Brinktown, MO

OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. — A Bland man was injured after falling asleep behind the wheel in Osage County Monday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Zackery J. Stasiak, 26, was driving on Missouri Route 89, just south of Roberts Trail, when he fell asleep. His Chevrolet Cruze traveled off the left side of the roadway, struck a tree and overturned. The accident happened around 4 p.m. Monday. He was transported to SSM Health in Jefferson City with moderate injuries.

BENTON COUNTY, Mo. — A Warsaw woman was injured in a Benton County crash Monday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Tina M. Hendrix, 53, was driving northbound on Missouri Route 7, south of Summit Road, around 3:20 p.m. Her Chevrolet HHR crossed the center line, ran off the left side of the roadway, struck a sign and two trees. Hendrix was transported by Warsaw EMS to Golden Valley Hospital with moderate injuries.

(AP) -- A child sex abuser from southwest Missouri was sentenced to more than 600 years in prison for 10 felony convictions. The jury that convicted Daniel Franklin, 62, of rural Joplin, in April recommended that he be sentenced to six terms of 99 years, three of 30 years and one of four years.

Governor Parson plans to sign into law tomorrow restrictions on Missouri’s local health departments. The legislation bans county health departments from issuing public health orders during a state-declared emergency. It limits them to ordering the closure of businesses, schools, churches, and gatherings for up to thirty days. After that time, closures will be left up to the local city council to decide. The bill would also ban cities and counties from requiring coronavirus vaccination records for anyone trying to access public transportation.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO (KMOV.com) -- Abby Kaston says she’s been living with sweat and sweltering temperatures for weeks. “It feels like hell,” Katson said. Kaston, who is four months pregnant, says she and her roommates have been living without a working air conditioner for almost a month. With temperatures climbing into the 90’s, she says the inside of her trailer at the Sycamore Springs Mobile Home Park in House Springs, Mo is unbearable. So much so, that Katson says she was hospitalized two weeks ago for dehydration. Kaston says her unit isn’t the only one without working AC.

DAVIESS COUNTY—Two from St. Joseph were injured in an accident just before 2p.m. Monday in Daviess County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Pontiac G6 driven by Tyler C. Barnes, 25, St. Joseph, was westbound on Route T three miles north of Pattonsburg. The driver fell asleep. The...

BARRY COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol issues a warning after a crash involving one of their own. The crash happened Sunday around 7:00 a.m. on Highway 37, about a half mile south of Purdy, Missouri. According to the crash report, a Chevrolet truck hit a Ford Explorer Police Interceptor in the back at a high rate of speed. The trooper was in the vehicle at the time.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday he signed House Bill 271 into law, establishing what he said creates "greater accountability for local leaders when imposing public health orders." The law also prohibits local COVID-19 vaccine passports. "This legislation I am signing today requires local leaders to...

Osage Beach, Mo. (KY3) - Police are searching for a suspect following an attack on a security guard at Backwater Jacks in Osage Beach. Police responded twice to the bar Friday night because of two intoxicated individuals. “They met with the subjects, identified them, ultimately helped them get a ride...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A woman is hospitalized, after being clipped by a truck while walking along a farm road in southern Greene County. It happened around 6:30 pm Monday. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper say the woman was walking along Farm Road 186 when she was hit by the extra wide mirror of a passing truck.

FENTON, Mo. — Missouri State Highway Patrol officials released the identity of the man who was killed in the boat crash on the Meramec in Fenton Saturday night. Milos Marjanovic, 34, was from Brookfield, Illinois. The crash happened near George Winter Park. Five men and one woman in their 30s...

Things aren’t looking good for Missouri in the latest COVID-19 data, with our state case numbers rising a shocking 93.8 percent in just over a week. In the week that ended Sunday, June 13, there were 4,378 COVID-19 cases in Missouri. That’s a sharp increase over the previous week in which there were 2,259 cases in the state.

A Salem man was injured Sunday resulting from a one-vehicle crash that occurred on Highway 32 one mile east of Salem, according to an online report of Troop I of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500, driven by Timothy A. Tompkins, 55, was eastbound at 9:30...

O'FALLON, Mo. — A lottery player in O'Fallon, Missouri, is one month away from missing out on a $1 million prize. The Missouri Lottery said the player bought a Powerball ticket at the Circle K at 602 N. Main St. on Jan. 16. The prize is still unclaimed, but the winner still has until July 15 to claim it.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Governor Mike Parson will sign a bill on Tuesday, June 15 that will limit the powers of county health officials. The measure was sparked by COVID-19-related restrictions in St. Louis County and elsewhere. House Bill 271 calls for any order by local health agencies that...

(Pea Ridge) Two people from Park Hills were killed and two others injured after a two vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Washington County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident took place at 24505 Highway 185, just outside the boundaries of the Pea Ridge Conservation Area when a Buick Rendezvous driven by 61-year-old Karen Medlin of Park Hills was traveling northwest on 185 while a GMC pickup truck driven by 55-year-old Robert Schneider of Park Hills was moving southeast on 185.