MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Public Safety Department is investigating a shooting that left a man hurt on Saturday afternoon. Police said officers responded to the 1000 block of Buchanan Street just before 1 p.m. to reports of a disturbance involving gunshots. According to the MPSD, several people started shooting at each other during an
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Ismail Muhidin, 20, and Hassan Mohamed, 25, were arrested Friday afternoon after a chase on Highway 54, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The chase started when a trooper tried to pull Muhidin and Mohamed over for speeding, the patrol said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers are out on high alert as the organization expects more traffic on highways and waterways for the Labor Day weekend. “I think over the next several days there’s gonna be a significant increase in traffic on all the major highways and interstates throughout the state and throughout
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) After a 13-year-old victim came forward, an Audrain County man was charged with multiple sex crimes against a child. Randall Giboney is charged with two counts of possession of child porn, sexual exploitation of a minor, child molestation, invasion of privacy and making a false report. According to court documents, a victim
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a man that died in a crash in February 2021in Audrain County have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against David Brenneke. Kristopher and Kerrie Grimes filed the lawsuit in Audrain Circuit Court Tuesday. According to the lawsuit, Cole Grimes’s parents allege Cole’s death was due to the negligence of
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AUDRAIN, Mo. (KMIZ) One man was seriously injured in a Saturday afternoon crash in Audrain County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the accident happened at 2 p.m. along Route J near Route O. 57-year-old Carle Wolfe was driving along Route J when he ran off the left side of the road
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson has requested federal assistance after severe storms and flooding in late June caused damage in 21 Missouri counties. “Due to extremely heavy rains and significant flash flooding in late June, Missouri experienced nearly $7.3 million in damage to roads and bridges alone,” Governor Parson said. “The joint preliminary
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Mexico Public Schools has released a comprehensive plan ahead of students returning to the classroom for the first day of school Aug 25.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Emergency 911 Center is updating its’ activation policy concerning the outdoor warning sirens after the National Weather Service changed its severe thunderstorms warnings. The National Weather Service will now issue severe thunderstorm warnings when winds are expected to be 80 miles per hour or more and large, damaging hail
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Missouri’s sales tax holiday is underway in the Show-Me State, as the holiday by state law is set to begin the first Friday of August and run through the following Sunday.
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Check back here for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple utility companies are reporting power outages affecting customers in Mid-Missouri. In Audrain County, multiple providers are reporting over 1,368 customers without power. Most reports without power are coming from Ameren in the Mexico area where over 1,300 customers are without power. Boone Electric Cooperative is reporting eight outages affecting 103 customers.
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Richard Dollens died at the Audrain Community Hospital in Mexico after the crash in the 900 block of Curtis Street, the Mexico Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
Continue Reading Firefighters were called to a duplex on Huntington Court at about 2:30 a.m. and found flames going through the roof of the building when they arrived, according to a Mexico Department of Public Safety news release.
Continue Reading MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Public Safety Department is investgiating a drive-by shooting of a vacant house on Wednesday evening. Officers responded at 9:25 p.m. to a report of gunshots on the 600 block of N. Craig. Officers report finding evidence of a white, four-door car had driven through the area and one of the
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Lary D. Turner, 71, was pronounced dead at University Hospital after the crash Sunday afternoon on Route B near Highway 54, just north of Auxvasse.
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Auxvasse man was taken to University Hospital after a crash Friday night. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports, 59-year-old Mark Crum, hit a roundabout curb on his motorcycle, causing him to be ejected. Crum suffered moderate injuries in the crash. He was wearing his helmet. It all happened
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is seriously injured after a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 54 in Audrain County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states that Jerome Woelfel, 80, was driving northbound on Highway 19 in a 2018 Chevy Equinox when Karen Tyler hit the vehicle in
Continue Reading Authorities arrested a man Friday in connection with a shooting earlier in the week.
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Audrain County deputies arrested a man after a multi-county chase early Friday morning.
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