A Mexico man is recovering from moderate injuries after a motorcycle accident in Audrain County during the afternoon hours of Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol it happened on MO 22 at Audrain County Road 308 when a 2007 Harley Davidson Street Glide motorcycle driven by a 30-year-old man from…
A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper and a suspect were both shot and taken to the hospital, following a police chase that started in Quincy, Illinois and ended in a shootout in Clarence, Missouri on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. According to a news release from Troop B the police chase started around 8pm Wednesday night at…
Arrest warrants are now issued for three people believed to be involved in the homicide of 25 year old Chance Davis on June 27th in the 800 block of West Street in Mexico. According to Mexico Public Safety the warrants have been issued for 22 year old Deyton Curtis-Fisher of Mexico, 25 year old Timothy…
A Mexico man will spend 25 years in federal prison after he was sentenced for participating in a conspiracy to distribute a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. Forty nine year old Robert Joseph Reno was arrested as part of a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force operation. As part of the investigation, officers executed…
The nation’s first black priest, Father Augustus Tolton, is continuing to move toward sainthood. Servant of God Father Tolton’s cause of beatification and canonization recently advanced in Rome. Tolton was born into a slave family in 1854 in Ralls County. His family escaped to Qunicy as a child. The process to name Tolton a saint…
A 13 year old is recovering after being hit by a car last night [Thursday] in Hannibal. The boy was riding his bike at the intersection of Tilden and Hatch Avenue around 6:00, when a 21 year old man pulled in front of the bike, causing the teen to run into the car. The boy…
Quincy Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Hannibal woman for allegedly defrauding an elderly woman. Detectives received a report from the 83 year old woman she had hired 33 year old Carrie Watkins to complete repairs on her home, and she had paid several thousand dollars and was led to believe the…
A local priest is now one step closer to sainthood. Father Augustus Tolton has advanced in his canonization from being classified as “Servant of God” to “Blessed.” The Congregation of Causes of Saints signed off this month that Father Tolton had lived a life of heroic Christian virtues. August Tolton was born in Monroe County…
