ARRESTS:
Mexico Public Safety reports the arrest 32 year old Devin L. Johnson yesterday (Tuesday) on a Probation Violation warrant.
Public Safety responded to the following calls yesterday (Tuesday):
Vehicle break ins in the area of Neptune, East Vine, Lawrence Place, Saturn, Westminster, Lakenan, Mary, and Briarwood Place.
Also a scam reported at 503 South Missouri.
The jury trial for Martin Priest who is charged with capitol murder for the death of 15 year old Tammy Rothganger in Eldon in 1984 is underway in Laclede County. In their opening statement, the prosecution said Martin Priest had an accomplice in the murder of Rothganger and that man would testify in the trial….
The Martinsburg Library is closed due to water damage from recent storms. According to Mexico-Audrain County Library District Director Christal Bruner the storms that passed through last week caused ceiling tiles to fall in the Martinsburg Library and left standing water on the floor to be cleaned up. The Martinsburg Library was closed on 7/5/2024…
Four new members are being appointed to the Board of Directors for SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Audrain, according to a press release from SSM today. New members appointed to serve three-year terms are Charlene Finck, Sandra Hewlett, Sue Waechter, and Laura Yelton. They join board officers President Sterling Oliver and Secretary Luz Coil…
A national sheep organization is holding their expo at the Audrain County 4-H Fairgrounds tomorrow (Thursday) through Saturday. The Katahdin Hair Sheep International expo was moved to Mexico from Elizabethtown, Kentucky due to COVID restrictions and cited the “well kept barns and new meeting hall” as benefits of having the event in Mexico. According to…
Three more people have been charged after a stolen vehicle crashed, and firearms were stolen from the Millersburg area on Tuesday. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office reports 18 year old Joshua Kennemore of Mexico was the driver of the truck that crashed. He has since been released from the hospital and is in the Callaway…
A dozen members of the Mexico Speech & Debate Team traveled to School of the Osage yesterday (Saturday) to compete in the Osage High School Speech & Debate Tournament. A number of them finished in the top 10 in their respective categories, but didn’t make the cut to finals due to tie breakers. Taking first…
