A highway worker is dead after he was hit by a semi-truck in Pettis County on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol accident report it happened in the 17000 block of Route O when a 2005 Peterbilt 379, driven by 18-year-old Brandon Knox of Hughesville was heading north on Route O…
A messy situation is cleaned up in Pettis County after a tractor trailer carrying eggs overturned yesterday (Thursday) morning. The Pettis County Sheriff’s Department says the tractor trailer was carrying $60,000 worth of cage free, organic eggs when it overturned in the middle of a construction zone, near HH Highway and Cedar Lane. No injuries…
A Fulton woman is facing multiple charges after taking the Missouri Highway Patrol on a vehicle pursuit yesterday (Monday) on US Highway 50, east of Tipton, where she is accused of abandoning her child. According to the release from the Pettis County Sheriff a vehicle driven by 30 year old Sydney M. Ward was traveling…
A Marshall, Missouri man is now sentenced to life in prison and up to 15 years in prison on three felony counts that includes Second Degree Murder. A jury found Noah Kelliker guilty of second degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in January. According to prosecutors Kelliker killed 21 year…
The escaped Pettis County inmate Travis Davis is now in police custody. According to Sedalia Police Davis was arrested and returned to the Pettis County Jail this (Tuesday) morning. He escaped from the jail on March 9th and reportedly fled to Oklahoma where he stole and wrecked a police car, then returned to Missouri in…
The Pettis County Sheriff’s Office reports an escaped inmate has returned to the county. In a statement, deputies were notified of a suspicious pickup near Clifton City last night. [Sunday] It was determined the truck had been stolen from Heavener, Oklahoma, the last known location of 30 year old Travis Davis on March 15. Davis…
An escaped inmate from the Pettis County Jail is now on the run in Oklahoma. The Heavener, Oklahoma police chief says officers arrested 30 year old Travis Davis at a travel plaza this (Wednesday) morning. Police say Davis, managed to get his handcuffed hands in front of him and break through the cage partition separating…
A one thousand dollar reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers in Pettis County for information leading to an arrest in a shots fired incident yesterday (Thursday) morning. Apparently deputies were called to Country Club Estates around 1 am yesterday (Thursday) morning. A resident in the neighborhood says two males were near his neighbor’s car…
2 administrators from the Pettis County Ambulance District are facing charges of forgery and stealing. Police report a search warrant was served at 23400 Radio Hill Road in Sedalia which led to the arrest of Michael Gardner the administrator of the ambulance district, and Tracy Rank the human resource director. Investigators says they found evidence…
Pettis County deputies assisted in a Johnson County Jail riot overnight. Deputies posted on their facebook page around 10:30 last night an active riot was happening inside a pod at the jail. The Jail requested assistance from area law enforcement and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The situation was resolved around 1:30 this morning, with…
