A Northeast Missouri member of the House of Representatives is being accused of receiving a sexual favor from an intoxicated teen while he was a police officer. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Representative Chad Perkins, who serves parts of Monroe, Lincoln, Ralls, and Pike counties, received the favor in 2015. Citing a report from…
The only grocery store in Ralls County will remain open. Owners of Hickman’s IGA in Perry have sold the business to Jordan and Megan Branstetter, who start learning the ropes of the business this month before taking ownership June 28th. The Branstetters plan to carry on the Hickman’s name and IGA affiliation, and are thinking…
Nearly 19 million dollars in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program money is being awarded today (Wednesday). According to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the funding will help communities recently affected by disasters. The City of Louisiana received 2 grants totaling just over 95 thousand dollars to install a generator at their water treatment…
A bill to increase the gas tax is now passed by Republican lawmakers in Missouri. The GOP-led House voted 104-52 last (Tuesday) night to raise Missouri’s 17-cent gas tax by 2.5 cents a year until it hits 29.5 cents per gallon in 2025. The bill would pay for road and bridge maintenance by providing around…
Missouri State Representative Chad Perkins was the featured guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today. Perkins represents District 040 including Monroe, Pike, Lincoln, and Ralls Counties. He answered questions about Medicaid expansion in Missouri and the Senate race in 2022 for Roy Blunts seat.
Former Center City Clerk Tracey Ray now indicted by a federal grand jury. Ray was arrested yesterday (Tuesday) and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Noce today (Wednesday). Ray is accused of fraudulently taking more than three hundred thousand dollars from the City of Center between January of 2015 and July of 2019. Monies were…
An audit of Center, Missouri’s finances by State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office results in a poor rating by the agency. The audit was requested in July of last year by the city’s Board of Aldermen following a whistleblower complaint. According to the audit, the former City Clerk of Center misappropriated more the three hundred thousand…
With students going back or getting ready to back to school eating and sleeping habits may need to change. Jim Meyer, Health and Education Specialist with the Ralls County MU Extension Office was a guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the AM I Awake Morning Show with Matt Pilger today (Friday). He provided some tips…
One woman and two deputies were injured in an altercation that led to shots being fired on Spencer Creek Lane in Ralls County last night. [Tuesday] Sergeant Eric Brown with the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the Ralls County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a distraught woman who was armed. During an altercation…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Mark Twain Lake are warning boaters of a large amount of debris on the lake due to high water levels. The debris is creating hazards that are making some areas difficult to maneuver. The debris can also move and fluctuate throughout the day with wind patterns. Currently, Clarence…
A longtime game warden in Ralls County died on Thursday. Christopher Cox had been with the Missouri Department of Conservation for over 30 years. He earned several distinctions including Missouri State Water Patrol Citizen Service Citation in 2004, the National Wildlife Turkey Federation’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer of the year in 2001 and the Missouri…
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 Center teen has been arrested after an alleged threat was made towards Mark Twain Junior-Senior High School on Friday. According to the Ralls County Sheriff’s Office the threat was allegedly made by 17 year old Tyler Lanier on the social media app, Snapchat. Other adults and a juvenile had also been interviewed as part…
The National Weather Service says confidence is increasing for a significant winter storm tomorrow [Sunday] which is reported to be one of the most popular travel days of the year. A winter storm will bring the potential for significant snow across northern Missouri. Strong gusty winds reaching 40 miles per hour are expected which will…
A Springfield, Missouri woman is in serious condition after hitting a deer in Ralls County Saturday morning. According the Highway Patrol, 25 year old Tosha Reed was northbound on Route H when she hit the deer and ran off the east side of the road, overturned and hit a utility pole. She was taken by…
