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An accident occurred on Highway 5, approximately three miles south of Marceline in Chariton County, on the afternoon of November 25, 2023. The incident involved a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier, driven by a 16-year-old girl from Brookfield, Missouri, and a 2015 Freightliner trash truck driven by Adam C. Heller, a 37-year-old man from Green City, Missouri.

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. - Intoxication is suspected in a Chariton County accident the morning of Saturday, November 18. Missouri State Highway Patrol alleges Alixandrea Jacobs, 21, of Triplett, traveled off the left side of Route E, two miles east of Sumner, struck an embankment and overturned. Jacobs sustained moderate injuries...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has planned road and bridge work in Carroll and Chariton County for the week of November 20-26. All of the planned work can be viewed on the MoDOT Traveler Information Map. In Carroll County:. -Route E will be closed daily at the McCroskie Creek Bridge...

Two accidents in the area counties were handled by the Missouri Highway Patrol over the weekend,. Saturday at about 7:35 pm, a two-vehicle crash in Caldwell County left a passenger with minor injuries. The report states a pick-up and semi were westbound on US 36, just east of Cameron. The semi ran onto the back of the pick-up. The drivers were not injured. A passenger in the pick-up, 53-year-old Kristine A. Caster of Lee’s Summit, was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center for treatment.

A 16-year-old girl from Keytesville, Missouri, sustained serious injuries in a road accident early Friday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the accident occurred around 6:40 a.m. on Pat Road, approximately 10 miles north of Keytesville in Chariton County. According to the Highway Patrol, the teenager, whose name...

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old girl from Keytesville suffered serious injuries Friday in a single-vehicle crash on Pat Road, about 10 miles north of Keytesville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash report states the vehicle – a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze -- was traveling southbound when the girl The post Teenager seriously injured in Chariton County crash appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has announced that deer hunters in certain counties are required to participate in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) sampling during the opening weekend of firearms deer season, November 11-12, 2023. These counties include Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Grundy, Livingston, and Ray.

The Chariton County Sheriff's Office is searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle that resulted in the Salisbury R-IV School Stirct going on a soft lockdown on Wednesday. The post Chariton County Sheriff’s Office searches for driver of stolen vehicle; lockdown held Wednesday for Salisbury R-4 school district appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

MENDON − The Missouri Department of Transportation hosted a public meeting Thursday in Mendon, the site of a deadly passenger train derailment which garnered national attention, to get feedback on a statewide push to improve rail safety in Missouri. "This is a very collaborative process," said Eric Schroeter, MoDOT's...

The Chariton County Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation into an incident involving a suspect who allegedly evaded a deputy on November 8th. Sheriff Erick Billups reported that a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle traveling north on Highway 129, south of Salisbury. Despite the deputy’s efforts, the vehicle reportedly failed to yield.

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. – The search continues for a man who eluded Chariton County deputies in a stolen vehicle on Wednesday, November 8. Chariton County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Route 129 traveling north towards Salisbury. The driver, described only as a white male possibly in his 30’s, allegedly fled the scene. A short time later the vehicle was found abandoned near 7th Street and South Hutchinson. The vehicle was found to have been reported stolen out of Columbia.

A question on the Chariton County Special Election ballot failed to pass on Tuesday, November 7. Chariton County voters made a decision on Proposition One, which asked if the Public Water Supply District Number 2 of Chariton County should sell its assets to Missouri-American Water Company and thereafter be dissolved as provided by law.

MENDON, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, the Missouri Department of Transportation held a public meeting to discuss a safety study of the BNSF Marceline Subdivision after a deadly train derailment killed four and injured 150 people back in June 2022. The meeting was held in the Northwestern School District's Commons area...

CHARITON COUNTY — It appears Chariton County voters have failed to pass a resolution to sell Public Water Supply District #2 to Missouri-American Water Company and dissolve the district. The preliminary special election results for Proposition 1 list 169 votes in favor and 118 against. The issue needed to...

Editor's note: Audrain County results were added on Wednesday. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple counties around Mid-Missouri had elections on Tuesday. Miller County had a pair of propositions on its ballot and Pettis County asked votes if the fire district should expand its boundaries. View the full area results -- by county -- updated throughout the The post Eldon approves weed tax, Pettis County fire district extends boundaries; more area election results available appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. – Two California residents are scheduled to appear in Chariton County court after a traffic stop on Monday, November 6, allegedly found drugs and paraphernalia inside the vehicle. Online court information indicates Brady Sabat and Yvonne Tang are each charged with possession of a controlled substance...