A Thompson man suffered moderate injuries in a one-car accident in Audrain County on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route FF at Audrain County Road 977 when a vehicle driven by a 77-year-old Thompson man traveled off the right side of the road, striking…
The following businesses and churches have announced closings and cancellations due to the winter storm. Auxvasse Christian Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints-Mexico Ward cancelling all Sunday meetings Farber Presbyterian Church First Assembly of God in Mexico First Baptist Church of Laddonia Liberty Christian Church in Thompson Old Auxvasse Nine Mile Presbyterian…
Arson investigations are underway after fires were intentionally set north of Centralia and Thompson area. According to a press release sent out from Little Dixie Fire Protection District they responded to three separate fires over the past month. On February 21, Little Dixie responded to a vacant mobile home fire in the 15000 block of…
A Boone County accident yesterday (Thursday) afternoon sends a Fulton woman to an area hospital. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 47-year old Melody L. Koshmatka crossed the center line of Highway WW east of Purdy Lane and struck the left side of a truck driven by 60-year old Roger W. Allen of Thompson….
Two Mexico residents and a Thompson man are cash prize winners in Missouri’s 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine lottery. Marta Lynch and Nora Spurling were listed as winners on the state’s vaccine lottery website. You can view the winners and register to win at https://covidvaccine.mo.gov/win/vips/. There are three drawing remaining with the third of five drawings taking…
A Thompson, Missouri man is the 2020 points champion in the Lucas Oil Pro-pulling League. The league is on a national level and Terry Hagedorn won his 9th National Championship this year in the pro-modified 4 wheel drive division. He raced in a group of 16 or more in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and in Mexico,…
Polls open at 6 this morning and close at 7 tonight. Here are a list of polling places in Audrain County. Mexico Precincts: 1 -St. John’s Lutheran Church 2,3,4,-Courthouse Annex the old Pearl Motor Company Building 5-Southside Christian Church 6- First Presbyterian Church Vandalia Wards First Baptist Church Multi Purpose Building East Cuivre Modern…
16 of the 22 current active positive cases of COVID-19 in Audrain County are associated with workers at 2 hog feeding operations in Monroe and Audrain Counties according to the Audrain County Health Department. The Iowa-based Brenneman Pork has around 30 employees in Paris and Thompson. According to Audrain County Health Department the surge in…
Three Audrain County residents were injured in a crash involving a semi-truck last night on Route E, one half mile north of Highway 22. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 60 year old Phyliss Vanderhook of Benton City crossed the center line and struck a semi driven by 29 year old Timothy Armstrong of…
The Audrain County Road and Bridge Department has been awarded a nearly $200 thousand grant to replace three aging vehicles in their fleet. The grant came from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The funds came from a 2016 settlement with Volkswagen relating to the company’s sale of 590 thousand vehicles that were found to…
Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller is reporting a scam involving the Audrain County Collector’s Office. According to Oller, the collector’s office has received calls that residents are getting delinquent tax notices for 2017. After talking with citizens and gathering information, it appears to be a scam. The sheriff’s office is asking residents to closely review…
The Audrain County K9 unit made 5 arrests in three different incidents over the weekend. The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office reports 36 year old Evelyn Davenport and 44 year old Rex Griffin, both of Mexico were arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia along Audrain Road 353. They have posted bond and have been…
Three years after a Missouri State Trooper was killed in a car crash in Audrain County, the Sheriff’s Department still remembers. Sheriff Matt Oller says the fact that deputies and troopers share an office in the county made the death of Trooper James Bava a little harder. He says Bava was a great person to…
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory through tomorrow evening, with heat index values between 100 and 107 degrees. Heat is the numer one weather related killer in the United States with average of 618 deaths attributed to it between 1999 and 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It is advised…
The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a man who fled from a Missouri State Trooper was arrested today [Friday] in Ralls County. Tanner Spurlock was taken into custody at around 11:45. Authorities had been following up on leads since Wednesday when he ran from a traffic stop, and crashed at the intersection of Audrain…
