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Col. Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend:
FREISTATT, Mo. — Missouri State Highway Patrol release details of a single vehicle fatality crash that occurred Christmas Eve in Lawrence County.
Two people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2023, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday, December 25, 2023.
County Executive Sam Page nominated longtime federal probation expert Kito Bess to run the jail following years of director turnover.
Page has nominated longtime probation expert Kito Bess to run the jail, following the September retirement of former Director Scott Anders. Tony Smee will be considered to direct the Department