A familiar face is returning as Missouri’s education commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Margie Vandeven will be reinstated to the position after a nearly year long vacancy in the office of commissioner.
An administration led by former Governor Eric Greitens fired Vandeven in December last year (2017).
Since then Roger Dorson has acted as the interim commissioner.
Two people sustained serious injuries in a crash in Kingdom City just before 7:30 this morning involving 3 tractor trailers. [Wednesday] The Highway Patrol reports the accident happened when a Freightliner driven by Yacouba Sy was slowing to exit off Interstate 70 at Kingdom City when he was rear ended by John Curry who was…
Missouri REALTORS is releasing the numbers for home sales during the month of March. Statewide, 7,001 residential properties were sold with an average price of $244,940 and more than 1.7 billion dollars generated. Don Marking, president of the Heart of Missouri Realtors, says inventory is low in Mexico and Audrain County. Marking offers tips on…
An alumni basketball game to raise funds for Mexico Sports teams will be taking place tomorrow (Saturday) morning at the Mexico High School. Mexico Boys Basketball Coach Darrin Pappas says it is a chance for former basketball alumni to come back and reconnect with old teammates. Admission to the game is $2.00 or 2 canned…
Arrests: Mexico Public Safety reports the arrest of 34-year-old Nathan D. Flavell on Friday, June 23, 2023 for a DWI. 34-year-old Travis E. Saylor was arrested on Saturday, June 24, 2023 for an Audrain County warrant and resisting arrest. Calls for service: Mexico Public Safety responded to the following calls for service over the weekend…
A Fulton man was found guilty of a dozen sex crimes in a Callaway County Court after a 2 day trial. A 16 year old boy reported 58 year old George Edward Martin had anally sodomized him at Martin’s home. DNA evidence corroborated the report. After those charges were filed, 3 other boys ages 11…
The following is a press release from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department sent out on Thursday, October 26, 2023. On July 24, 2023, we received multiple reports of vehicles being gone through and items being stolen from vehicles during the previous overnight hours in the Benton City area of Audrain County. On October 5, 2023,…
