Missouri Veteran’s Commission Restricts Access To Veteran’s Home Due To COVID-19 Fears The Missouri Veteran’s Commission is restricting access to their 7 veterans homes due to the states first confirmed case of COVID-19. The announcement was made yesterday (Sunday) less than 24 hours after a presumptive positive COVID-19 case. The veteran’s home in Mexico confirmed…… Continue Reading
Loud Noise Heard Friday Afternoon Identified
Loud Noise Heard Friday Afternoon Identified A loud noise heard across several counties in the listening area yesterday (Friday) is being identified as a sonic a boom. According to Boeing the sonic boom was likely the result of a speed run operated by a USAF air crew, operating a normal production delivery test flight of…… Continue Reading
Isolation And Quarantine Emergency Training Held In Moberly
Isolation And Quarantine Emergency Training Held In Moberly A training in Moberly held yesterday is getting leaders prepared in case of an isolation and quarantine emergency because of COVID-19. The training was held for private and public health officials and focused on preventative measures rural communities can take in the face of medical outbreaks and…… Continue Reading
Drug Bust In Adair County
Drug Bust In Adair County A major drug bust in Kirksville has a Nigerian man facing multiple charges. Missouri State Highway Patrol served a search warrant on Wednesday morning at the apartment of 21 year old Ifeanyyi Nnaji who was residing in the U.S. on a student visa. According to a news release officers seized…… Continue Reading
Auxvasse Man Arrested For Drugs
Auxvasse Man Arrested For Drugs An Auxvasse man is facing drug charges after an arrest near Bachelor earlier this week by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies went to the area of County Road 1045 near Bachelor in far northeast Callaway County on Wednesday. During the course of the investigation deputies say they discovered a…… Continue Reading
Bomb Scare At Mexico Walmart
Bomb Scare At Mexico Walmart An investigation is ongoing in Mexico after a call about a possible bomb at the Walmart last (Thursday) night. Audrain County Joint Communications received the call just before 9 from a person who stated the word Walmart then stated the words bomb, bomb and disconnected. Mexico Public Safety Department responded…… Continue Reading
Man Found Dead In Columbia Home After Standoff With Police
Man Found Dead In Columbia Home After Standoff With Police A wanted man in Columbia found dead after a standoff with police last (Thursday) night. Columbia Police officers went to make contact with a suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation in the 1700 block of Sun Court around 6 last night. Police say when they…… Continue Reading
Miss U.S.A. Guest Speaker At Vandalia Women’s Prison
Miss U.S.A. Guest Speaker At Vandalia Women’s Prison A special guest speaker at the Vandalia Women’s Prison yesterday (Wednesday) as Miss U.S.A. Cheslie Kryst visited the Aspire Missouri Women’s Entrepreneurship class. The class is a 20 week program that helps graduates who get released from prison get good jobs while they pursue entrepreneurial goals. Kryst’s…… Continue Reading
Judge Orders Jefferson City Public Schools To Rehire School Administrator
Judge Orders Jefferson City Public Schools To Rehire School Administrator A judge is reordering the Jefferson City Public Schools to rehire a school administrator who was fired after an alleged data breach last July. Tammy Ferry, an instructional technology coordinator, had her contract terminated last summer after school board members decided she willfully violated the…… Continue Reading
Staff For Life Helicopter With Emergency Landing In Randolph County
Staff For Life Helicopter With Emergency Landing In Randolph County No injuries after a Staff for Life helicopter had to make an emergency landing in Randolph County last (Wednesday) night. The helicopter was going from Kirksville to Columbia to transport a patient around 6:40 according to a spokesperson for the Randolph County ambulance district. The…… Continue Reading
