Motorcyclist dies in I-55 crash

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- A motorcyclist died in an accident on Interstate 55. At 8:30 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 55 at the 33.2-mile marker, Michael E. Blinn, 50, of Winamac, Ind., was driving his motorcycle north when it went off the left side of the road and overturned, throwing him, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:52 a.m. by New Madrid County Coroner George DeLisle. The death is the 22nd fatality in the Troop E zone for 2013...