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The Missouri Highway Patrol reported 8 fatalities over the Fourth of July weekend.

MSHP assigns five troopers to Troop H after graduation

Jeep goes airborne, crashes into Ashland Court property after reportedly running stop sign

Jury finds 33-year-old St. Joseph man guilty of raping child, sodomy

St. Joseph fire crews rescue injured construction worker from 10-foot-deep trench

Five new troopers assigned to Troop H in St. Joseph after graduating Friday

Crime

Savannah High School student who brandished a gun on campus enters “not guilty” plea at arraignment

Former Savannah School District Accountant sentenced for embezzlement

Judge sentences Joshua Rocha to death for the shooting of an NKC Police Officer in 2022

Loaded pistol recovered from Park Hill student’s backpack

Courts

Jury finds 33-year-old St. Joseph man guilty of raping child, sodomy

Judge sets trial date in wrongful death suit against Katherine Deweese, MHTC for Ryan Coffman wrong-way crash

Court of Appeals coming to MoWest

Woman charged in connection to King City death this summer

Fire/EMS

Jeep goes airborne, crashes into Ashland Court property after reportedly running stop sign

St. Joseph fire crews rescue injured construction worker from 10-foot-deep trench

Graduates reflect on Buchanan County EMS Paramedic program

City eyes major upgrade with $1.3 million for new fleet of high-tech drones

Roadwork

MoDOT plans to complete Gene Field Road bridge replacement by July 2026

MoDOT shares details on Gene Field Road Bridge replacement

MoDOT to close section of I-229 and U.S. Route 71 beginning Thursday

MoDOT to hold public meeting about Gene Field Bridge replacement project

Accidents

One dead, one injured in Clinton County crash

One person sent to the hospital with injuries following crash

Lathrop man injured in Clinton County crash

Topeka man injured in Platte County semi-truck crash

Crime Records

Arrests for Oct. 3

Arrests for Sept. 26

Arrests for Sept. 19

Arrests for Sept. 12