A fire in the wall of a residence in the 23000 Block of Audrain Road 812 in Mexico yesterday (Monday) is being reported. Members of the Little Dixie Fire Protection District responded to the fire just after 2:30, and found a fire in a wall and quickly extinguished it. Investigators say it started at a…… Continue Reading
AMEREN UE POWER OUTAGE IN WESTERN COLE COUNTY
Power is restored to Ameren U.E. customers in Cole County after an outage this (Tuesday) morning. A series of power outages affected around 1400 customers in the western part of Jefferson City, around 4:30 this (Tuesday) morning. By 6:30 more than 600 customers were still without power. As of now the Ameren Outage Map is…… Continue Reading
LIGHT VOTER TURNOUT EXPECTED IN THE LISTENING AREA
A light voter turnout is expected in today’s (Tuesday) municipal election in the listening area. Audrain County Clerk Shelly Harvey says she estimates a 5% result. Harvey says one of the contributing factors is that there are no county wide issues on the Audrain County ballot. In Randolph County a 9 percent turnout is estimated,…… Continue Reading
POLLS OPEN UNTIL 7PM SEVERAL BALLOT ISSUES FOR AREA VOTERS
It is election Tuesday and polls opened at 6 this (Tuesday) morning with several ballot issues for voters to decide. In Hallsville the School District is proposing a no tax increase bond issue to help build classrooms and a gymnasium for overcrowding. Centralia residents will be asked whether or not to approve a water and…… Continue Reading
VEHICLE PURSUIT STARTS IN MEXICO AND ENDS IN AUXVASSE WITH TWO ARRESTS
A vehicle pursuit that started in Mexico and ended in Auxvasse leads to the arrest of a Mexico man and a Middletown woman. According to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office they went to the Value Inn on South Clark in Mexico around 6pm Saturday to follow up on information about a stolen vehicle. Officers say…… Continue Reading
PALMYRA MAN ARRESTED BY HANNIBAL POLICE FOR MAKING FALSE REPORT
A Palmyra man is looking at charges of making a false report after an arrest by Hannibal Police. According to the department 18 year old Collier B. Voelkel reported that he had been assaulted and robbed by a male subject while walking in Riverview Park. Officer they conducted a preliminary investigation and it was discovered…… Continue Reading
BIG PROJECTS PLANNED FOR HIBERNIA PARK IN HOLTS SUMMIT
The City of Holts Summit is planning several projects for their Hibernia Station Park. Holts Summit City Administrator Rick Hess says the park will have a splash pad along with a heroes plaza. Bathrooms will be built at the Splash Pad along with a Gazebo. The Heroes Plaza will honor past and present army, police,…… Continue Reading
AUTOPSY SCHEDULED FOR UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS FOUND IN TEBBETTS
A forensic examination of human remains found by deputies near Tebbetts over the weekend is scheduled to take place in Columbia today (Monday). Criminal investigators are still trying to identify the remains found along County Road 486. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office the remains were in an advanced state of decomposition, and the…… Continue Reading
FOOT PURSUIT AND ARREST IN MEXICO
A Mexico, Missouri man is facing charges after taking officers on a brief foot pursuit on Saturday night. According to Mexico Public Safety they responded to the area of Garfield Park to reports of a person in a green car waving a gun. Officers say the driver 27 year old Ty’Rek Williams was located in…… Continue Reading
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DISCOVERY OF DRUGS AND GUNS
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man after a traffic stop led to the discovery of weapons an drugs last night. [Friday] Deputies report around 9:45 they conducted a traffic stop on Business Loop 70 near Old Highway 63 for an equipment violation. A search was conducted and yielded several grams of Methamphetamine, heroin,…… Continue Reading
