One crash and one arrest are in the Missouri Highway Patrol report for the area counties.
At about 9:50 am Thursday in Carroll County, Troopers arrested 27-year-old Joe J. Finch III of Carrollton on a Clay County warrant for alleged failure to appear on a charge of alleged no insurance. He was taken to the Ray County Jail pending the posting of $350 cash only bond.
At about 6:10 pm Thursday, a crash on Interstate 35 near Lathrop, in Clinton County, left an Independence man with minor injuries. State Troopers report 31-year-old Calvin Burton of Chillicothe was northbound and his car struck the rear of a vehicle driven by 53-year-old Cory W. Omera of Independence. Burton was not injured. Omera was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
