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.
The Columbia Police Department is releasing its Annual Internal Affairs Report for 2017. The department saw a 2.1 percent decrease for total calls compared to 2016. Officers were dispatched to 73,489 calls for service in Columbia and made five thousand six hundred eighty arrests. You can view the full report at http://www.CoMo.gov/Police.
The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about some recent burglaries in the rural Mexico area. According to a facebook post by the department last week the two burglaries were reported along Audrian Road 355 and one on Missouri FF. An ATV and a John Deere Gator were stolen, along with some firearms. Anyone…
A Columbia man charged in a deadly 2023 shooting is back in court today. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Damarkus Williams faces first-degree murder and weapons charges in the killing of Deshon Houston on Dove Drive. Investigators say Houston was shot by gunmen in two vehicles linked to Williams and another suspect, Ja’shaun Barney. Williams will appear…
Crime is down in Mexico according to numbers compiled from last year (2017) by the Mexico Public Safety Department. Chief of the Mexico Police Department Susan Rockett says the total number of calls they responded to last year was 27,089. Chief Rockett says the number of major crimes is down the number in 2017 was…
A Mexico man is facing multiple charges after a disturbance Wednesday, night June 21, 2023 in Mexico. According to Mexico Public Safety it happened in the 300 block of West Orange. Officers found 44-year-old Shawn M. McIlhatton, was in the area and began arguing with two 15-year-old boys who were playing basketball outside of a…
Thirteen weather related accidents being reported in Mexico starting yesterday (Sunday) and running through the early morning hours today (Monday). Mexico Public Safety says one of the accidents happened around 11:51 am yesterday (Sunday) on East Liberty on US Highway 54 near Littleby Road. A car driven by 36 year old Nicholas Andrew, of Jefferson…
