President Joe Biden’s administration is planning to deploy surge response teams to hot spots across the country where the COVID-19 Delta variant presents the most risk to unvaccinated Americans including Missouri. It was announced yesterday (Thursday) the White House is eyeing Missouri as one of the first places that surge response teams may deploy. According…
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley will be visiting tornado damage in Mid-Missouri today (Saturday). Hawley will first stop at the City of Eldon Fire Department at 11 and then visit the Cole County Sheriff’s Department in Jefferson City this (Saturday) afternoon at 1. Hawley will be briefed by local officials and emergency responders.
The investigation into the cause of a single vehicle crash that killed 5 people in Miller County last night [Wednesday] is still underway. According to the crash report, Radiance White, and her four children went off the left side of the road and overturned multiple times. White and 2 children were ejected from the SUV,…
The Missouri Department of Public Safety is warning consumers that six different types of bottled wine manufactured by Casa de Loco Winery in Eldon may pose a danger of exploding and should be immediately secured and not consumed. The Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control says the products that should be handled with care include…
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has updated the numbers of calls for service they responded to during yesterday’s winter weather. Preliminary troop F totals between 10AM and 5PM were 272 calls for service, 110 stranded motorists, 81 crashes, 18 injuries and no fatalities. State wide, General Headquarters reports 1797 calls for service, 598 stranded motorists,…
The Miller County Sheriff’s Office received a report of child sexual abuse at an address outside of Eldon on October 24. Deputies learned a child less than 12 years of age had allegedly been abused by Justin Bukowsky. He was arrested later in the evening, and admitted the abuse to detectives. Bukowsky has been charged…
After approximately one and a half hours of deliberation, a Laclede County jury has found Martin Priest guilty of First Degree Murder today. [Thursday] Priest is convicted of the murder of 15 year old Tammy Sue Rothganger in Eldon on May 16, 1984. The trial began on Tuesday with the testimony of Priest’s nephew who…
Day two of the trial of Martin Priest who is charged with Capitol Murder in the 1984 death of Tammy Rothganger in Eldon took place in Laclede County today. [Wednesday] David Nicholas, Priest’s nephew, testified today he was with Priest when Rothganger was killed. He said he and Priest picked up Rothganger at school and…
The jury trial for Martin Priest who is charged with capitol murder for the death of 15 year old Tammy Rothganger in Eldon in 1984 is underway in Laclede County. In their opening statement, the prosecution said Martin Priest had an accomplice in the murder of Rothganger and that man would testify in the trial….
Martin Priest, the man charged with Capitol Murder in the case of Tammy Sue Rothganger who went missing in 1984, has been granted a change of venue. Priest was allegedly the live-in boyfriend of Rothganger’s mother at the time of her disappearance. It was reported Priest picked up Rothganger at the Eldon High School on…
A Marthasville woman has been arrested after a shooting at 315 VFW Road, outside of Eldon, on Sunday. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office reports when deputies arrived they found a female victim with a gunshot to her left leg. She was flown by Staff for Life to University Hospital in Columbia. Investigation revealed 60 year…
A man accused of the murder of a teen girl in 1984 made his initial appearance in a Miller County Court yesterday. [Tuesday] Martin Priest is charged with capital murder in the case of Tammy Rothganger. Priest was allegedly the live-in boyfriend of Rothganger’s mother. She was allegedly last seen getting into a car with…
The first night of preliminary competition in the 2018 Miss Missouri and Miss Missouri Outstanding Teen Pagent is in the books and 4 preliminary winners have been chosen. For the teens, the rookie award for evening gown and on stage question went to Hannibal’s Outstanding Teen Rylee Ingram of Palmyra. Her platform is Early Childhood…
The Miller County Sheriff’s Office made multiple arrests last night [Tuesday] in relation to a long term narcotics investigation with the Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force. Investigators executed search warrants in numerous locations leading the arrests of Stephanie Cavanaugh, Kathryn Wilson, Lenita Ginger, Edgar Walter, Jeffrey Moad and Rebecca Vize. Two more people have been identified…
An Eldon man has lost his life after an accident in Miller County over the weekend. According to the highway patrol it happened Saturday night on Missouri 24 around 11 o’clock when 36 year old Timothy Mantle died after being ejected from his truck. Mantle lost control of his vehicle, ran off the road, and…
