BREAKING News
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Sentencing Set for Today in Holts Summit Murder Case
A woman who was found guilty of murder is due to be sentenced in Callaway County Court today. Heather Smith was found guilty by jury in April 2026 of second degree murder, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon and a count of armed criminal action in the death of 37-year-old Kara Dills. Court…
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ELECTION PREVIEW- COUNTY COLLECTOR
AUDRAIN COUNTY County Collector – Amy LeCount (R) BOONE COUNTY County Collector – Brian C. McCollum (D) CALLAWAY COUNTY County Collector – Sarah Gladman (R) MONROE COUNTY County Collector – Chrissy Graupman (R) MONTGOMERY COUNTY County Collector – Jacqueline M. Spinks (R) RANDOLPH COUNTY County Collector – Donna Tracy (R) – Crystal Wright (D)
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Glasgow Clinic Opens
Boone Health is expanding access to rural healthcare with the opening of a new primary care clinic in Glasgow. The new facility is three times larger than the previous clinic, adds a second provider and includes an on-site X-ray suite, eliminating the need for many patients to travel to Boonville or Columbia for imaging. Healthcare…
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COU Parking Expansion
Columbia Regional Airport will close its north parking lot beginning August 3 as construction gets underway on about 250 new paved parking spaces. Travelers returning after August 1 are being asked to park in the south lot instead and use the airport’s free shuttle service. The $3.2 million project will replace the existing gravel lot…
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Mizzou Researchers Develop New Test for Deadly Tick-Borne Disease
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a way to speed up detections of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RMSF is a potentially life-threatening disease spread by infected ticks. The new test can identify the bacteria in about 40 minutes using a simple two-step process…
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Boone County Firefighters Respond to Trailer that Damaged Two Homes
Boone County Firefighters extinguished a trailer fire Wednesday afternoon that damaged at least two homes. The trailer reportedly caught fire near two homes in the 7400 block of Suncrest Court. Fire crews say no one was injured. Chuck Doss, assistant chief with the Boone County Fire Protection District, said that while the cause remains under…
Audrain County News
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Illinois Man Arrested in Audrain after Setting Comforter on Fire and Assaulting Victim
An Illinois man is in the Audrain County Jail after police say he set a comforter on fire and assaulted a person at a Mexico hotel Thursday morning. Police say that a victim reported Edwin Javier Mejia-Espinosa was acting erratically, stole the victim’s cell phone, put the victim in a chokehold, and dragged them through…
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Two Mexico Residents Arrested after Drugs and Homemade Explosives Found
Two Mexico residents are being held in the Montgomery County jail after officers found a large amount of drugs and improvised explosives during a traffic stop. An officer initially pulled the vehicle over for failure to stop at a stop sign near West Ford Street and South Sturgeon Street. Upon making the traffic stop, the…
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Mexico Man Sentenced for Rape after Guilty Plea
A Mexico man was pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to multiple charges of rape from 2020. 20-year-old Demontrez Watson pleaded guilty at a pretrial conference to First Degree Rape, Second Degree Rape, and two counts of Second Degree Sodomy with two separate female victims. Watson reportedly raped the first victim in May 2020 and…
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Presiding Commissioner Candidates for Mid-Missouri Counties
As the August 4 Primary Election arrives, be sure to tune in to KXEO and Country 96 to know all your local candidates before heading to the polls. AUDRAIN COUNTY Presiding Commissioner – Alan Winders (R) BOONE COUNTY Presiding Commissioner – Kip Kendrick (D) CALLAWAY COUNTY Presiding Commissioner – Larry Robinson (R) – Rob Barnes…
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Fire Destroys Rural Audrain County Building, No One Injured
Three fire departments responded to a barn fire in rural Audrain County yesterday afternoon. The fire happened in the 4900 block of Route Y near Clark shortly after 5 p.m. The building was reportedly home to a custom cabinet store. The structure was destroyed, but no one was hurt in the incident. Little Dixie Fire…
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Expired Tag Leads to Fugitive Arrest in Audrain County
An expired license plate tag led to the arrest of a wanted fugitive in Audrain County Wednesday morning. Sheriff’s deputies say they stopped a vehicle just after 9 a.m. and determined the driver, Jimmie Trower of Monroe City, was showing signs of impairment. Deputies also discovered Trower was wanted on three outstanding warrants from Marion…
Latest Sports
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Morning Sports
In MLB The St. Louis Cardinals opened up their 2026 season in dramatic fashion yesterday. After giving up six runs in the top of the sixth, the team clawed back for 8 runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth, for a 9-7 win over Tampa Bay. The big blow was a two-run…
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Morning Sports
In Highschool Baseball The Mexico Bulldogs pulled out a dramatic walk-off win last night at home last night (Wednesday), defeating Fort Zumwalt East 5-4. Mexico trailed 4-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. With the game on the line, Kinser Groves delivered a single that scored two runs, giving the Bulldogs the walk-off…
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Beamer, Brunkhorst, Gordon and Moore named All-State
GIRLS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL TEAMS In Class 1 Peyton Beamer from Community Ava Welch from Higbee Lily Chitwood from New Franklin Olivia Cross from Northeast (Cairo) In Class 2 Halle Fuemmeler from Glasgow Melanie Moore from Paris Kate Hollman from Westran In Class 3 Braylin Brunkhorst from Centralia Ryenn Gordon from Centralia Naaron Hays from Monroe…
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Fisher leads Boys All-State Basketball, Benne makes Academic Team
THE MISSOURI ALL-STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS In Class 1 Balston Brown from Brunswick Lavon’Tae Brwon from Brunswick In Class 2 Jackson Meyer from Glasgow Cruze Haynes from Westran In Class 3 Anthony Ford from Centralia Wyatt DeGrave from Monroe City In Class 4 Charlei Fisher from Mexico Chase Rackers from Southern Boone Keilin Dorman from…
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Morning Sports
in College Football The Missouri football Tigers added more talent to their roster with a late transfer portal addition on Tuesday. Former Baylor edge rusher Kamauryn Morgan will join the team after originally pledging to Virginia Tech. in MLB The Kansas City Royals lost 4-1 today to the Texas Rangers. Seth Lugo went four innings…
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Fisher named Class 4, District 8 Player of the Year
The Class 4 District 8 Boys and Girls Basketball Teams were announced yesterday. On the Boys side, Charlie Fisher from Mexico was the District Player of the Year. District Coach of the Year honors was a tie between Mexico’s Darren Pappas and Brett Boyer from Moberly. Other local members of the team included Paul Bruner…
