New Year’s Day House Fire in Mexico A New Year’s Day fire in Mexico damages a home on West Pearson. According to Mexico Public Safety, they were called to the structure fire just before 5:00 in the evening and found a small fire in the attic above a light. The fire was contained to that…… Continue Reading
New Owner for Former A. P. Green Refractory Site In Mexico As of last Friday, December 30th, the City of Mexico is no longer the owner of the former A.P. Green Refractory site. According to City Manager Bruce Slagle, the city closed on the property for $1.2 million that satisfies the Neighborhood Improvement District bonds…… Continue Reading
One Injured In Early-Morning Accident A single vehicle accident early this morning (Monday) in Audrain County injures a Mexico teen. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident happened on Highway 15 a tenth of a mile south of Audrain Road 322 at 2:00. A northbound 2011 Honda Insight driven by a 17-year-old girl…… Continue Reading
Early Morning Car Fire In West Plaza A car fire just after midnight early this morning (Thursday) is being reported by Mexico Public Safety. The department says they were called to the 500 block of West Jackson in West Plaza at twenty-four minutes after midnight for a 2009 Chevrolet sedan with an engine fire. The…… Continue Reading
Sheriff Donates Uniform to Austrian Museum A piece of Audrain County is enshrined in an Austrian museum. According to the Facebook page of U.S. Sheriff’s Museum Austria, Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller donated one of his former sergeant uniforms to the museum. The director of the museum met Oller while in the U.S. recently. The…… Continue Reading
MPSD Responds to Two Fires Over Christmas Two fire calls over the Christmas holiday keep Mexico Public Safety busy. On Christmas Eve morning at 9:28, crews were called to the 900 block of West Breckenridge for a structure fire. Personnel found a small fire under the siding that was contained and extinguished with minimal damage…… Continue Reading
Friday Morning Fire On Elmwood Drive Under Investigation While Mexico fire crews were battling the blaze at Forest Village Apartments on West Breckenridge Friday morning, another fire was reported in the 1000 block of Elmwood Drive. The fire alarm came in at 2:33 and Mexico Public Safety requested mutual aid from Little Dixie Fire Protection…… Continue Reading
Forest Village Apartments Fire Claims Life of Resident Mexico Public Safety is releasing more details regarding the fire at Forest Village Apartments Friday morning. The department was called to the fire at 1:18 and found flames already coming through the roof of part of one of the apartment buildings. Fire crews attempted to find out…… Continue Reading
Fate of Mexico Hospital Now Uncertain The hospital licensing arm of the Missouri Department of Health & Human Services is denying the extension of the voluntary suspension of the license for Audrain Community Hospital. Word was received by Representative Kent Haden late this evening (Tuesday) that while the transfer of ownership of the hospital was…… Continue Reading
Library District Software Update Underway The Mexico-Audrain County Library District is in the midst of upgrading and updating both their servers and their circulation system software. The process began Saturday afternoon and has run into a few glitches. The District hopes to have everything back online for remote access by late today (Monday) or tomorrow…… Continue Reading
