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Seven-Hour Standoff in Benton County

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers and Benton County sheriff's deputies arrested a man who surrendered after a seven-hour standoff about 5 p.m. Thursday.   The standoff started about 10 a.m. after deputies went to a home east of Warsaw near the state fish hatchery to investigate reports of shots being fired during a domestic dispute.

Sheriff Rick Fajen says Mark Lomax, 48, refused to come out of the home.  Deputies feared Lomax might have had a hostage, and say he made threats to harm others, so the sheriff asked for help from the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Special Response Team.  Officers surrounded the home and tried to get Lomax to surrender. 

At one point, the SRT moved close to the house to try to use teargas to get Lomax out.  When they heard shots in the home, they backed away.   Fajen said Lomax finally surrendered and no one was harmed.

Lomax faces charges of domestic assault and armed criminal action.  Fajen said his bond is set at $100,000.

2 year old child injured in Cass County accident

On 9/4/14 The Missouri State Highway Patrol along with the Cass County Sheriffs Office responded to a 2 vehicle accident on 2 Highway and blinking light road in rural Cass County.

The accident occurred when the Northbound 2004 Chevrolet driven by 16 year - old Laura E. Williams-Lagrone of Harrisonville, Missouri failed to yield at a stop sign and struck the Eastbound 2006 Dodge van driven by 17 year - old Katheryn  B. Yoder also of Harrisoville, Missouri.

A passenger in the 2004 Chevrolet 2 year - old Kyleigh A. Williams was taken by Harrisonville EMS to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri with moderate injuries, Laura Lagrone was seriously injured in this accident and life flighted to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, Yoder wasn't hurt.

Adrian Fire Department 911 Ceremony

Patriot Day falls on September 11^th and is remembered globally as the anniversary of the catastrophic terrorist attacks on the USA of September 11^th 2001. Embedded in the memories of everyone who lived through it, this was the day that four jet planes were hijacked and crashed into the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing the deaths of 2,977 people. The fourth plane was directed at Washington DC, but its passengers bravely attempted to take back control and it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

A large majority of those lives lost, were after the attacks on the Twin Towers. They were working at or above the points of collision, and thousands of people who had gone to work that morning like every other day, suddenly found themselves stranded at the top of a burning skyscraper. A number of them made the choice to jump from the flaming buildings rather than to wait and be caught by the flames or for the building to collapse.

In the wake of the World Trade Center collisions, many brave men and women from the emergency services risked their lives to try and help rescue victims of the attacks, and of them 411 lost their own lives attempting to fight fires and rescue people.

On September 11^th, 2014 The Adrian Fire Department will be conducting a remembrance ceremony for those lives lost during the brutal attacks that were done for nothing more than to hurt and destroy us. During this ceremony we will recognize our veterans and the brave men and women who are defending our country today all in the name of FREEDOM! Nothing is free and nobody understands that better than the men and women of our United States Military. Freedom is so much more than a word. It is a right that thousands of men and women have defended for years so we as Americans can remain free and have choice. The American Soldier still presses on today and they are willing to die for our country and defend us to the end. Saying thank you to them just seems so little. But also seems so right!

Date: Thursday 09-11-2014

Lineup for those participating in the procession is 5:30 with a 5:45 start at 1^st & Clark

6:00 p.m. procession will be on the Business District of Main Street

Program follows at the Optimist Building, and should start between 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.

Osceola Man Arrest on DWI Charges after Henry County Rollover Accident

On 9/4/14 around 4:30p.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a 1 vehicle accident in rural Henry County. The exact location of this accident was on Highway 2 just South of Snyder's Corner on Z Highway South of Clinton.

The accident occurred when the 2001 Hyundai Elantra driven by 52 year - old Daniel C. Briden of Osceola, Missouri failed to negotiate a left turn and ran off the right side of the roadway causing the vehicle to overturn.

A female passenger in the vehicle 52 year - old Laura A. Qualls also of Osceola, Missouri received serious injuries in this accident and was life flighted to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Briden wasn't injured in this accident and was arrested at the scene for 1.) Felony driving while intoxicated (aggravated offender) 2.) Driving while suspended 3.) Careless and imprudent driving resulting in a accident.

Mr. Briden was transported to the Henry County Jail and is listed as bond able.

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St. Clair County Sheriffs Office:Felony warrant arrest

Kevin Pipenger

On Sept. 2, Kevin Pipenger, 56, Appleton City, was arrested in St. Clair County on a Taney County warrant for failing to appear in court on a felony charge of possessing a controlled substance. Bond was set at $1,000 cash only. 

St. Clair County Sheriffs Office: Burwell arrested on felony drug charge

Ernest Burwell

On Sept. 4, Ernest Burwell, 61, Osceola, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant charging him with a class B felony of distributing a controlled substance. The charge stems from a drug investigation on Sept. 3 at Burwell’s residence at 250 Boundry Street, Osceola. St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office deputies and officers from the Mid Missouri Multi Jurisdiction Drug Task Force located methamphetamine in a secret compartment in the residence. Bond is set at $25,000 cash only and the residence and property was seized by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office. Those caught trespassing or removing anything from the property will be charged.