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MSHP: Man injured after falling asleep at the wheel

Posted on July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

A man was taken to the hospital Thursday morning in Buchanan County after allegedly falling asleep behind the wheel.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Dakota Morris, 18 of Cameron was driving a 2005 Ford Focus eastbound on 36 Highway about one mile north of Easton around 10:30 a.m. when he reportedly fell asleep. The crash report said Morris then attempted to avoid hitting a tractor-trailer, over-corrected causing the vehicle to rotate and hit the tractor trailer in the rear with its left side.

Morris was taken by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of what was described as a minor injury.

Man hit in the head by falling, 4-pound bolt at Kansas wind farm

Posted on July 7, 2016

(Salina Post) PRATT – Law enforcement authorities in Pratt County are investigating a second wind farm accident this week.

Just after 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office and Pratt County Emergency Services were dispatched to a work place accident at the Wind Farm 7 miles east and 4 ½ miles south of Pratt.

A 26-year-old man suffered a severe head wound. He was approximately 100 feet above the ground inside the tower, when a 4 pound bolt, approximately 10 inches long fell from over 100 feet above and hit him in the head, knocking him unconscious.

Other workers on the scene were able to lower him to the ground, where he regained consciousness. The injured worker was not wearing a helmet according to witnesses at the scene.

The man was transported to the Kingman hospital by Pratt County Emergency Services and a medical helicopter transported him to a Wichita area hospital.

Name of the injured worker has not been released.

On Sunday, a worker fell approximately 126 feet and landed on his back in the mud. He remains hospitalized.

(UPDATE) Maryville roads closed due to downed power lines back open

Posted on July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

(UPDATE 1:15 p.m.) According to the Maryville Public Safety Facebook page, all roads are now clear in Maryville.

Around 9:30 a.m. due to power lines being downed throughout Nodaway County, Maryville Public Safety cautioned motorists to drive safely.

Streets closed in Maryville included: 900 block South Walnut, 800 block of South Fillmore, and the 900 block of Victory Lane. Some city streets in the outlying towns may be blocked due to debris.

More information can be found on the Maryville Public Safety Facebook page.

Northwest Missouri State University Police reported trees down across the campus.

Shortly before noon, KCP&L was working on fixing about 350 power outages in the Maryville area.

(Update) Road back open after crash on east 36 Highway

Posted on July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

36 Highway is back open after being shutdown this morning due to a crash just after the Missouri River Bridge.

Officer Scott Gary with the St. Joseph Police Department said 36 Highway was shutdown in both directions around 8:30 Thursday morning at I-229.

He said a 30-year-old St. Joseph man was driving a maroon truck westbound on 36 Highway, ran a red light and was hit by a semi making a left turn from the off ramp of I-229 onto 36. Gary said the driver of the maroon truck was injured but refused treatment at the scene.

Traffic was redirected in the area for about an hour. The driver of the maroon truck was issued a ticket for running a red light.

Two injured in head-on crash on Route O Wednesday

Posted on July 7, 2016

Two people were injured in a dump truck and trash truck collision on Route O Wednesday.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 34-year-old Brandon D. Shafer of St. Joseph was driving the dump truck east on Route O about three miles south of St. Joseph around 11 a.m. when the vehicle traveled off the side of the road and began to slide. When Shafer brought the vehicle back on the roadway, it crossed the center line and struck a trash truck head on. The driver of the trash truck, 63-year-old Albert B. Reinert of St. Joseph was transported to Mosaic Hospital with serious injuries. A passenger with Reinhert, 40-year-old Donald T. Henderson was transported with minor injuries.

As previously reported, Route O was shut down for about two hours while emergency crews responded to the crash.

Severe storms are in the forecast again tonight

Posted on July 7, 2016

Storms this morning will start to dissipate later this morning with cloud coverage leaving the area cooler than it could have been with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Later in the afternoon another round of possible severe storms are expected to form up near the Missouri/Iowa border and progress south/southeast overnight. The main threat with these storms will be widespread damaging winds with some isolated large hail. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service.

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2 p.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 99. East northeast wind 9 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Maryville sex offender to serve at least 15 years for child porn

Posted on July 6, 2016

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A Maryville, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges related to child pornography.

Edward Grimes, 58, of Maryville, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to the charges contained in a Sept. 19, 2014, federal indictment. Grimes, a registered sex offender, has prior felony convictions for sexual abuse and a criminal sexual act in New York.

By pleading guilty, Grimes admitted that he attempted to distribute child pornography over the Internet on March 29, 2013; that he attempted to receive child pornography over the Internet on Dec. 31, 2013; and that he possessed child pornography on Feb. 12, 2014. Grimes must forfeit to the government two desktop computers, a laptop computer, four hard drives and a thumb drive that were used to commit the offenses.

The government also filed notice Wednesday of intent to rely on Grimes’s prior felony sex offenses for purposes of sentencing, which would subject Grimes to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole for each of the counts of attempting to distribute and to receive child pornography over the Internet, and to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole for possessing child pornography. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

O Highway back open after head-on-crash

Posted on July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

(Update 1:43 p.m.) – Emergency crews responded to a head-on-crash Wednesday afternoon that shut down O Highway for around two hours.

The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert around 11:38 a.m. telling drivers to avoid O Highway at the entrance to the dump due to a traffic crash. The highway was reopened around 1:40 p.m.

Col. Bill Puett said crews responded to a head-on crash between a city dump truck and a trash truck. He said both drivers were believed to have been injured but the extent of their injuries is currently unknown.

Puett said the Missouri State Highway Patrol is handling the crash. As we learn more we will update this post.

Two Bolckow residents seriously injured in Tuesday crash

Posted on July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

A two vehicle crash in Andrew County sent two Bolckow residents to the hospital with serious injuries Tuesday morning.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 21-year-old Preston J. Seever of Bolckow was stopped in his vehicle at a stop sign on County Road 125 about one mile from Rosendale. Seever failed to yield, proceeded through the intersection and 17-year-old Bryan T. Atkins of Rea, driving a Ford Mustang east on Missouri 48, hit the passenger side of Seever’s vehicle forcing it off the road.

Seever and a passenger, 23-year-old Krystal M. Seever were transported to Mosaic Life Care with serious injuries. Atkins was taken to Mosaic with moderate injuries. An infant passenger in Seever’s vehicle was not injured.

Man arrested after crash on N. Belt Hwy

Posted on July 6, 2016

A man has been charged after a crash last week in St. Joseph.

James R. Scott, 28 was charged Friday in Buchanan County with a felony of resisting arrest.

According to court documents on June 30 around 1:49 p.m. investigators with the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force tried to stop Scott in a 2004 Ford F-250 in the area of N. Belt Highway and Genefield Road for traffic violations.

“The defendant fled the area and would not yield to emergency equipment,” said Investigator Stephen Clark with the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department. “The defendant disregarded multiple traffic laws, which cause him to crash into another moving vehicle after disregarding a stop sign at Ashland Avenue and Summit Avenue.”

Clark said Scott stopped after the crash and was taken into custody.

“It is believed he fled from investigators due to his revoked license,” Clark said. “The defendant has two active non-extraditable warrants from two other jurisdictions.”

Scott is being held in the Buchanan County Jail on $10,000 cash only bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 19.