A second inmate that was being held at the Marion County Jail is dead after an attempted suicide last week. According to the Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Shinn, 50 year old Charles Whitley of Hannibal died at Blessing Hospital after being found unresponsive in his jail cell on Tuesday, May 15th. Whitely’s death is the…… Continue Reading
Debrodie Family Wrongful Death Lawsuit Scheduled for March, 2020
A jury trial for Carl Debrodies wrongful death lawsuit is scheduled to take place on March 2nd, 2020/ Debrodies body was discovered encased in concrete inside of a Fulton Storage Unit in 2017. Attorneys for Debrodies family are suing Second Chance Homes claiming failed care, and an attempt to cover up the circumstances around his…… Continue Reading
Centralia Police Chief Larry Dudgeon Resigning
Centralia Chief of Police Larry Dudgeon will be resigning from his position effective June 1st. Centralia Mayor Tim Grenke says the city council accepted his resignation last (Monday) night. A reason for the resignation was not given by Mayor Grenke, although he said Chief Dudgeon did a great job over the past 11 years. Mayor…… Continue Reading
Governor Addresses Crowd at Fire Fighters Memorial Service in Auxvasse
Governor Eric Greitens spoke to a large crowd at a Fire Fighters Memorial Service yesterday (Sunday) at the Auxvasse Elementary School. The 16 annual service was moved from its original location at the Fire Fighters Memorial in Kingdom City due to the weather. Jeffrey Sanders, Wells Cotton and Captain John Kemper were the three firefighters…… Continue Reading
Three Dead In Lake Of the Ozarks Boating Accident
Three people are dead and two others are injured after a boating accident at the Lake of the Ozarks over the weekend. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened around 1:45 Saturday morning at the 47 mile marker. Troopers say a 21 year old woman and two men ages 23 and 24 died in…… Continue Reading
Search Ongoing For Two Men In Connection With Columbia Home Burglary
Columbia Police are searching for two men involved with a home burglary in the 800 block of West Prairie Lane last (Sunday) night. The department says they were called to the house around 10pm, and a K9 was brought in to try and track the two men but was unsuccessful. No one was hurt in…… Continue Reading
Police Standoff with Armed Man in Marshall
A standoff last Sunday) night between an armed man and police in Marshall has ended. According to Marshal Police the disturbance happened about 5 last (Sunday) night near Kay Street, where a 58 year old man with a gun had barricaded himself inside of a home. The Missouri State Highway Patrol SWAT team responded to…… Continue Reading
Mexico Scholarship Amount Continues To Climb
The Awards Assembly at Mexico High School this morning [Friday] included more scholarships for students than initially thought, exceeding 1 million dollars. According to Gail Lankford in the guidance office, more money came in unexpectedly raising the scholarship total to $1,012,754. This is one of the highest total scholarship amounts ever earned, and it was…… Continue Reading
No Charges For Greitens
The Cole County Prosecuting Attorney announced he will not be filing the criminal charges recommended by the Attorney General’s Office regarding Governor Eric Greitens campaign. Attorney General Josh Hawley turned over evidence related to documents filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. Greitens is currently facing one count of computer data tampering for the alleged use…… Continue Reading
Accused Murderer Found Dead In Cell
A man facing the death penalty for the shooting death of 30 Brittany Gauch and shooting and injuring Aaron Gauch and a Monroe City Police Officer in January of 2016 was found dead in his cell at the Marion County Jail last night. [Thursday] 37 year old Timothy Brokes Jr. was discovered in his cell…… Continue Reading
