Verona officer involved in accident

A Verona police Officer, 39-year old Jehiel Middleton, who lives at Crane, was involved in a two-vehicle crash this morning when he pulled onto the shoulder of highway 60, near Farm Road 1160, and U-turned directly into the path of a pickup driven by 52-year old William Martin of Aurora.

Middleton suffered minor injuries.  A passenger in the Martin pickup, 38-year old Kevin Fulkerson of Aurora suffered moderate injuries.  Both were taken to St. John’s Aurora hospital.

The accident happened about 11:50am this morning.  The link to the Highway Patrol report is below.

http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=A099675D

Message from Art

I’m sorry.  I have been extremely busy lately, and have not been able to update the blog.  I hope to be able to be able to resume updating these blogs soon.

Thanks,

Art Morris

Man charged in Aurora Cemetery Vandalism

http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2010/04/aurora-man-charged-in-cemetery.html

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Lawrence county is included in the Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 2am.
Barry county is not.
A line of thunderstorms is expected to develop. Currently, there's a
line trying to form. There are some storms now up near Butler in Bates
county, but a line is expected to form from there back SW into Kansas,
and then move our way. We'll keep you informed.

Tractor-trailer vs. Pickup at 60 and Elliott

Breaking News- 56-year old male being taken by ambulance to a landing zone at Marionville to be life-flighted to hospital in Springfield. Accident was a pickup vs. tractor trailer. The victim was unbelted, and thrown 25-feet.

News from the Chamber

News from the Aurora Chamber

This is a reminder about our Board Candidate Forum this coming Wednesday, March 31, in the Aurora High School Commons. We’ll start  at 4 p.m. and be finished by 5:30 p.m. Dan Johnson has graciously agreed to be our master of ceremonies. Tentative plans call for each board candidate to introduce himself/herself and then we’ll open up the dialogue for questions.

The committee decided to seek questions from district employees and patrons so that we’ll have some parameters to get the dialogue rolling. If you’d like to email your questions for the board candidates to me or Dan Johnson before the end of the day Tuesday, we would appreciate it a great deal. Please make plans to attend. Refreshments will be served.

The event is being sponsored by the Aurora R-8 District, the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and the Aurora Education Association. Joann Hunter and her students, as well as Pam Pippin and Opaa Food Services will be helping us out with the refreshments.

The election is April  6^th. Candidates for the two positions include: Carolyn Swartz, Dr. Charles Foltz, Melanie Mayberry and Steve Bryan. Please make plans to attend.

 

Aurora woman hurt in crash

The Tri-County Sentinel reports -
The Missouri Highway Patrol says a Wednesday night crash (Mar. 24) in Lawrence County sent a young woman from Aurora to St. John's in Springfield for treatment.
18-year-old Donna M. Nesbitt was driving a 1999 Oldmobile along County Road 2220, just on the eastern edge of her hometown around 7:50 p.m. when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road and smashed into a tree. Nesbitt sustained only minor injuries in the crash. For more information, click below
www.tri-countysentinel.com