Mexico Public Safety responds to a fire call early this (Sunday) morning.
It happened in the 500 block of South Olive just after 4:00.
No word on injuries and more details will be coming from the department later.
An increase in the number of sexually transmitted diseases is being reported for Mid Missouri. According to a report released yesterday (Tuesday) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2.3 million cases, of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia were diagnosed in 2017. The numbers are steadily rising over the past 5 years. According to a…
The Laura Miller George Help Center in Mexico is changing the way supplemental food is distributed. With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the Help Center will resume their shopping method of distribution, effective Thursday. Distribution will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from Noon until 4:00, Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. with…
Days before their cases were scheduled to go to trial, two Columbia men have pled guilty in the killing of 15-year-old Aubry Doxley. Oscar Ashford, 21, and 20-year-old Samarion Robins, withdrew their previous pleas of not guilty yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) in Boone County Court and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a…
As of 2:00 this (Friday) afternoon, the Audrain County Health Department is reporting 4 new cases of the novel coronavirus. There are now 219 cases in the county with 19 still active. Three more recoveries have been made since last night’s report, bringing that number to 199 and the number of deaths in the county…
The following press release was sent from the Missouri Lottery. A Missouri Lottery player knew her husband had stopped on his way home at Busy Corner, 101 E. Highway 54 in Vandalia, but she had no idea he had bought a “King of Spades” Scratchers ticket that would contain one of the game’s top prizes…
