Stories from Monday, October 10, 2016

A Wheaton man was found dead Friday morning at about 8:50 a.m., laying on the large rocks in a small lot on the west end of Sale Barn Road. According to Det. Danny Boyd, with the Cassville Police Department, Robert Lewis Crotwell, 45, of Wheaton was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Jim Fohn at 9:30 a.m...

An Eagle Rock woman was injured Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle at about 8:10 p.m. on Highway 76, two miles south of Wheaton. According to a Missouri State Highway patrol report, a white Chevrolet pickup was driving eastbound on Highway 76 and struck Dawn French, 47, of Eagle Rock, while she was walking in the roadway. The vehicle fled the scene after the collision...

A Mt. Vernon man was injured Sunday in a wreck at 10:45 a.m. on Highway V, 1.6 miles west of Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway patrol report, Brian Collins, 47, of Mt. Vernon, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado westbound when his vehicle ran off the left side of the roadway, became airborne and struck a tree. The actual time of the crash is unknown...