along US 24 East, when 65-year-old Russell W. Minnis, failed to stop the semi truck he was driving at the railroad…
The Missouri Public Service Commission is delaying the hearing dates on the Grain Belt Express because of motions filed by some of the parties in the case. The hearings, originally scheduled for May 22-26 will now take place June 5-9 beginning at 9:00 each morning. Grain Belt was granted a certificate of convenience and necessity…
The search for missing Monroe County resident Betty Hayes remains ongoing. According to a social media post from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, they received a report of a piece of purple pant material being found along Route C in southern Monroe County on Wednesday evening. The caller remembered the description of Hayes indicated she…
A Ralls County jury convicts a Madison man on statutory rape charges. According to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, his office assisted the Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney’s office in prosecuting 56-year old Robert Lee Sims, Jr. Sims was convicted of two counts of first degree statutory sodomy, second degree statutory sodomy, second degree rape, kidnapping,…
The Monroe City license office is up for bid. The Missouri Department of Revenue is accepting proposals for operating the office starting tomorrow (Wednesday) and continuing through April 4th. The current operating contract is close to expiring and more information can be found on the Missouri BUYS website at http://www.missouribuys.mo.gov
Monroe County joins three other northeast Missouri counties with no fatal traffic crashes in 2022. At the Monroe County Commissioners’ meeting at the Monroe County Courthouse on March 6th, Corporal Justin Dunn with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Amy Crawford with the Northeast Coalition for Roadway Safety presented the commissioners and Monroe County Sheriff…
A death investigation is underway at the Monroe County Jail in Paris. According to reporting by WGEM, the death occurred yesterday (Wednesday) and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating the death. We will have more on this developing story as it becomes available.
The Missouri Public Service Commission is setting a date for a public hearing related to the Grain Belt Express project. In their application, Grain Belt is asking for approval to relocate the Missouri converter station to Monroe County from Ralls County, increase the capacity of the converter station from 500 megawatts to 2,500 megawatts, and…
A Monroe County accident yesterday (Tuesday) morning outside of Santa Fe seriously injures a Mexico man. The report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates that 23-year old Rayone D. Evans swerved to miss a deer, overcorrected and ran off the right side of the road and struck an embankment. The crash on Route O…
The Missouri Department of Economic Development is awarding a total of $261 million through the ARPA Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program to fund projects across Missouri. Ten projects from Chariton Valley Communications Corporation in Marion, Macon, Monroe, Ralls & Shelby counties is awarded nearly 43-and-a-half million dollars. Gateway Infrastructure is getting roughly 25-and-a-half million for projects…
More information is being learned about the train derailment in Paris yesterday (Thursday) morning. According to the accident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened at 11:01 when a westbound Norfolk & Southern locomotive operated by 52-year old Anthony L. Colley of Moberly struck a northbound unoccupied 2018 Kenworth tractor trailer stopped on…
Voters in Boone County decide on use taxes and a few contested county office races. Unofficial results from yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) election show Kip Kendrick getting the win for Presiding Commissioner, Bob Nolte won the Recorder race, Kyle Rieman garnered the win for the County Auditor and the Treasurer will be Jenna Redel. Harrisburg voters said…
Missourians have four constitutional amendments to decide on when they head to the polls today (Tuesday). Amendment 1 would allow the General Assembly to override current restrictions on investments made by the state treasurer. Amendment 4 would increase minimum funding for a police force established by a state board of police commissioners. Amendment 5 would…
Over 600 residents, eight businesses, and 94 farms in Monroe and Randolph counties will soon have access to high-speed internet. According to a press release by Missouri State Director of the USDA, Kyle Wilkens, Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation is receiving a $2.2 million grant to deploy a fiber to-the-premises network. High-speed internet will be made…
