A plane made a safe landing at Columbia Regional Airport this morning after the pilot reported electrical issues. [Friday]
Emergency personnel and equipment were dispatched at around 11:45 when a Piper PA 32r single engine aircraft with three people on board reported the problem.
The plane had taken off from the Omar Bradley Airport in Moberly and was headed for Dalton, Georgia.
A University of Missouri research team is being awarded grants to study vascular disease in Type 2 diabetics. The more than $6 million National Institutes of Health grants will allow the team to research how vascular disease develops in people with Type 2 diabetes. The team received two separate grants, one will test a plant-based…
An air-soft gun reportedly found in a students backpack at the Hawthorne Elementary School in Mexico this (Tuesday) morning. According to a phone call sent out to parents from the principal Melissa Chastain the gun was found before school this (Tuesday) morning and no students were in any danger. Administrators and the school resource officer…
After approximately one and a half hours of deliberation, a Laclede County jury has found Martin Priest guilty of First Degree Murder today. [Thursday] Priest is convicted of the murder of 15 year old Tammy Sue Rothganger in Eldon on May 16, 1984. The trial began on Tuesday with the testimony of Priest’s nephew who…
An escaped inmate from the Pettis County Jail is now on the run in Oklahoma. The Heavener, Oklahoma police chief says officers arrested 30 year old Travis Davis at a travel plaza this (Wednesday) morning. Police say Davis, managed to get his handcuffed hands in front of him and break through the cage partition separating…
Arrests: Mexico Public Safety reports the arrest of 46-year-old Mark F. Wappel for Stealing under $150.00 and Resisting Arrest on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025. 35-year-old D’Andre M. Soils was arrested for Parole and Probation warrant on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025. 37-year-old Deshaun M. Dingledine was arrested for three Audrain County warrants on Tuesday, Mar. 11,…
A Vandalia man is recovering from serious injuries after a one-car accident in Pike County during the evening hours of Wednesday, July 3, 2024. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route V near Pike County Road 459. A vehicle driven by 38-year-old Troy L. Richardson of Vandalia was traveling…
