Two people are facing multiple drug charges after a traffic stop in Montgomery County Thursday night. Deputies stopped a truck around 10 p.m. on Cemetery Road after observing it accelerate from a gravel road. According to court documents, deputies detected a strong odor of marijuana and searched the driver, Ayden Aery, finding methamphetamine, fentanyl capsules…
Three juveniles are in custody after deputies say a failed drug deal led to gunfire and a high-speed chase on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County. The sheriff’s office says the incident happened Monday afternoon near mile marker 183. Deputies say a masked person in a Jeep fired at another vehicle before leading officers on a…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT On September 11, 2026, deputies received a report of a vehicle being operated in a careless manner in the Montgomery City area. Deputies responded to the area and located the suspect vehicle. Deputies observed the vehicle failing to maintain its lane and, at one point, driving into the ditch and back…
A Jonesburg man is facing two counts of promoting child sexual abuse material. Court documents say 30-year-old Tevis Forrest was charged Tuesday and is being held without bond. According to a probable cause statement, a child victim provided law enforcement with illicit images allegedly taken by Forrest. Investigators say a search of Forrest’s phone later…
More than 100 people gathered Monday night for a town hall in Montgomery County focused on two proposed data centers. Preserve Montgomery County hosted the meeting at Montgomery County High School, where residents heard updates from local and state officials and an attorney involved in a lawsuit over the projects. The lawsuit alleges county officials…
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The Montgomery Fire Protection District responded to a vehicle fire on I-70 on Wednesday night just after 10 p.m. A press release states that first responders found the vehicle fully involved with flames and that explosions were coming from it, and that sparks flying from the car ignited nearby grass in the median. No injuries…
One man is in custody with 29 felony charges following a shots fired incident on Sunday in Montgomery County. Keeland E. Sanders of New Florence was arrested in the incident. He reportedly told deputies that two victims entered his property and threatened him. Officers said that they saw him drinking, but he refused a breath…
One man is in custody for multiple charges after an early morning crash in Montgomery County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash was a single vehicle incident where a tractor trailer rolled at about 1:48 a.m. on eastbound I-70 near the 166 mile marker. The vehicle was hauling 42,00 pounds of paint…
A 59-year-old man from Montgomery City was seriously injured in a crash in Lincoln County Monday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports, the man was driving a large truck on Route E, East of Norton Road in Lincoln County, when he traveled off the right side of the road and overturned….
Possible inappropriate purchases has spurred an audit of the Bellflower Fire Protection District. The Missouri state auditors, at the request of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, have announced the audit as of Friday. Concerns about possible inappropriate purchases by the department and fuel cards being used to buy fuel for personal vehicles is going to…
Two cats died in a residential fire in Montgomery County on Wednesday morning. The Montgomery Fire Protection District responded to Garden Place around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Crews found heavy smoke in the basement that had carried throughout the ground floor. The crews were able to quickly extinguish the flames, but much of the residence suffered…
Two Laddonia residents were injured in a crash in a two-vehicle crash in Montgomery County on Tuesday. The crash reportedly happened at 4:35 p.m. yesterday on West Hudson St. at North Madison St., when a 2008 Dodge Ram tried to make a right turn when a Dodge Dart crossed the center line, colliding with the…
The trial for a Cooper County man accused of multiple felonies has been moved to another county. 42-year-old Sam Shetler, who is the former head of an Amish “retreat”, is charged with three counts of Trafficking for the Purposes of Forced Labor, one count of First-Degree Sodomy, four counts of First Degree Kidnapping with Terrorizing,…
Two separate crashes in the early afternoon hours of Monday killed three people on I-70 in Montgomery County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced two collisions: The first crash happened around the 181 mile-marker between two tractor-trailers in which one driver was killed and the other was injured. According to the social media post from…
