23 year old Mathew Beauchamp of Mexico is now officially considered a missing person. Beauchamp was last contacted in Mexico on September 29th of 2018. Beauchamp has multiple active warrants and federal and state computer systems had prevented local law enforcement from entering any person as both wanted and missing. Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller […]
Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller is responding to criticism over a Facebook post he made in relation to an arrest last week that went viral. The initial post made on Wednesday last week was about Amanda Smith who drove to the jail on a revoked license to bail out a friend, and while deputies were […]
Here are scores from the Audrain County Health Department Food Establishment Report.
A Vandalia man is in the Audrain County Jail facing drug charges after a traffic stop yesterday (Tuesday). According to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office a deputy observed a pick up truck pull out in front of another motorist, nearly causing a crash around 4:49 yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon in the 5000 block of US Highway […]
The man accused in the fatal shooting of Leon Wilder III is pleading guilty and waiving his right to a jury trial in an Audrain County Courtroom this (Monday) morning. Richard Henry III made a plea of guilty to the Class B Felony of Voluntary Manslaughter in front of Judge Scott Alan Hayes as part […]
Audrain County Relay For Life will be hosting a kick off dinner on Monday, May 6th. The group says the night will be a fun educational way to find out more information on local Relay for Life and how anyone interested can sign up on a team or join an existing team. The kick off […]
Culvert replacements are scheduled on Route KK in Audrain County this Monday, April 23rd. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation the road will be closed at the intersection of County Road 489. Weather permitting the work will be completed between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm.
The Audrain County local emergency planning committee is being awarded a five thousand dollar grant. The money is being awarded by MERCK for a commodities study. Audrain County Emergency Management Director Nick Tietsort says the study will give the community the ability to see what hazardous materials are moving through it. Point Technology’s has been […]
A stress crack in the pipeline is the cause of the massive natural gas explosion in Audrain County last month. The explosion happened north of Mexico on March 3rd. A report was filed by Energy Transfer Partners the owner of the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The report was […]
A meeting for those wanting to invest in 3 bio-gas plants going into the Laddonia and Vandalia areas will be taking place this Monday, April 8th. Dennis Clark President of the East Central Missouri Biogas group says each plant will about a 45 million dollar project with 21 jobs at each plant. Vice President of […]
