Yesterday [Tuesday] Mexico Public Safety investigated the following incidents:
A burglary in progress at 1411 North Clark
Peace Disturbance at 1115 North Clark
Assaults with injuries at 639 North Wade and at 620 East Monroe
non-injury accident at 2766 South Clark
A fire at 1500 Industrial Drive
Drug Activity in progress at 605 East Seminary
shots fired at 13 Ozark Place
and stealing at 1109 East Liberty.
Mexico Public Schools is releasing a statement on the threat to Mexico High School and Mexico Middle School. In an email to KXEO / KWWR, the communications department says that through work done by Mexico Public Safety and the school district, the person who made the threat last (Thursday) night has been identified. The email…
Two Mexico High School students are in the record books. Riley Given and Grant Norfleet competed in the National Speech & Debate Tournament this past week and became the first MHS students to break into the elimination rounds. Given and Norfleet competed in Duo Interpretation as a team and individually in Storytelling. They finished 41st…
A Mizzou student who sent a a racist Snapchat message to a friend will not face punishment by the university. In a letter to the campus community, President Mun Choi said that after the university learned of the message, it was investigated and after review, found that it was sent to a friend of the…
The Centralia Police Department arrested 4 people yesterday for drug charges. [Friday] According to the department, officers were called to the intersection of Highway 22 and Allen Street for suspicious activity. During the course of the investigation, police found packaged Methamphetamine, hypodermic needles, and tools consistent with unlawful entry into locked vehicles. 30 year old…
The cause of a power outage in Mexico this (Monday) afternoon has been identified. According to a member of Ameren’s media relations department, the cause was due to an equipment malfunction. The outage affected approximately 1,400 residents from around 2:25 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
A man has been sentenced following a guilty plea to stealing over $100,000 and trying to burn down a house in Callaway County. On Friday, Gerald Roark of Reeds Springs pleaded guilty to Second Degree Arson, First Degree Burglary, and Stealing $25,000 or more. Roark reportedly admitted to starting a fire in a home between…
