(Update) 8:53 a.m.  In another Nixle alert, police said the highway ramp has reopened.

A traffic accident prompts a police warning for you to avoid a busy highway interchange in St Joseph.

The accident was reported at about 8 a.m. on the ramp from westbound U.S. Highway 36 to northbound I-229.

A truck rammed into the concrete barrier on the ramp. One victim was found below the bridge near Sixth Street. He was transported to Mosaic Life Care.

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A total of 24 citations and 48 warnings were issued in conjunction with a Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement operation conducted in Grundy County on June 1, 2016.

In a news release, the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced the results:
5– speed citations
17– seat belt citations
2– uninsured motorist citations

“Motorists traveling on Missouri’s roadways can expect that members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol will be striving to keep our roadways safe through strict enforcement,” said Captain James McDonald. “Always pay attention to the task of driving, and please wear your seat belt at all
times.”

The only 100 percent survivable traffic crash is the one that never happens. Make sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint. Every day as we travel on Missouri’s roadways, we trust that every driver on the road is going to obey the speed limit, pay attention, and drive sober.

(News Release)

Three people were injured in a traffic accident south of Polo in Caldwell County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a car that had stopped to turn left was hit from behind along Missouri Highway 13 at Via Rosa Drive.

Two occupants in the lead vehicle suffered moderate injuries. 50-year-old Mary Bush of Kingston and 53-year-old Janette Busick of Polo were transported to Liberty Hospital.

The other driver, Katie Jones, 23, of Richmond, suffered minor injuries but refused medical treatment.

Two teenagers were seriously hurt in a crash near Maryville Thursday afternoon.

A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says 16-year-old Dustin Verbick lost control of his pickup truck along Katydid Road three miles east of Maryville just after noon Thursday. The vehicle left the roadway and overturned.

Verbick and his passenger, 15-year-old Maverick Price, were flown to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City for treatment of serious injuries.

MARYVILLE, Mo. – Local crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to take the signals at U.S. Route 71 and Route V offline at approximately 9 a.m. on Friday for a couple of hours to change the signal cabinet.

During the signal outage, stop signs will be in place and the intersection should be treated as a four-way stop. Motorists should use extra caution and may encounter delays during this work, which should be completed by noon.

For more information call 1-888-ASK-MODOT (888-275-6636) or visit MoDOT’s website.

Sheriff Steve Cox says citizens in Livingston County report receiving a retail survey and fraudulent check in the mail. The citizen is requested to immediately deposit the large check, keep $300 for their personal fee and spend the specific amount of money at the mentioned retail store and then wire remaining money.

The intended victim is asked to promptly complete a survey and text or email the information along with a Money Gram reference number and return the remaining money.

Cox says the check is a forged document and the entire letter is a scam. These people are merely trying to get our citizens to take part in their fraud and scam them out of money. By the time your bank notifies you the check is bogus you have already wired the criminals your money. Fortunately none of our citizens have reported being an actual crime victim to this scam.

If you get one of these notices please destroy the document and check. If you have fallen victim to this or other scams, please take all information and report to your local law enforcement agency.

(News Release)

AFL-CIO Community Services announced a series of events next month in the group’s annual “Christmas in July” fundraising effort. Officials plan a raffle, a summer sale, a trivia contest, a special night with the Mustangs at Phil Welch Stadium, and a scavenger hunt.

You can save five dollars off the price of admission by registering in advance.

For more information you should call (816)364-1131 or visit in person at 1203 N. 6th Street. For details, you can click the images below to enlarge them.

A trial setting is scheduled later this month for a 25-year-old St. Joseph woman accused in a traffic fatality on I-229 in April.

Jacey Gail Grom is charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of Corbin Watts. Investigators say Watts was hit by Grom’s vehicle while she was allegedly driving under the influence and speeding on the elevated portion of the interstate.

A plea of not guilty was entered during her arraignment this week in Buchanan County Circuit Court.

Judge Daniel Kellogg scheduled a trial setting June 30. The defendant is free on $25,000 bail.