The first day of testimony in the trial of a Madison man accused of murdering an elderly woman for whom he worked for as a farm hand wrapped up on Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2025. 66-year-old Lyle Miller is charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance and the death of 88-year-old Betty Hayes of Holliday. Monroe…
The trial for a Monroe County man accused of murder got underway on Monday, Mar. 17, 2025, and could last all week according to court records. It took seven hours on Monday, for a jury to be selected. Lyle Miller is charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of Betty Hayes,…
Three Community R6 Lady Trojans were named to the 2025 Central Activities Conference Girls Basketball All-Conference Team released on Monday, Mar. 3, 2025. Making the first team for Community was junior Peyton Beamer and senior Aaliyah Welch. Honorable mention honors went to junior Jocelyn Curtis. The entire team can viewed by clicking the link below….
A Madison woman is recovering from serious injuries following a two-car accident in Monroe County during the evening hours of Saturday, January 11, 2025. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on US 24 at Missouri 15 when a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old Paris girl pulled into the path a…
A Madison woman is recovering from minor injuries following a two-car accident in Monroe County during the afternoon hours of Tuesday, January 7, 2025. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened when a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old Clarence woman crossed the center line and hit a vehicle driven by a…
A Madison man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a one-car accident in Monroe County during the afternoon hours of Thursday, January 2, 2025. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route Y, 5 miles south of Middlegrove, when a vehicle driven by a 31-year-old Madison man…
A Madison man was life flighted to University Hospital with serious injuries following a two-car accident in Monroe County during the morning hours of Thursday, September 26, 2024. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route M and Route C, 8 miles south of Holliday. A vehicle driven by 46-year-old…
A jury trial is set for a man accused of a killing a woman in Monroe County in 2021. 66-year-old Lyle Miller of Madison, is charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Monroe County Jail without bond. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Friday, February 14th, 2025. The…
A Madison man has moderate injuries and a Mexico man with minor injuries following a one-car accident in Monroe County during the evening hours of Thursday, February 8, 2024. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol accident report it happened when a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Joseph L. Hancock of Madison went off the road, hit…
Two fatalities are being reported in a crash on Route 24 east of Moberly during the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 30, 2024. According to the Randolph County Emergency Management Office a head-on collision between two semi trucks has Route 24 at County Road 1450 closed for several hours while crews are cleaning up….
A Madison man is now charged with killing in the case of a missing Monroe County woman. 65-year-old Lyle Miller was arrested on Friday after law enforcement searched his home and land for 90-year-old Betty Hayes, who was reported missing on December 17, 2021. Human remains were found from a pond on Miller’s 40-acre land…
An arrest has been made after human remains were found during a search for a missing Monroe County woman yesterday (Friday). Investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search of a rural Monroe County pond, in connection with the investigation into the 2021 disappearance of Betty L….
A semi truck driver is dead after colliding with a Norfolk Southern freight train outside of Madison, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol the crash happened three miles east of Madison along US 24 East, when 65-year-old Russell W. Minnis, failed to stop the semi truck he was driving at the railroad…
A Ralls County jury convicts a Madison man on statutory rape charges. According to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, his office assisted the Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney’s office in prosecuting 56-year old Robert Lee Sims, Jr. Sims was convicted of two counts of first degree statutory sodomy, second degree statutory sodomy, second degree rape, kidnapping,…
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is releasing more information on the fatal accident west of Centralia yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. An eastbound GMC 6000 truck driven by 53-year old Monte Hayes of Moberly had a left front tire blowout, causing pieces of the vehicle to separate. The truck made an abrupt left turn and ultimately broadsided…
