No one hurt when train hits side-by-side on tracks near Mendon
No one was hurt when a train and a special vehicle designed to operate on railroad tracks collided Monday near the site of a deadly crash last year.
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Train crash wrongful death lawsuit filed by trucker’s widow set for trial
A trial in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of a truck driver whose vehicle collided with an Amtrak train in Chariton County is tentatively scheduled for October 2024.
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NTSB: Crossing design contributed to deadly Chariton County Amtrak crash
National accident investigators say in their final report that the design of the railroad crossing in Mendon where a dump truck hit an Amtrak train last summer contributed to the deadly crash.
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Trial for deadly Chariton County train derailment expected to begin next summer
A Chariton County judge said Monday that the lawsuits related to the deadly June 2022 train derailment will likely go to the trail in August next year.
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Chariton County judge allows employee cases to be combined in deadly train derailment lawsuits
A Chariton County judge on Wednesday will hear arguments from Amtrak and railroad company BNSF that the many lawsuits against them for a deadly June 2022 crash should be combined or go through arbitration.
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Vigil set after high school basketball player’s death
A student-led vigil will be held in Chariton County on Monday night to celebrate the life of a Salisbury basketball and football player.
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Woman charged with murder in Chariton County shooting; claims shooting stemmed from drug deal
KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Keytesville woman has been charged with murder and other felonies in relation to a Friday shooting that left one man dead. Sherri L. Laws, 52, is charged with second-degree murder, armed-criminal action, delivery of a controlled substance – 35 grams or less and two counts of tampering with evidence. No court
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One charged in deadly Chariton county shooting
CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Chariton County prosecuting attorney charged 52-year-old Sherri L. Laws with second-degree murder after a deadly shooting in Keytesville. Chariton County deputies were called to a Keytesville home for a fight and found one man dead from an apparent gunshot wound and another man who had also been shot, Troop B
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A Friday morning shooting left one man dead and another badly injured in Keytesville, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
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Chariton County teen charged after allegedly bringing gun to Keytesville School
KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager was arrested and charged after the Chariton County Sheriff’s says he brought a handgun to a school. Christian Logue, 18, of Keytesville, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon. A sheriff’s deputy met with Logue in the principal’s office of Keytesville School on Thursday, Dec. 15. Logue allegedly told
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Investigators unsure how deadly Chariton County house fire began
The cause of a deadly fire more than a week ago in Chariton County is unclear, the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office reports.
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Funeral services to be held for Salisbury woman killed in fire
SALISBURY, Mo. (KMIZ) Funeral services for are set for Sunday for Cheryl Springer, a 75-year-old Salisbury woman who died in a fire. The funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Salisbury. The interment will follow at the Prairie Hill Cemetery. Cheryl’s grandson Maxwell Springer also died in the fire
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Salisbury community trying to comprehend loss of grandmother and boy in house fire
SALISBURY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Salisbury community is trying to comprehend the loss of a grandmother and a boy. Maxwell Springer, 17, and Cheryl Springer, 75, died in a house fire early Sunday morning. Jean Harvey say.” I just feel terrible that she had to end her life like this and she was with her grandson
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Teen and grandmother die in Salisbury house fire
Two people, a 17-year-old boy and his grandmother, died in a house fire in Salisbury early Sunday morning.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are rural railroad crossings too dangerous?
Mid-Missouri has been the scene of numerous train accidents over the past few months.
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Two killed Sunday in Chariton County after head-on crash on Highway 24
CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people are dead following a head-on crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 24 in Chariton County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened about 3-miles east of Salisbury around 5:30 p.m. Troopers said a car driven by Paul L. Busto, 57, of Clark, hit an SUV head-on after
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Parson speaks at Mendon four months after Amtrak derailment
Gov. Mike Parson went to the Northwestern School District in Mendon on Thursday to thank the residents for assisting in recovery efforts an Amtrak train derailed there four months ago.
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Gov. Parson to thank community, first responders for help following deadly Amtrak derailment
CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Michael Parson plans to visit Chariton County Thursday following the deadly Amtrak derailment in June. The governor is scheduled to visit Mendon High School from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. to thank the community and emergency crews for responding to the derailment. On June 27 at 12:42 p.m., an Amtrak train
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Chariton County Sheriff’s Department: Man stabbed driver in Keytesville
KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Springfield, Missouri, man is charged with multiple felonies after allegedly stabbing another man in a car on Thursday. Jesse Brock, 24, is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after a Chariton County Sheriff’s County deputy saw a man with a stab wound and found blood in several places in
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Amtrak, BNSF seek change of venue in Chariton County train crash cases
Amtrak and BNSF are asking judges to move at least three cases over a deadly summer train crash because too few people live in Chariton County.
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