The City of Mexico has a new Economic Development Director. Gigi Quinlan McAreavy will step into the role on November 1, 2024. She has five years previous experience as Director of Economic Development for Boonville, Missouri. She has over 25 years of experience as a Real Estate Broker/Agent and is a Certified Real Estate Appraiser….
An Auxvasse man who is in the Callaway County jail on child pornography charges, is facing new charges of child abuse. According to online court records, 32-year-old Michael C. Jenkins, formerly of Boonville, was charged Tuesday with two counts of child abuse of neglect. The probable cause statement reads that Boonville Police Department investigators interviewed…
A Columbia, Mo., man who was involved in a string of armed robberies across the state has been sentenced in federal court for the armed robbery of a Boonville, Mo., bank. Drake Adam Stockton-Kenney, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosann A. Ketchmark on Monday, May 20, to 15 years in federal prison without…
Jacob A Ivy, 28, of Boonville was arrested last night for DWI and leaving the scene of an accident. He is being held on bond at Cooper County Jail.
MoDot is announcing today (Thursday) the design-build contractor for the new Missouri River Bridge on I-70 at Rocheport. The Lunda Team will be in charge of designing and building the new $240 million project comprised of two bridges, each three lanes wide. The new bridge will replace the span built in 1960, which will remain…
A Fulton woman is fifty thousand dollars richer after winning on a Missouri Lottery Crossword Cash Scratchers ticket. Mary Luecke recently purchased the ticket at MFA Petroleum 2441 Pioneer Road, in Boonville.
Missouri casinos are set to reopen today (Monday), ending an almost 2 1/2 month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All 13 of Missouri’s casinos were closed on March 17th in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The closure was extended last month through May 31st. Many of the casinos are in…
Lawsuits over reported time clock violations at the Isle of Capri Casinos in Missouri are nearing a settlement. In April, a former table dealer represented by McClelland Law Firm sued the Isle of Capri-Boonville, who alleged the way the casino’s time clocks rounded employees minutes caused employees to be underpaid. The firm also filed similar…
Columbia Police confirmed investigators were following up on leads in Cooper County in relation to missing Columbia woman, Mengqi Ji Elledge, yesterday. [Wednesday] Authorities would not confirm the exact location of their activity. Mengqi Ji was reported missing on October 10, and her husband, Joseph Elledge, is the prime suspect in what police believe is…
Columbia Police are asking for the public’s help in locating evidence related to missing person Mengqi Ji Elledge. Landowners and hunters in rural areas in Boone, Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Cooper, Howard and Randolph Counties are asked to remain vigilant. Police ask that anyone that sees or finds anything suspicious to contact authorities. Detectives have…
It has been eleven months since a South Dakota woman was shot and killed on Interstate 70, just outside of Boonville and there is still no arrest in the case. Melissa Peskey was shot from outside of her vehicle that was carrying her two children. Sergeant Scott White with the The Missouri State Highway Patrol…
The Boonville Police Department is asking for help locating a teen that ran away from home on August 22. According to police, Jamariah Bell left home and was last seen getting into a white SUV with an unknown driver. She is known to have family in St. Louis, and was last seen by a relative…
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt will be making stops in Boonville, Brunswick, and Paris today (Saturday). Senator Blunt will be holding a round-table discussion on Cancer Research at the Cooper County Public Health Center in Boonville at 11:15 this (Saturday) morning. The next stop at the Brunswick Courtyard in Brunswick at 1:45 this (Saturday) afternoon to…
A Boonville man died as the result of a car accident on Old Concord Road in Cooper County just before 4:00 yesterday [Friday] afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports vehicles driven by 75 year old Richard Casanova and 31 year old Leigh Snoddy, both of Boonville, crossed the center line while negotiating a curve….
The National Weather Service is predicting a second round of severe weather for tonight. [Wednesday] A tornado watch was issued this afternoon for Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Montgomery, Pike, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby, Cooper, Saline, Howard, Pettis, Chariton and Randolph Counties until 11:00. The National Weather Service reports severe thunderstorms are expected this evening and tonight….
