A former Centralia Superintendent is being hired as a consultant for Mexico Schools interim Superintendent Melissa Chastain.
Darin Ford was hired to consult on an as-needed basis with administrative duties by the Board of Education at their August 17th meeting.
SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital Audrain will be hosting a free lunch and learn on advanced care planning on Tuesday. The event will be presented by Dr. Gene Thomas and LCSW Cindy Schumann. Light refreshments will be served, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch. The lunch and learn will take place from…
The 2019 Audrain County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Sheriff of the Year is Corporal Derek Chism and his K-9 Chal. Sheriff Matt Oller says Corporal Chism has been with the department for 5 years. K-9 Chal is 3 years old and is in his 2nd year of service to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department.
Yesterday, a suspect in a deadly 2023 shooting on Dove Drive in north Columbia returned to court, and saw his charges amended. Twenty-four-year-old Damarkus Williams now faces second-degree murder and first degree assault charges in the death of Deshon Houston. Williams had originally been charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors say Houston was shot and killed…
A winter golf league will be starting soon, as will basketball leagues and volleyball before long. Caleb fills us in during his interview below:
A Callaway County Judge sentences a Tebbetts man to four years in prison. According to court documents 39 year old Darren Schrimpf plead guilty to first degree property damage on Monday (August 14th), admitting to kicking a dent into the side of a victim’s pickup truck last December. Along with the prison sentence the judge…
Mexico Public Safety responded to the following calls yesterday (Thursday): Property damage at 1221 West Brekenridge Drive Apartment 1. An assault with injury at 620 East Monroe. A stealing or theft at MacFarlane. A fire at 915 East Jackson.
