New grant funding for Mid-Missouri middle and high school age boys seeking private and college-prep education is now available at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. The MMA Board of Trustees is announcing the availability of new funding for day program students from Audrain, Boone, and Callaway County. Day school tuition for eligible students […]
Authorities in Fulton are continuing to investigate reports of a fugitive wanted for a murder in Boone County being active inside the city of Fulton. The Fulton Police Department’s Special Response Unit say on Wednesday they received information about 60 year old Garland B. Wisely known as Boone being in Fulton. Police searched several areas […]
A homicide investigation is underway in Boone County after a report of gun violence yesterday (Sunday) morning. According to detective Tom O’ Sullivan with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department it happened on Sarazen Drive in Columbia. Deputies found a man had been shot in a home, he was pronounced dead at the scene. No one […]
The National Weather Service out of St. Louis is issuing a winter storm watch for Audrain County. 3-6 inches of snow is predicted in Audrain County starting tomorrow (Friday) afternoon and continuing into Saturday night. Audrain County Emergency Management Director Nicholas Tietsort says he is monitoring the storm. The National Weather Service recommends to begin […]
A Boone County Judge finds the city of Sturgeon did not follow the law when it fired its police chief Greg Halderman in March of 2017. The ruling was made by Judge Jeff Harris yesterday (Tuesday) and said the city council’s closed-door meeting that ended in Halderman’s firing did not follow proper procedure set out […]
A Mexico man is facing charges after taking police on a chase and wrecking his vehicle in Centralia. Carl J. Dehn was arrested on Monday night at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 151. According to police Dehn took off after officers tried to stop him for a registration violation. Dehn was later found […]
A toxicology report released today (Thursday) is showing psychoactive drugs to be the main contributing factor in a 2017 Boone County fatal plane crash. The National Transportation Safety Board released its final analysis of the crash and say toxicology test results indicated that the pilot 67 year old Charles McCutcheon had used cocaine, methamphetamine, clonazepam, […]
A homicide investigation is continuing in Boone County after a 24 year old woman was found dead at a house over the weekend. According to authorities Ahmonta Harris was found dead from gun shots at a residence at the 5700 block of Limoges Drive around 11:15 Saturday night. No more information is being released at […]
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a mobile home fire last night. [Friday] Crews were dispatched to the 7900 block of Route Y at around 6:30 and found the home fully engulfed in flames. No one lived in the house that was deemed a total loss.
One burglary suspect has non life threatening wounds after being shot by a Boone County Deputy, a second burglary suspect is still on the loose. It happened yesterday (Monday) afternoon on Schooner Road in Columbia when a nearby citizen reported 2 men breaking in through the back door of a house. Boone County Deputies say […]
