Calls for service:
Mexico Public Safety responded to the following calls for service Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025:
A 71 year old Ethel, Missouri man is dead after a one car accident in Macon last (Thursday) night. The Missouri Highway Patrol says it happened around 7 on Missouri 149, 3.5 miles north of New Cambria. Gail M. Allard overcorrected after going over the center line of the road, hit a fence, overturned on…
Polls open at 6 this morning and close at 7 tonight. Here are a list of polling places in Audrain County. Mexico Precincts: 1 -St. John’s Lutheran Church 2,3,4,-Courthouse Annex the old Pearl Motor Company Building 5-Southside Christian Church 6- First Presbyterian Church Vandalia Wards First Baptist Church Multi Purpose Building East Cuivre Modern…
The St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Busch Stadium last (Friday) night. Cardinals Manager Mike Shildt tweaked the lineup before the game moving Dexter Fowler up to the leadoff spot and bumping Matt Carpenter down to fifth. The new look produced the same results in a loss. Matt Carpenter…
New Bicentennial license plates will be distributed in Missouri over the next couple of years. The design red, white and blue. It will be replacing the bluebird sign which has been used since 2008. The plates are estimated to be in place before 2021 when the state celebrates its 200th anniversary. Cost of the new…
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration that was canceled due to weather in January took place today in Mexico.
A formal sentencing hearing scheduled for Sept. 22, for 25-year-old Ryan Swillum of Jefferson City. He faces a mandatory life sentence, after he pleaded guilty to first-degree statutory sodomy of a child under 12 on Friday. The only question is to whether Swillum will be eligible for parole. According to Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson,…
