Missouri couple dead after car rolls into creek

CALDWELL COUNTY —A Kansas City man was injured in an accident just after 10:30p.m. Friday in Caldwell County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Freightliner semi driven by Richard D. Taylor, 69, Kansas City, was eastbound on U.S. 36 two miles east of Cameron. The vehicle traveled...

RUSSELL COUNTY, Kan.—One person died in an accident just before 3:30p.m. Saturday in Russell County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1994 GMC passenger vehicle driven by Aaron T. Bostick, 20, Bastrop, Louisiana, was westbound on Interstate 70 two miles east of U.S. 281. The driver lost control of...

TEXAS COUNTY—A Missouri woman dies just before 7:30a.m. Friday in Texas County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Ford Ranger driven by Penne L. Kinserlow, 53, Licking, was northbound pulling out of a private drive at U.S. 63 five miles north of Houston, Missouri. The driver failed...

WYANDOTTE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 5p.m. Thursday in Wyandotte County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Freightliner semi driven by John Mbera, 36, Aurora, Colorado, was eastbound on the ramp from Interstate 70 eastbound to Interstate 635 northbound. The driver failed to negotiate...

HENRY COUNTY —A Missouri man died in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Wednesday in Henry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Dodge Ram driven by Ramone J. Wooten, 43, Kansas City, was northbound on MO 13 just south of MO 52. The driver lost control of...

Beto Lugo-Martinez is a grassroots activist who advocates for clean air. A big part of his work is fighting the expansion of “gas guzzling” vehicles and making sure that historically underserved communities receive infrastructure updates, partly to encourage driving an electric vehicle in Kansas City. Kansas City is...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 25-year-old Missouri woman is accused of leaving four dogs locked in a hot car while she had lunch in a central Florida restaurant, police said. The woman, identified in online jail records as Tesia C. White, who was visiting the area from...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern Missouri and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church in Springfield reported that the swastika was spray painted on the building on...

As drivers hit the road for the holiday weekend, the Missouri Highway Patrol is urging them to give 100-percent attention to their driving. Sergeant Shane Hux with Troop H in St. Joseph says distracted driving is a growing problem, especially with cell phones. "People have more information at their fingertips,...

KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City-area man has been charged in the fatal shooting on Tuesday of Elijah Flores in a vacant lot in the 700 block of Ditman Avenue in Kansas City, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. Mark Sellars, 43, faces charges of Murder 2nd Degree,...

BUTLER COUNTY — USD 394 in Rose Hill issued a statement Wednesday following the May 19 abduction of a 5-year-old boy from the daycare at the school. As law enforcement authorities continue their investigation of the incident, the district shared a statement, "We are taking the time to review our procedures with child safety at the focus of the review." The USD 394 day care facility will reopen on Tuesday.

A new trail system in the River Bluffs of St. Joseph will provide new opportunities for hikers and mountain bikers alike. The City of St. Joseph held a ribbon cutting for the new River Bluff Trails Park on Friday with a crowd of bikers and hikers looking on. St. Joseph...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY—A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just after 5p.m. Monday in Livingston County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Ford Mustang driven by Kennadie G. Crowe, 20, Chillicothe, was southbound on Route D two miles south of Utica. The car traveled off the right...

ANDREW COUNTY —A St. Joseph man was injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Monday in Andrew County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Honda Civic driven by Jeremy S. Wilmes, 50, St. Joseph, was southbound on Business 71 one mile north of Interstate 29 five miles south of Savannah.

City officials' welcome bikers, hikers and nature lovers as the much-anticipated River Bluff Trails Park is officially opening this weekend. To celebrate the opening of the new park a ribbon cutting will be held to celebrate the official opening of the park today at 4pm. The opening of the park...

A special and solemn Memorial Day weekend as Mound City welcomes home the remains of Wilbur Francis Newton, who died during the September 7th, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that forced the United States into World War II. The remains of Newton, a Seaman 1st Class, arrived in Kansas City...

The St. Joseph Central bowling team is in Springfield this weekend competing for a state championship. The Indians have won two state titles - the most recent coming in 2018. First-year head coach and Central bowling alum Tyson Cook says the Indians have had a long tradition of making the state tournament.

CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — A Camdenton man has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without parole for shooting a woman and her daughter after a long dispute over the daughter's sexual orientation. Steven Endsley, 59, was sentenced Monday in the deaths of Danielle M. Smith, 27, and...

KANSAS CITY (AP) — A man will be laid to rest on Saturday, more than 80 years after he died in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy returned the remains of Seaman 1st Class Wilbur Francis Newton to Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday. Newton was...

A report published Monday by a federal watchdog sheds new light on the scope of missing foster kids in Missouri, an issue that infuriated state lawmakers last year and led to accusations that Department of Social Services leadership was failing to take accountability. The U.S. Department of Health and Human...