Latest In Mexico
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Mexico Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Exploitation Crime
A Mexico, Missouri man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography involving a 9-year-old girl. Forty-year-old Emrah Eymez (M-RAH EYE-MEZ) pleaded guilty to attempted production of child pornography. Prosecutors say he used a child under 12 to create explicit material between March and April of 2024. Investigators report the…
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Fugitive Arrest Leads to Major Drug Bust in Mexico
The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office, with help from the East Central Drug Task Force, arrested a fugitive and made a drug bust Tuesday in Mexico. The two cases were connected as authorities were actively searching for Kenadi Lovelace, a fugitive wanted on three (3) felony Audrain County arrest warrants. During their investigation, the found that…
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Mexico Man Faces Multiple Charges in Combined Court Hearing Today
A combined hearing scheduled for 1:00pm Today in Audrain County Court, for a 46-year-old Mexico man currently being held without bond in Boone County. Jeremy Ryan Behlmann was arrested by Columbia authorities on a series of failure to appear warrants tied to four separate cases. Jail records show that Behlmann was booked this week on…
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City Council temporarily votes down payment for design/build on new City Hall
About 50 people packed the Mexico City Council chambers tonight. The hot-button topic was the possibility of turning the old Audrain County Hospital cancer center into a suitable location for a Mexico City Hall. The council discussed and then voted down paying for a preliminary build/design work concept known as Bill No. 2026 – 09.…
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Dahl to face more sentencing
A Sentencing Hearing scheduled for this afternoon at 1:00 PM in Audrain County Circuit Court for William Dahl. He’s the Rush Hill man who placed on Alford Plea in the case of of 1st Degree Promotion of Child Pornography. He will be sentenced today. Dahl is already incarcerated on numerous other charges related to pornography.…
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New City Hall discussion expected at tonight’s Mexico City Council Meeting
The Mexico City Council set to meet in regular session on tonight. A group of Mexico residents expected at tonight’s meeting to ask the city to postpone converting the former Audrain County Hospital Cancer Center into a new City Hall. On the agenda, is a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with…
Mid-Missouri
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Cedar City recreation area being moved
A portion of the North Jefferson City Recreation Area was permanently closed last Friday. Local crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation closed the paved parking lot and playground at the North Jefferson City Recreation Area for the removal of trees. The trees must be cleared by March 31, due to environmental concerns. Fourth Street,…
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Pilot Grove woman killed in two-vehicle crash
A two-vehicle crash in Cooper County has killed a 71-year-old Pilot Grove woman. The accident happened at 10:34am this morning at Missouri 135, where it meets Route A and Route E, According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the accident happened when a 74-year-old Pilot Grove man, driving a 2014 Toyota Venza, stopped…
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Municipalities meeting tonight in Laddonia
The bi-monthly meeting of the Audrain Municipalities will be today (Monday) in Laddonia at the City Hall. On the agenda is an update on the hospital in Mexico from Audrain County Presiding Commissioner Alan Winders. Eric Curtit, a Senior Rail Project Engineer with the Norfolk Southern Railroad, and MoDot officials, will discuss several crossings that…
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Spillway Overlook at MTL closed, dam single-lane
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mark Twain Lake Project Office has announced a temporary closure of the Warren G. See Spillway Overlook, along with single-lane traffic on State Highway J at Clarence Cannon Dam. The closure is necessary to allow crews to conduct utility inspections and repairs, as well as roadway and dam maintenance.…
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I-70 Bridge Work to begin at Boone-Callaway line
The planned closure of the north outer road at the Boone/Callaway County line was rescheduled to start today, Weather had postponed the closure, which will begin the process to replace two bridges on Interstate 70 near mile marker 136.6. It will close the North Outer Road 70 at Cedar Creek, west of Callaway County Route…
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Fayette man killed in accident
An early Saturday morning accident in Howard County claimed the life of a 28-year-old Fayette man. The one-vehicle crash happened at approximately 2:15 a.m. on Missouri Route 124, near County Road 103, east of Fayette. According to the crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 2015 Dodge Journey westbound,…
Local Sports
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Paddlefish season underway
Missouri’s official state aquatic animal is a giant, prehistoric fish whose ancestors swam during the time of dinosaurs. Snaggers across the state were excited yesterday as Missouri’s annual spring paddlefish season got strated. Major paddlefish waters include – Lake of the Ozarks, Harry S. Truman Reservoir, and Table Rock Lake – along with most other…
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Morning Sports
IN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STATE PLAYOFFS In Class 1 Girls action, St. Elizabeth won a state title with a 68-64 win over Delta and Cairo finished fourth after 51-38 loss to Rock Port. In Class 2, Tipton claimed the crown with a 30-point win over Portageville, 78-48. in College Basketball The Missouri Tigers fell to…
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Morning Sports
IN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STATE PLAYOFFS CLASS 4 – SEMIFINAL ACTION TONIGHT: Cairo’s state playoff run came to and end as they fell to St. Elizabeth 59-20 CLASS 2 Tipton beat out Marionville 63-32 thus Tipton goes head to head against Portageville, in the CLASS 2 – STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT AT 8PM In…
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Morning Sports
IN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STATE PLAYOFFS CLASS 4 – SECTIONAL ACTION: Orchard Farm paced Hallsville, 69-48 and Logan-Rogersville scorched Southern Boone, 72-39 IN COLLEGE BASEBALL Mizzou ran their win streak to 13 games with a 14-6 win over Southern Indiana yesterday. IN MLB The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Mets 6-1 yesterday. Jarod Shuster…
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Morning Sports
in Girls Basketball State Tournament sectionals in Class 4 Boonville fell to Strafford 71-60 in College Football Missouri has secured the commitment of 3-star Winton Woods (Oh.) offensive lineman Lual Aleu. It’s the third such commitment for the Tigers Class of 2027 recruiting class. The 6’5″ 300-pounder had visited Missouri this past weekend. In College…
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Mizzou basketball set to play Thursday in SEC Tourney
Missouri men’s basketball lost to Arkansas on Saturday 88-84 in overtime, despite a career high 32 points from forward Mark Mitchell. With the loss, the Tigers are now the eighth seed in the SEC conference tournament, which begins Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Missouri will face the winner of Kentucky and LSU game at…