Missouri State Highway Patrol
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds the public that all driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is hiring. The patrol offers over 60 career…
Read Full Article PARIS, Mo. — A Madison woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Monroe County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Missouri Route 15 in Jackson Township around 5:32 p.m. A Chevrolet sedan driven by a 16-year-old female from Monroe City pulled…
Read Full Article PHILADELPHIA, Mo. — Two people suffered minor injuries after a two-vehicle collision on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 2, on Route D south of County Road 130 in Philadelphia, Mo. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a Ford F-150, driven by a 16-year-old boy from Philadelphia, Mo., crossed the center line at 6:20 p.m. and…
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LaBELLE, Mo. — A Quincy, Ill., man, released from the Illinois Department of Corrections in July after serving nine-and-a-half years of a 23-year sentence for home invasion with a firearm, is dead following a confrontation with law enforcement officers on Friday in Lewis County. At approximately 2:54 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20, the Lewis County…
Read Full Article MONROE CITY, Mo. — A single-vehicle accident on Missouri Route C, 10 miles north of Monroe City, at approximately 6:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, resulted in injuries to a woman and a child from Philadelphia, Mo. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Tesla Model Y was traveling eastbound when it veered off…
Read Full Article MONROE CITY, Mo. — A Monroe City man was seriously injured in a crash on U.S. 24 in Monroe County Friday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 60-year-old man was driving a Ford sedan, three miles south of Monroe City, when he crossed the center line of the road and struck a 2020…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — A 2013 Toyota Tacoma traveling southbound on U.S. 61, three miles north of Palmyra, lost control on a bridge covered with snow and ice and struck the bridge at 11:50 a.m. Saturday. Information from the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicated the driver, a 33-year-old man from South Haven, Miss., sustained moderate injuries.…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — A Canton man was injured in a deer-related crash Tuesday morning on U.S. 61 north of Palmyra. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 31-year-old man from Canton was driving a 2007 Dodge Caliber south at 6:32 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 61, one-half mile north of Palmyra, when it…
Read Full Article CANTON, Mo. — A Wentzville, Mo. teen was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 61 north of Canton Tuesday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 18-year-old man was driving a 2008 Honda Accord southbound in the northbound lane of US 61 about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when a 2017 Volvo tractor trailer…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — A 19-year-old man from Palmyra sustained minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash on Missouri Route 168, about five miles west of Palmyra at approximately 7:30 a.m. Thursday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash involved a 1997 Ford Ranger traveling southbound. The vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign, veered…
Read Full Article The Missouri State Highway Patrol has implemented a change to the preliminary online traffic crash and boat/drowning incident reports in which the names of involved parties will no longer be posted online. The patrol said in a press release that it recently was notified of scam incidents across the state targeting motor vehicle crash victims…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Quincy, Ill., woman and man were injured Tuesday, Oct. 23 in an afternoon crash on County Road 425 in Hannibal. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported in a press release that a 2012 Honda CRV driven by Alaysia C. Dade, 23, of Quincy was northbound at 3:04 p.m. when it left…
Read Full Article NEW LONDON, Mo. — A Saturday night crash north of New London left a Hannibal woman injured. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Sandra M. Charlton, 77, of Hannibal, was driving a 2018 Ford F-150 north on U.S. 61, a quarter-mile north of New London, at 10:25 p.m. when it crossed the…
Read Full Article The Missouri State Highway Patrol is informing the public of upcoming changes to the driver’s license testing process. In preparation for the transition, driver examination stations throughout the state will close at noon on Thursday, Nov. 7, and all day on Friday, Nov. 8. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after the Veterans…
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DURHAM, Mo. — A married couple from Rockport, Ill., is lodged in the Clark County Jail after a manhunt in on Monday in Lewis County. A press release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department said deputies with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department and troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol were called to a domestic…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Hannibal attorney was arrested twice this week, with the second arrest happening Friday morning at the Marion County Courthouse while he was in the middle of a hearing. Tyler White, 33, was representing clients in traffic cases in Marion County Associate Circuit Court before Judge Brad Funk when he was removed…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — A Palmyra man died Tuesday night after a motorcycle crash. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Scott Miller, 52, was driving his 1996 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle north on South Dickerson near the intersection of West Lafayette, just west of the Marion County Courthouse square. He lost control of the motorcycle,…
Read Full Article CANTON, Mo. — A Canton man was killed in a car crash Monday morning on U.S. 61. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Roy J. Schutte, 95, of Canton was driving north in the southbound lane on U.S. 61 at the intersection of Route P when he struck head…
Read Full Article EWING, Mo. — An 11-year-old boy from Ewing, Mo., was airlifted to Quincy after his ATV crashed into another ATV on Saturday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the accident occurred at approximately 6:38 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 21229 260th Street, three miles west of Ewing. The juvenile was driving a 2001…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — A Hannibal woman and a teen boy were injured Thursday night when a vehicle rolled over east of Palmyra. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Hyundai Elantra, driven by Christina L. Chestnutt, 40, of Hannibal, was heading east on Marion County Road 408, five miles east of Palmyra, at 6:40…
Read Full Article EWING, Mo. — Two people from Lewis County were hospitalized after a Sunday morning collision on Route BB, four miles north of Ewing. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said a juvenile from Monticello, Mo., was driving a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis southbound on Route BB when it crossed the center line on…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — A Philadelphia, Mo., man suffered serious injuries early Sunday morning when his motorcycle struck a deer. Warren W. Godfrey, 35, was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson eastbound on Missouri Route 168 when the motorcycle struck a deer at approximately 12:45 a.m. The motorcycle skidded off the right side of the road and…
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PARIS, Mo. — A former public administrator in Monroe County facing 34 counts for forgery, stealing and financial exploitation pled not guilty during her arraignment Wednesday and was denied a bond reduction. Jessica Chase appeared via Webex with attorney Tyler White, who was in person in the Monroe County Circuit Court before Judge Rick Roberts.…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Bridgeton man was arrested after he was seriously injured in a crash in Ralls County early Saturday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Preston Glass, 32, was driving northbound on U.S. 61, south of Hannibal, in a 2007 Dodge 2500 truck at 1:02 a.m. Saturday, July 13. The…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Sgt. Cody C. Frame with the Missouri State Highway Patrol was promoted, effective July 1, to the position of lieutenant and will be designated assistant director of the training division. Frame was appointed to the patrol on Jan. 3, 2011, as a member of the 93rd recruit class. After graduating from the…
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