A Collinsville High School student has died from injuries sustained in aschool accident earlier this week. The freshman fell over a banister during school hours on September 19 and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. His family announced Thursday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m. that the teenage boy passed away. Police are investigating the…
An Iowa driver involved in a fatalhit-and-run accident last Spring has been sentenced to five years in prison. According to the court documents, the 21-year-old driver pleaded guilty at the September 23 hearing. The accused was charged with a class D felony and sentenced to five years in prison. In April 2016, the 21-year-old…
Missouridrivers better watch their speed this weekend. According to Kansas City officials, a six-state effort to crackdown on speeders begins this Friday. A zero-tolerance speeding enforcement is underway, says federal highway officials and law enforcement agencies. Speeding is deadly, says the regional administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and law enforcement is…
A five-vehiclecrash in Iowa was caused by a wrong-way driver on Saturday. The accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near Ankeny at approximately 12:20 a.m. According to an Iowa State Patrol Trooper, a Red Chevy Cobalt attempted a U-turn on northbound I-35 and traveled southbound in the northbound lanes. The Cobalt…
A Kansas woman is dead after atractor-trailer accident on a Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a tractor-trailer struck the 50-year-old woman’s sports utility vehicle on Wednesday on the Kansas Turnpike near Andover. According to a Patrol Lieutenant, the woman had stopped on the side of the highway two hours before the…
In May of this year two men, dressed as employees, got in and robbed an HEB store. An employee wasattacked and punched by one of the robbers, they then took the money from the safe in the main office and fled the facility. An update was conducted today releasing surveillance video to get the…
The Richfield, Pennsylvania company, Apple Tree Goat Dairy, has announced arecall of several kinds of cheese due to a possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The cheeses that have been affected by the recall are French Herb Chevre Lot #736 in 8 oz. and 5 lb packages; Feta cheese aged 60 days lot #836; Gouda…
When the discovery of a consumer safety or a defective product is found, aproduct recall is announced to minimize the dangers to the consumer and to avoid the risk of legal action to the maker/seller. Recalls are costly, but the possibility of having a product that put multiple consumers at risk of injury, possibly…
Authorities are searching for a suspect who struck and killed a motorcyclist and left him to die. Themotorcycle accident occurred on September 19 around 6:30 p.m. near Kingshighway and Hallows Avenue. Witnesses say the hit-and-run driver was in a dark, red-colored sedan. Washington Park police say the driver dragged the motorcyclist for several seconds,…
A teenage boy was seriously injured in aschool accident at Collinsville High School. According to school officials, the boy fell down a staircase on the west side of the building near the vocational wing. Witness say the boy was on his way to lunch on Monday. According to the Superintendent, the boy fell over…