Moberly Public Schools are taking corrective action after an incident on Friday. In a letter from the district to parents, they say that they were made aware of a photo of a student with an unfavorable comment circulating on social media. The photo was taken at school by a substitute teacher and shared on her…
A 62-year old Moberly man is dead after a house fire early Saturday morning. According to a social media post from the Moberly Police Department, they and the Moberly Fire Department responded around 5:00 to 1625 South Morley for a house fire and found the victim in the house. The cause of the fire and…
Twenty-eight local transportation projects across the state get funding from the Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission. The projects are being funded through a partnership between MoDOT and the Missouri Department of Economic Development called the Transportation Cost-Share Program. Governor Parson approved $75 million for the program to strengthen infrastructure and boost workforce development across the…
A Sioux City, Iowa company is acquiring 73 former Orscheln Farm and Home Stores in seven states. Bomgaars acquiring the 73 stores and another buyer is purchasing a dozen other Orscheln stores. Included in the Bomgaars deal is the 330,000 square foot distribution center in Moberly that was previously operated by Orscheln’s. The acquisition by…
Parking in Moberly will be tough this weekend and they are providing shuttles in the downtown area. Many visitors to the Junk Junktion and the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament and the Allen Train Robbery Reenactment in Rothwell Park are expected. Police will also set up a sub-station to help lost parents and any other…
Several National, State, and Transportation agencies will be conducting a routine transportation accident training exercise in the Norfolk Southern Moberly Railyard tomorrow morning. The scenario is meant to prepare teams for the possibility of a vehicle striking a moving railcar carrying Naval spent nuclear fuel. Since the mid-1990s, the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has held…
Moberly High School fire alarms went off Thursday morning, causing an evacuation around 10 am. The fire department and school resource officer quickly determined there was no threat. Students and staff were able to return to the building after 15 minutes.
The Highway Patrol received a report of a body found in a ditch along Highway 70 near the 94 mile marker on Friday. A Moberly woman, Belinda Hendricks, 29, was standing in the eastbound lanes around 5:30 a.m. when she was struck by a Toyota Prius, driven by Sedalia resident Inocente Prisciliano. No arrests have…
Moberly police, investigating multiple reports of trespassing and thefts from motor vehicles, identified 33-year-old Dustin Wheeler of Moberly as a suspect. Wheeler was located at a residence in the 400 block of East Rollins Street. and taken into custody regarding an existing no bond Parole Absconder warrant without incident. Through subsequent investigation, officers were able…
Valley View Health and Rehabilitation in Moberly went into lockdown yesterday after Rickey Ridgeway, 53, also of Moberly, allegedly threatened the nursing home. Frustrated at not being able to speak to his wife, an employee, on the phone, reportedly Ridgeway began swearing graphically and ultimately said he would come to the facility and “blow her…
A Moberly woman, Angelica Benitez, plead guilty to charges stemming from the December 2020 death Marqukis Hayes, 25, of Jefferson City. She was sentenced to 20 years for the 2nd-degree murder, four years for abandonment of a corpse, and four years for tampering with evidence.
In Moberly Monday, Corey Freese was placed under arrest for driving under the influence (drugs) after a citizen of Moberly called in a complaint of erratic driving near the 700 block of Vincil. Found in the vehicle, officers located over 50 capsules (beans) of suspected fentanyl. Freese is being held on bond at the Randolph…
Students at the Moberly High School will no longer be allowed to carry cell phones and smart watches with them at school. The Moberly Board of Education officially passed its changes for the 2022-2023 handbook yesterday (Tuesday) at its meeting. If a student has any electronic device in their possession, even if they are not…
The Moberly High School has added a new policy to its school handbook for the 2022-2023 school year that bans any use of a cell phone during the school day. Moberly’s middle school already had the policy implemented. The new policy says if a student has any electronic device in their possession, even they are…
After another round of Winter weather the following schools will be closed today (Friday): Mexico Public Schools North Callaway Schools and TLC Paris Schools Fulton Public Schools Community R6 will have an AMI day today Wellsville Middletown will have a virtual learning day Moberly Public Schools will have virtual learning today All locations of the…
