Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Thayer teen killed in crash with ambulance (11/09/11)
A 2011 Thayer High School graduate is dead after a two-vehicle crash involving an ambulance Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident happened at 2:05 p.m. two miles north of Koshkonong, when the 2004 GMC Envoy driven by Elisha "Eli" Pounders of Thayer lost control while traveling northbound on Highway 63 and skidded into the path of an Oregon County 2011 Freightliner ambulance operated by James Burkshire, 44, of West Plains. ...

ATV crashes include one death, 13-year-old injured (11/09/11)
An Ellsinore man has died from injuries sustained in an ATV crash in Carter County. The crash happened around 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, on County Road 315, nine miles east of Van Buren. According to the highway patrol, Mark L. Connell, 55, ran the 1995 Honda off the road, hit an embankment and overturned...