A Marshall man is now charged following a shooting near Harley Park in Boonville yesterday [Wednesday] afternoon. Boonville Police say 30 year old Derrick Anthony Young has been charged in Cooper County with two counts of first degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. His bond has been set at $500…
A lawsuit is being brought against the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville by one of its employees. The lawsuit was filed yesterday (Thursday) over the business’s timekeeping system. According to the lawsuit, the casino has a time clock rounding policy, where they require staff to clock in about 7 minutes before the start of…
No new leads have been generated since a Dateline interview with the family and friends of a woman shot to death on Interstate 70 in December. Melissa Peskey of South Dakota was traveling with her 2 children to a friend’s house in South Carolina. Law enforcement was called to a car crash near Boonville. Investigation…
Mid-Missouri is predicted to be hit with substantial flooding over the next few days, according to the National Weather Service. The Missouri River entered flood stage at Jefferson City yesterday [Friday] afternoon. The river is expected to crest at just above 26 feet on Tuesday afternoon. At that height, the National Weather Service reports a…
Over 1,000 households left without power this (Thursday) morning after a winter storm passed through the area overnight. In Columbia 419 customers of Columbia Water and Light were without power. The outage originated on North West Boulevard at around 4:49 this (Thursday) morning. Multiple streets were affected by the outage including West Business Loop and…
The National Weather Service has issued an ice storm warning for several Missouri Counties that will go into effect at midnight and continue until noon tomorrow. [Thursday] Counties expected to be impacted include Audrain, Boone, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Moniteau, Monroe, Randolph and Shelby. An ice storm warning means that a severe and dangerous amount of…
Burglary charges are now filed against a Columbia man and a Boonville woman in connection to a residential burglary in Mexico. Public Safety says on January 10th, two people were seen around a house in the 600 block of West Boulevard. Officers say they found 26 year old Larry J. Lowery of Columbia and 20…
A report of a girl running from the Midway Travel Center in Boone County yesterday (Thursday) afternoon had multiple law enforcement agencies searching the area. According to the Boone County Fire Protection District a daycare worker described the child as a white 13 year old girl, with brown, shoulder length hair wearing an olive green…
A Boonville woman is facing several child sex charges after an arrest yesterday (Tuesday) morning. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office and investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol served a search warrant on West Street in Boonville yesterday (Tuesday) and arrested 49 year old Brady S. Anton. The potential charges include 3 counts of First…
Twenty two people are now indicted on drug charges after an undercover investigation by the Boonville Police Department and the Mustang Drug Task Force. Officers say they seized marijuana, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and prescripton drugs during their investigation. All of those arrested are from Boonville and vary in age from 21 to 64…
A Moberly man suspected in the 2016 killing of a Boonville man will spend the rest of his life in prison after accepting a plea deal. 28 year old Josheph Lee Kertz was charged with first degree murder and multiple other charges in the death of 39 year old Kevin Glenn McCuiston. Two other people…
An electrical problem is thought to be the cause of a fire that completely destroyed the Mid-City Lumber building on Klinton Drive in Boonville yesterday (Sunday). Firefighters from Cooper County, Boonville and Prairie Home went to the fire around 3:39 and entered the building from the back when the roof collapsed. No on was injured…
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is continuing her drug free campaign throughout Missouri. Hartzler made a stop at the Boonville High School yesterday afternoon for a discussion on the effects of alcohol and illegal drugs with students. According to the Congresswoman 1 in 66 deaths in our state is due to a drug overdose.
Over twenty pounds marijuana is found in a suspicious package that was shipped to an address in Boonville and one arrest has been made. Members of the MUSTANG Drug Task Force and several Boonville police officers, seized the drugs, as well as some cash and arrested 38 Kelvon Dow on several drug charges. Dow is…
Citizens in Boonville are being reminded to keep their cars locked after multiple break ins are being reported. According to Boonville Chief of Police Bobby Welliver they recommend that people keep their cars locked everywhere they go. Chief Wellivar estimates that 90 percent of vehicles broken into are unlocked.
