A Higbee woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday, July 25, 2024, to stealing almost $2.4 million from customers at a Fayette Bank during a 15-year-long embezzlement scheme. According to a news release, Megan Lea Dougherty worked at the Fayette branch of Exchange Bank of Missouri and admitted to exploiting a lack of internal…
A Fayette woman and a one-year old baby have moderate injuries after a one-car accident in Callaway County last (Sunday) night. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened when a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Haley Robertson went off the road and hit two embankments and a fence. Both Robertson and the one-year-old girl were…
On the evening of 09/16, 23-year-old Alexander Mears of Fayette, missed a curve on North Wagon Trail Road near Columbia and rolled several times. Boone County emergency personnel were unable to revive Mears and he was pronounced deceased at the scene. The passenger, an adult female, was transported to a local hospital.
There was a fatal shooting in Howard County yesterday. One individual is in custody. More details will be forthcoming from the Fayette Police Department and we will update this story as they come through.
A business license is now approved to test medical marijuana products in Kingdom City and Fayette. The announcement made yesterday (Thursday) that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services offered licenses to Clear Water Sciences, LLC of Kingdom City and Inovatia AgriTesting Services of Fayette. The testing facilities will make sure marijuana harvested is…
Spending for Valentine’s Day this year is expected to increase by 6 percent over last year, according to the National Retail Federation. American’s are expected to spend a total of approximately $20.7 billion dollars this year, exceeding the spending record of $19.7 billion set in 2016. According to the NRF’s annual holiday study, 52 percent…
A Mexico woman is recovering after a car crash yesterday afternoon [Sunday] in Howard County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 18 year old Gordon Starke of Fayette lost control of his vehicle on Route E due to road conditions. Starke crossed the center line and struck 54 year old Kimberly Test of Mexico head…
District Champions were crowned last night [Friday] in High School football. Fayette defeated Sweet Springs 44 to 6 Westran took down South Shelby 31 to 8 Monroe City fell to Clark County 20 to nothing Blair Oaks beat South Callaway 49 to 2 Southern Boone took the top spot from Moberly 12 to 6 Hannibal…
A bill is set to be heard by a Senate Committee that could increase the charges associated with bullying that leads to suicide. Senate Bill 791, filed by Jamilah Nasheed, would require anyone who knowingly causes another person to commit suicide, including through the use of telephone or electronic communications, to be charged with involuntary…
Two Fayette residents sustained moderate injuries after hitting a deer on a motorcycle early this morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 35 year old Ronnie Phillips and 26 year old Elizabeth Hazlett were riding on Highway 55, just south of Route DD when they hit a deer and the bike overturned. They were taken…
