A Mexico man is in the Audrain County Jail after taking Mexico Public Safety Officers on a foot chase yesterday (Wednesday) morning. According to the department an officer stopped a vehicle in the 1000 block of South Clark Street around 9:30 yesterday morning. 22 year old Austin R. Cash had a warrant for his arrest…
Lucas Breneman, Mexico Middle School teacher and high school track coach is a young healthy man who contracted COVID-19 about a month ago. Coach Breneman joined the Am I Awake Morning show on AM 1340 KXEO this morning to talk about his full recovery and a first hand account of what it was like to…
A Mexico woman is now sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges of tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. According to court records 31 year old Mary Madeline Eells admitted that she took a vehicle from the driveway of the owner without permission, after finding the vehicle running in the owner’s driveway….
A death investigation is underway in the Kingdom City area. In a Facebook post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, they say deputies responded to a residence in Kingdom City at 10:46 this (Friday) morning as part of an ongoing felony investigation. Deputies saw a male at the back of the house and when he…
The Missouri House and Senate approved a massive 5 billion supplementary budget amendment this week due to COVID-19. State Representative Kent Haden was the guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today and talked about how things have changed at the Capitol due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An arrest in the Matt Beauchamp case is being reported. According to a press release from Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism, 39-year old Timothy Sullins of Raymondville in Texas County, Missouri has been charged with felony abandonment of a corpse. An investigation into Beauchamp’s disappearance was started by the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department on April…
An Auxvasse man is now charged with felony child sex offenses and remains in-custody at the Callaway County Jail. The Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney charged 44 year old Thomas Pittenger Jr. yesterday (Thursday) with Statutory Rape and Sodomy and Attempted Sodomy after a an investigation conducted by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office in rural northwest…
A Mexico Middle School Teacher is testing positive for COVID-19. According to an email from the school district the employee is not a resident of Audrain County and is a Callaway County resident and is following recommendations, the employee has self-quarantined for 14 days. The Audrain County Health Department has just received notification of a…
Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism joined AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today. Sheriff Chism addressed how his department is responding to the COVID-19 health crisis and talks about his reelection bid for a 2nd term to be Callaway County Sheriff.
A student at William Woods University in Fulton is testing positive for COVID-19. According to emails sent to the Williams Woods University Community the campus is closing effective today (Friday), after a student tested positive at a drive-through testing station set up by MU Health Care. The results became known to the university administration last…
The National Weather Service is issuing a Red Flag Warning from 2 this afternoon until 6 tonight for several counties in the listening area. The warning is for Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Monroe and Osage Counties. Residents are being asked not to burn items outdoors during the warning due to weather conditions could…
A Mexico woman and a Fulton woman are recovering from injuries after a 2 car accident yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon in Callaway County. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened on US 54 Westbound, 3 miles north of Kingdom City. A vehicle was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of US 54 and struck a…
Rural broadband in Missouri is getting a boost thanks to the FCC. The FCC announced today (Thursday) the more than $240 million in funding nationwide over the next ten years. Missouri has been granted more than $175 million in that timeframe. Boone and Callaway counties in the listening area will see more than $680,000 of…
A Fulton man is facing multiple drug charges after an arrest last (Wednesday) night. Fulton Police along with Callaway County Deputies went to 415 Carver Drive in Fulton in attempt to locate 23 year old Malik Robinson who had 2 active felony arrest warrants. Authorities say they found Robinson inside the residence and during contact…
Yet another winter storm is causing several schools and business’s to be closed today (Thursday): Starting off with the Mexico Public Schools,St. Brendan in Mexico, and The Williams Center Mexico Head Start. Centralia Head Start and Centralia R-6. The Centralia Senior Center, Community R-6 in Laddonia. Fulton Public Schools snow routes only. Hallsville, Moberly Head…
