Blog Posts in February, 2011
Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Politicians, pundits and physicians are casting stones against individuals who seek help from the court system for substandard medical treatment. Campaigns for tort reform are re-emerging on the heels ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were hospitalized following a head-on collision in Barry County Saturday night. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Sandra S. Larson, 46, of Shell ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
ST. LOUIS • A disturbance by an unruly rider on a Metro bus Wednesday night man left a woman passenger bleeding from a head wound after he swung a heavy chain at her, police say. Police say the ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people were injured Sunday evening in a rear-end collision after the car they were in stopped in a lane of traffic on Kansas 10. Gaciela J. Schmidt, 67, of Lenexa and Gerard E. Schmidt, 75, of ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
EARTH CITY • A St. Charles man was seriously hurt in a crash involving two tractor-trailers and a car early this morning on Interstate 70. The crash, about 4:18 a.m. in the westbound lanes just east ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A pedestrian was critically injured in Lawrence Saturday night when he was struck by two vehicles while crossing a busy street. Police said the 29-year-old man was crossing the intersection at 23rd ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An Overland Park woman was injured in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning on U.S. 69 when a tractor-trailer rig changed lanes and struck her car. The accident occurred at 6:43 a.m. on U.S. 69 at ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
CAMERON, Mo. | A northwest Missouri man is charged with second-degree murder after a fatal accident that police say involved drunken driving. DeKalb County Prosecutor Eric Tate on Thursday also ...
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