PSC hears Bolivar concerns on Sept. 19 more

On Saturday, Sept. 7, Trooper D.J. Jackson was called to an accident involving two males on an all-terrain vehicle. more

Tony Harris of Bolviar, 44, was arrested on Sept. 6 after fleeing from police. more

Virgil Lee Honeycutt, 34, of Bolivar, was arrested for allegedly molesting a child under the age of 17. more

Current Public Administrator, Barbara Davolt, pleaded guilty to theft on Aug. 20 at the Polk County Courthouse. more

All information for this article is taken from grand jury and police reports. The suspects are presumed innocent until proven otherwise. more

Gregory Thomas, 43, of Marseilles, Illinois, faces four felony charges more

Bolivar resident Christopher Richards, 52, was seriously injured when his 2015 Harley Davidson Road Glide Special collided with another vehicle on Highway 13, just north of Springfield. more

A 69-year-old man from Beaver Crossing, Nebraska is being treated at Cox Medical Center in Springfield for serious injuries after a motorcycle crash. more

Police department disbanded amid investigations into city administration more

SHERIFF’S REPORTS more

At 12:22 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, Green County Highway Patrol officer R.G. Watkins responded to a two-car accident 3 miles east of Walnut Grove. more

CIVIL PETITIONS more

On Saturday, July 27, at 12:21 a.m., Polk County Deputies and the Missouri State Highway Patrol were dispatched to Morrisville for reports of a shooting that left a juvenile dead from multiple gunshots to the torso. more

SHERIFF’S REPORTS more

Timothy Bostwick, 46, of Urbana, was seriously injured when his vehicle went off the roadway near Goodson. more

Faith Leeann Ryan, 31, of Flemington, was indicted by a grand jury on 10 felony charges from two November 2022 instances, one of which resulted in the death of a child. more

CIVIL ACTIONS more

At 1:46 a.m. on July 14, Trooper D.J. Jackson responded to an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle on South 117th Road, five miles north of Bolivar. more

On Saturday, July 6, at 6:03 p.m., Trooper Adams responded to a call of a drowned man at the first cove west of the Stockton Dam. more

A man from Clinton was seriously injured in a single-car accident two miles north of Humansville on Saturday, June 29. more

A normal lunch hour at Mom’s Deli Soup and Salad quickly became anything but ordinary on Wednesday, June 26, when a truck rolled through the glass doors around 1:30 p.m. more

Jeremy L. Klapp, 46, of Bolivar, is in the Polk County Jail for calling Citizens Memorial Hospital and threatening violence at the OB clinic. more

John E. Hofstetter, of Bolivar, entered a plea of guilty for a deadly hit-and-run accident that occurred on April 26, 2022. more

On Tuesday, June 11, at 12:00 a.m., Trooper D.J. Jackson and Mastersergent S.W. Long responded to a single-vehicle accident at South 21st Road, a quarter mile north of Dunnegan. James E. Godat was driving a 2002 Silverado, heading northbound, when he traveled off the left side of the road and struck a ditch. Godat, 73, from Humansville, was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was pronounced deceased on June 12 at 4:56 a.m. by Dr. Yifang Wang. His vehicle was totaled in the accident and was removed from the scene via a private party. This is Troop D’s 42 fatality for 2024. more