The Monroe City Police Department is investigating after being notified of a possible “hit list” directed towards certain students at the high school The list was posted on the social media app, Snapchat. Investigation determined the hit list was directed toward “homophobes” in the school and was requesting help adding names. The person of interest,…
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch through Sunday morning. The watch includes Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Montogmery, Pike, Ralls and Shelby Counties. The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Gordon will interact with a cold front stalled across Missouri and Illinois. Rich tropical moisture from Gordon will produce very heavy rainfall…
A Stoutsville man is dead after a car crash early this morning on Monroe County Road 583, three and a half miles outside of Monroe City. [Monday] The Highway Patrol reports 61 year old Floyd Buckman traveled off the left side of the road and struck and embankment before overturning. The pick up came to…
Governor Mike Parson activated the Drought Assessment Committee and drought impact teams today. [Wednesday] At the July 13 meeting of the Climate Weather Committee it was recommended that phase 2 of Missouri’s Drought Plan move forward. This phase includes declaring a Drought Alert for 47 Missouri Counties, including Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Monroe and Randolph.
A man who admitted he exchanged gunfire with law enforcement in Monroe County in August of 2016 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Kevin Marshall entered a guilty plea on the charges of assault on a law enforcement officer, unlawful use of a weapon, burglary and resisting arrest. The shootout took place following a…
A Shelbina man was arrested following a police chase in a stolen vehicle in Monroe County yesterday [Sunday] afternoon. The Monroe City Police Department was alerted to a chase that had been initiated by the Shelbina Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Highway 36. Once the vehicle entered Monroe City, it headed…
A man facing the death penalty for the shooting death of 30 Brittany Gauch and shooting and injuring Aaron Gauch and a Monroe City Police Officer in January of 2016 was found dead in his cell at the Marion County Jail last night. [Thursday] 37 year old Timothy Brokes Jr. was discovered in his cell…
The trial for a man facing the death penalty after allegedly killing 2 people and injuring a police officer has been canceled for next month. Timothy Brokes of Hannibal is accused of going on a crime spree in January of 2016, killing Brittany Gauch, and then her husband, Aaron Gauch in 2 separate locations in…
A Monroe City man is recovering from serious injuries after hitting a tree in Ralls County yesterday (Sunday) morning. Missouri Highway Patrol reports it happened on Bethlehem Trail, 6 miles south of Monroe City. A vehicle left the road, struck a culvert and hit tree coming to rest in a ditch. 27 year old Elvis…
The trial for a man who allegedly went on a shooting spree in 2016 has been set for next year. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Timothy Brokes of Hannibal. He is accused of the shooting death of Brittany Gauch and her husband Aaron, before going on to shoot an injure Monroe City Police…
Today is the second day of Severe Weather Awareness week, and today’s theme is tornado safety. Last year in Missouri, there were 83 recorded tornadoes, with March bring 36 of them, with a total of 32 injuries and 1 death. To help the public prepare, the National Weather Service has set up a watch and…
Two people sustained serious injuries in a crash involving a semi truck in Monroe County on Saturday. The crash happened 17 year old Nolan Pennewell, of Monroe City, was attempting to cross U.S. 36 and hit the trailer of a Freightliner driven by Michael Pribble of Illinois. The semi then traveled east until the trailer…
The endangered missing person advisory for a 13 year old Monroe City girl has been canceled. Caitlyn Carey was located safe in Hannibal. Carey went missing on Monday after she was seen getting into a car with an unknown male on Catherine Street in Monroe City.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisory for the entire listening area for tonight. For areas west of Boone County, the advisory is set to expire at midnight. Mixed precipitation is expected with wet snow accumulations of up to one half inch with ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch….
The Monroe City Police Department has issued an endangered person advisory for a 13 year old girl. Caitlyn Carey is described as a white girl with brown and blonde shoulder length hair, brown eyes, fair complexion with a small mole on her left cheek. She wears contacts or glasses, however, her glasses are broken but…
