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Two parked cars, house hit in Mexico crash

June 19, 2020 8:31 AM Matt Ragsdale

Mexico authorities say no one was hurt after a driver crashed into two parked cars and a house Thursday afternoon.

Agricultural ties to COVID-19 cases in Missouri counties

May 19, 2020 8:18 PM Sydney Olsen

The Audrain County Health Department reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. Nine of those cases were linked to a hob business in the area, Brenneman Pork.

Audrain sheriff says missing Wyoming girl might be in county

May 19, 2020 4:07 PM Matthew Sanders

The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that a teen missing from Wyoming might be in the county.

SSM to close some clinics, pharmacies in Mid-Missouri

April 22, 2020 4:30 PM Matthew Sanders

SSM Health will close several clinics and pharmacies in Mid-Missouri in what it calls “an effort to ensure the viability of our medical ministry in Mid-Missouri.”

Mexico home suffers heavy damage in Tuesday fire

April 22, 2020 9:45 AM Matthew Sanders

A fire caused by smoking caused heavy damage to a Mexico home Tuesday.

SUNDAY UPDATES: New case of COVID-19 in Callaway County

April 19, 2020 7:03 AM Molly Stawinoga

Follow our live blog for Sunday updates as the coronavirus spreads across mid-Missouri.

Reptile dealer murder case to be heard in another county

April 10, 2020 4:17 PM ABC 17 News Team

The murder trial of a man accused in the killing of a Montgomery County reptile breeder has been moved to Audrain County.

Matthew Beauchamp was reported missing in April.

Charges filed in 2019 Mexico missing person case turned death investigation

April 7, 2020 1:12 PM Matt Ragsdale

Two Mid-Missouri sheriff’s offices said Tuesday afternoon that charges have been filed in connection with a Mexico missing person case going back to April 2019.

Mexico business owner delivering sack lunches during COVID-19 pandemic

March 30, 2020 11:32 AM Brittany Wiley

The owner of Dugout Bar & Grill in Mexico, Missouri, is packing and delivering sack lunches to the community.

SSM Health to end contracts with emergency room doctors, others at Mexico hospital

March 10, 2020 5:49 PM Lucas Geisler

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) SSM Health will end its relationship with a physician group this summer at its Mexico hospital. St. Mary’s Hospital in Audrain County will end its contracts with emergency room doctors at Schumacher Clinical Partners on May 23. The hospital will also part ways with SCP hospitalists there on June 23, according to

MoDOT Central District sign and a filled pothole.

MoDOT: ‘Potholes are blooming’

March 7, 2020 5:12 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation says crews will be focusing on repairing potholes through April. “There is a lot more than we’ve seen in previous years,” said Adam Pulley the Central District communications manager for MoDOT. According to a report from MoDOT, in 2019, the department patched roughly 730,000 potholes worth an

Audrain County reaches settlement with family of slain jail inmate

February 14, 2020 2:32 PM Associated Press

The mother of a Mid-Missouri county jail inmate who died after another inmate attacked him for nearly 20 minutes has settled a lawsuit for $5 million.

Part of Highway 22 closed after bridge deck collapse

February 11, 2020 11:10 AM Madison Fleck

One lane of Highway 22 was closed just east of Centralia on Tuesday after part of the bridge deck collapsed.

Mexico home suffers ‘significant’ fire damage

February 10, 2020 9:20 AM Madison Fleck

A home in Mexico, Missouri, suffered significant fire damage after flames broke out in the living room of the home.

Mid-Missouri sheriffs alerted to laser pointed at plane

February 3, 2020 4:20 PM Matt Ragsdale

At least three Mid-Missouri sheriff’s offices were alerted to a laser pointed at a flight over Montgomery, Audrain and Pike counties late Sunday night.

Mid-Missouri sheriff pans state plan to downsize prison system

January 20, 2020 2:24 PM Molly Stawinoga

In the State of the State address last week, Gov. Mike Parson announced a plan to downsize Missouri prison systems.

No one hurt after grain truck crashes into train in Mexico

January 17, 2020 8:41 AM Zachary Farwell

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after a grain truck hit a train in Mexico on Thursday morning. The collision happened around 9:05 a.m. in the 2000 block of W. Boulevard St. According to the Mexico Public Safety Department, Garp P. Riedel, 75, of Centralia, hit the train when he tried to drive around