Category: NEWS – Audrain County
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Mexico City Council to Meet in Regular Session Monday
The Mexico City Council is due to meet in regular session on Monday New business will include a resolution authorizing the city manager to sign an agreement for professional design and constrution of the new City Hall, as well as a rezoning ordinance for property on W. Liberty St., and a resolution relating to a…
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Mexico Man Hospitalized With Minor Injuries After Highway 22 Crash
A 32-year-old Mexico man sustained minor injuries after a crash on Highway 22 early Friday morning. The single vehicle crash reportedly happened at 1:32 a.m. near Audrain Road 963 when the driver struck a hay bale that was in the road in his 2016 Chevy Cruze. As a result, the vehicle slid off the road,…
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Fairground Road in Mexico Closed Until Early August
Fairground Rd. has officially closed in Mexico between Lakeview Rd. and Park Creek Dr., and will be closed until the end of August while crews replace a culvert under the street. Drivers are asked to use a different route during this time.
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Fulton man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Crash in Audrain County
A Fulton man has been hospitalized with serious injuries after a single-vehicle motorcyle crash in Audrain County Tuesday. Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the crash happened around 2:12 p.m. on US 54, west of County Road 541. The report states that the 36-year-old rider failed to navigate a curve in his 2003 Honda VTX1300,…
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Mexico Man Sentenced for Domestic Assault, Kidnapping Case
A Mexico man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in a domestic violence case. Jakob Matthew Bradley admitted to eight felony charges, receiving ten years in prison for three counts of kidnapping, one count of second degree domestic assault, and a count of child endangerment. He also received seven years for harassment and…
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Public Safety Responds to Car Fire in Mexico on Saturday
Mexico Public Safety responded to a vehicle fire on Saturday afternoon in the 300 block of N. Abat St. When responding personnel arrived, they found a 2005 Subaru with flames coming from the engine compartment. They were able to contain the fire and extinguish it, with the engine compartment suffering significant fire damage. Authorities say…
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Public Safety Investigating Shooting in Mexico Sunday Night
Mexico Public Safety is investigating a reported shooting that occurred late Sunday night. Authorities were called to the 600 block of W. Maple St. on Sunday night at about 11:33 p.m. to find that someone had fired a gun approximately five times, and a couple of the shots hit a house. No injuries were reported…
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Second Audrain K9 Dies
The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of a second K9 in as many days. K9 Chal died Saturday after his health declined in recent weeks, just one day after K9 Apollo passed away following a battle with cancer. Chal had served the department since 2017 and was certified in narcotics detection, tracking…
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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…
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Audrain County Begins Effort to Manage Feral Cats
A new effort to manage Audrain County’s growing feral cat population is set to begin this fall. The Audrain Humane Society is launching a trap-neuter-release program in Mexico, with plans to expand countywide. The program will trap, spay or neuter, vaccinate, and return feral cats to their colonies to slow population growth. A community forum…