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Two men were injured in a garbage truck accident in Caldwell County on Friday, December 8. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol the crash occurred when Vehicle driven by 51-year-old Christopher Stockman of Slater, approached the intersection of Route KK and Route A. The vehicle skidded and traveled into the Northbound Lane of Route A, causing it to overturn and land on its passenger side.

CALDWELL COUNTY –Two people was injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Friday in Caldwell County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Freightliner trash truck driven by Christopher M. Stockman, 51, Slater, was westbound on Route A at Route KK three miles south of Braymer. The driver...

St. Joseph, Mo. – The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northwest Missouri region for the week of Dec. 11-17. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There also may...

The “Leave the Leaves” movement could just as easily be called “Save the Pollinators,” says University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist Manoj Chhetri. Chhetri, who serves northwestern Missouri from his base in Caldwell County, agrees that letting leaves do their thing is better than carting them off to a landfill. That has all kinds of long-term costs, environmental and otherwise. Moreover, removing fallen leaves takes away vital habitat that insects need to survive the winter, Chhetri said.

U.S. Route 36 – Concrete replacement westbound from Route 5 to Katy Drive, Dec. 11-12. U.S. Route 36 – Concrete replacement eastbound from Route 5 to Katy Drive, Dec. 12-13. Livingston County. Route D – CLOSED until further notice at the Rattlesnake Creek Bridge due to deterioration. This...

Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route N in Caldwell County east of Braymer today, Wednesday, December 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The road will be closed from Route A to SE Hickory Road to replace a culvert under the roadway. Motorists will need to...

Caldwell County Route 13 from Mill Creek Drive to Route P is now open. Contractors from Phillips Hardy, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, closed the roadway in May to begin stage one (Mill Creek Drive to Route P) of a project to repave Route 13 from the southern city limits of Hamilton to north of Route HH in Kingston.

St. Joseph, Mo. – The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northwest Missouri region for the week of Dec. 4-10. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There also may...

The “Leave the Leaves” movement could just as easily be called “Save the Pollinators,” says University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist Manoj Chhetri. Chhetri, who serves northwestern Missouri from his base in Caldwell County, agrees that letting leaves do their thing is better than carting them off to a landfill.

Four serious injury crashes were investigated by the Missouri Highway Patrol over the weekend in the area counties. One incident involved a two-vehicle crash south of Marceline on Highway 5, resulting in serious injuries to the driver and passenger of a Chevrolet Cavalier. Another incident was a single-vehicle crash in Caldwell County. The incidents occurred on November 25, 2023.

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of Dec. 4-10. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There also may be moving operations throughout the region, in addition to the work mentioned below.

Target Area: Adair; Caldwell; Daviess; Grundy; Linn; Livingston; Macon; Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Sullivan. Potential for Light Snowfall in Northern Missouri A weather system passing through northern Missouri could lead to minor snow accumulations of less than an inch. Drivers are advised to exercise caution as roads may become slippery.

CALDWELL COUNTY — Caldwell County Route 13 is now reopen to traffic. MoDOT says the road closed from Mill Creek Drive to Route P in May to begin the first stage of a project repaving 13 from the southern city limits of Hamilton to north of Route HH in Kingston.

Two bookings into area jails are reported by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department. 47-year-old Anthony Roberts of Chillicothe is held at the Caldwell County Detention Center following his arrest Tuesday for alleged Failure To Appear on a charge of alleged Driving While Revoked or Suspended. Bond is set at $20,000 cash only.

A Princeton woman awaiting sentencing on a charge of Driving While Revoked or Suspended was arrested and booked into the Caldwell County Detention Center for an alleged bond condition violation. Forty-eight-year-old Sara Nichole Moore had pleaded guilty to the charge November 9th. Sentencing was scheduled for January 4th. She was released on her own recognizance on November 21st. Monday, she was arrested by Hamilton Police for alleged violation of Bond Conditions and is held at the Caldwell County Detention Center with bond now set at $20,000. A hearing is scheduled for December 1st in the Livingston County Circuit Courtroom.

Four serious injury crashes in the area counties were investigated by the Missouri Highway Patrol over the weekend. Saturday at about 3:50 pm, a two-vehicle crash south of Marceline on Highway 5 left one driver and their passenger with serious injuries. A 16-year-old Brookfield girl was eastbound and pulled into the path of a trash truck. The girl and her passenger, 26-year-old Corbin Cochrell of Marceline were taken to University Hospital in Columbia. The truck driver was not injured.

Interstate 29 – Pavement improvement project from south of Business Route 71 to just south of Route O (Buchanan County) through November 2023. (Contractor: Herzog Contracting Corp.). Buchanan County. I-29 – Pavement improvement project from south of Business Route 71 (Andrew County) to just south of Route O through...

CALDWELL COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 7p.m. Saturday in Caldwell County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 GMC Canyon driven by Jon L. Harman, 63, Chillicothe, was eastbound on U.S. 36 two miles east of Cameron. The pickup began to slide, traveled off the north side of the road and overturned.