Local News – Tuesday, July 6th, 2021
As part of an ongoing improvement project taking place on various roadways in Dent and Phelps Counties, crews plan to begin drainage work on Highway 68 during this week. Starting this morning at 9:00, a contractor working for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will replace a culvert pipe about seven miles south of Highway 8 in Phelps County. This work is expected to take three full days to complete and will require Highway 68 to be CLOSED to traffic until the evening of July 8th. Motorists will need to find alternate routes. Signs will be in place to alert travelers of the closure. MoDOT appreciates the patience of motorists. Later this summer, crews will begin two more culvert pipe replacements on Highway 68. More information will be announced before the work takes place. This work is weather permitting and could be delayed. For more information and updates about this project or other transportation-related matters, please call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/modot-central-district. Follow the MoDOT Central Missouri District on Facebook and Twitter for project updates.
An accident happened in Phelps County Saturday morning at 10:32 that left a Rolla woman with serious injuries. According to the highway patrol report, Stephanie Krechel of Rolla was a pedestrian on private property when she was struck by a 2002 Chevrolet 1500 driven by 24-year-old Austin Carson of Rolla. Krechel was transported to the University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries by Phelps Air. There was no damage to the truck and it was driven from the scene.
An accident happened Thursday evening just after 7:00 in Miller County on Boeckman Bridge Road just south of Cherry Blossom Road. The highway patrol report states that a 1984 Honda 200-S being operated by 30-year-old Cody White of Rolla was traveling too fast for conditions when the Honda travelled off the left side of the road edge. The front of the Honda struck the ground before the Honda went airborne, overturned, and struck a barbed wire fence, ejecting the driver. White was taken by the MU2 Air Evac to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment of serious injuries. The report went on to state that White was not wearing a safety device at the time of the accident. The Honda was totaled and removed from the scene by a private conveyance.
The Salem Board of Aldermen will hold their regular meeting this evening at 7:00 in the City Hall Council Chambers at 202 North Washington. In the Hearing of Persons, Randy League will request the closure of the streets around the Courthouse Square for the Current River Blue Oval Rally on September 11th. Juliana Bermudez will discuss with the board utility bills that were previously discussed in January of 2020 at her property. Also addressing the board will be Jack Stallings, Chris Hartinger, Teresa Crider, William Parsons, and Derek and Sara Barton to discuss their utility bills. After the consent agenda is reviewed and approved, the board will hear bids on a cost to repair the city’s John Deere crawler and a lease option on a 2016 John Deere 605K Crawler for $28,743.56 a year for five years. The board will hear and discuss Resolution #19-2021 that would authorize the mayor to sign an agreement between the city and the Meramec Regional Planning Commission for technical assistance on floodplain management for the city and residents of the city; Resolution #20-2021 that authorizes the mayor to sign an agreement between the city and Energy Solutions Professionals, LLC for energy improvement measures and to measure those improvements; and Resolution #21-2021 that authorizes the mayor to sign an agreement between the city and Signature Public Funding Corp. for a lease-purchase agreement for the financing of the HVAC and maintenance project. Committee appointments will be discussed before the trailer court license applications are reviewed. A UTV purchase for the Park and Recreation Department will be brought before the aldermen that has already been approved by the Park and Recreation Board. In the reports of city officials, boards and committees, City Administrator Ray Walden will update the board on People Centric and items concerning the city; and Planning and Zoning Chairman Gary Brown will discuss numerous properties that have applied to be rezoned from commercial to industrial. The Board of Alderman will then go into closed session. The regular meeting of the Board of Alderman will be open to the public.