Sedalia Notes Rail Crossing Repairs for Thursday Night
A city street will be closed at 7:00 Thursday night to allow for rail crossing repairs.
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16-Year-Old Missouri Boy Struck, Killed by Train
A 16-year-old boy has died after being struck by a train while riding his bicycle in Pacific.
Missouri Man Hit By Train
WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is dead after being struck by a train. Authorities say Eric Korte was unconscious while sitting next to Norfolk Southern tracks late Sunday night. A westbound Union Pacific engine struck his hand...
Freight Train Derails Near St. Louis
EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say more than two dozen rail cars of a grain-hauling freight train derailed outside St. Louis, dumping much of the load but causing no injuries. St. Louis County police and the Eureka Fire Protection District say the cars in the 98-car Union Pacific train derailed Tuesday afternoon near Eureka...
Copper Wire Thieves Arrested
On August 1, Special Agents with the Union Pacific Rail Road and Deputies from the Pettis County Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of the Sedalia Police Department arrested two Sedalia residents following an investigation into the theft of a large amount of copper wire from the Union Pacific Rail Road Signal Shop...