The Community R-VI Schools are announcing a 2 hour delayed start for today (Friday). The North Callaway R-1 Schools have canceled classes for today. New Bloomfield R-III Schools will snow routes. And Hannibal Schools have canceled classes today. The Mark Twain at North Callaway basketball games scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm have now been…
A Guthrie woman is being charged with first degree murder. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department 62 year old Lola Crews is being charged after Frances Keel was found dead yesterday (Friday) in the 8000 block of Broadway street in Guthrie. Crews is the daughter of Keel who was found with multiple stabs wounds….
Several business and school cancellations this morning due to weather. The Callaway Senior Center, Community R-6 school in Laddonia, the Fulton Public Schools, North Callaway R-1, Moberly Public Schools. New Bloomfield R-3, Paris R-2, the Sonlight Christian Daycare in Audrain County, South Callaway and Wellsville Middletown R1 closed. The Wellsville Food Pantry will be postponed…
A Holts Summit man and New Bloomfield man are facing drug related charges after an arrest by the Callaway Sheriff’s Department. A deputy stopped 29 year old Kenneth Beck on Monday night in Holts Summit for a traffic violation. According to the department a felony controlled substance and drug paraphernalia was found during the investigation…
A man allegedly involved in a pursuit and manhunt in Callaway County yesterday [Wednesday] has been charged with multiple offenses. The sheriff’s office reports 18 year old Devin Albers-Hook of Fulton is charged with tampering with a motor vehicle and two counts of resisting arrest. He is additionally charged with leaving the scene of an…
One person is in custody after a pursuit and manhunt in Callaway County this morning. [Wednesday] The sheriff’s office reports a deputy observed a stolen vehicle in the area of State Road NN, south of Fulton. When the deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, it fled at a high rate of speed to the New…
The Mexico Girls Golf team was in action this afternoon [Tuesday] at Arthur Hills Golf Course. The team played in a quad-meet against Centralia, New Bloomfield, and Hallsville.
Two people are recovering after a crash involving a Callaway County Sheriff’s Office Patrol vehicle yesterday [Thursday] afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred when 37 year old Deputy Curtis Hall was making a U-turn in the roadway with the emergency lights activated. Hall was responding to a vehicle pursuit and…
One man is dead after a chase that began in Jefferson City and continued into Callaway County ended in gunfire today. [Thursday] The Jefferson City Police Department reports they attempted to stop a silver Ford and a pursuit began that continued into Callaway County with speeds in excess of 75 miles per hour. The Callaway…
Three people were recently indicted by a Callaway County Grand Jury for sex crimes. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, on May 2nd 34 year old Tommy Smith Jr. of Jefferson City was arrested for three counts of statutory rape and 3 counts of statutory sodomy. Forty eight year old Marvin Ridgel of New…
Four people were taken to the hospital after an accident on U.S. 61 in Ralls County just after 8:30 this morning. [Wednesday] The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the accident happened when 65 year old Frank William of New Bloomfield was traveling northbound and 25 year old Mathew Robinson pulled into his path. William was…
Citizens of New Bloomfield are meeting with auditors about an ongoing audit. The citizens met with auditor representatives yesterday (Wednesday) and found out about the city’s declining fund. It showed that funds that were supposed to go towards one project were used to fund other projects in the city. Residents of New Bloomfield began to…
Fulton, New Bloomfield, and South Callaway Schools are cancelling classes today (Monday) due to the weather. Paris School buses running on hard surfaces only this (Monday) morning. The Mexico Audrain Library locations will have a late open of 10 am.
A state audit of New Bloomfield is underway. Representatives from the state auditors office met with city leaders yesterday (Tuesday) to go over the audit process. The performance review could take several months and will cost the city between twenty and forty thousand dollars. Residents asked for a state audit last year, stating concerns over…
Holts Summit Police Department will provide coverage to New Bloomfield once again in 2019. An agreement came yesterday (Tuesday) morning during a New Bloomfield Board of Alderman meeting. The cost to the town is thirty five thousand dollars over one year. As part of the deal, New Bloomfield will give five thousand dollars worth of…
