MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Commission on Tuesday issued a letter to residents that lays out the specific conditions in which it would support Noble Health/Ziva. Nobel Health announced the closure of its hospitals in 2022. Rural health care has been an issue across Missouri. according to the 2021 Health in Rural Missouri report, there
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A factory in Mexico, Missouri, that makes commercial linens was back up and running Monday after a fire Friday night.
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A large power outage left nearly 400 Boone Electric Cooperative members in the dark mid-morning Friday.
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Editor’s note: A previous version of this story mistakenly identified the business as a bank. MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged after she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of bank deposits from a vet clinic. Terry Davenport, of Benton City, was charged with stealing more than $25,000. A warrant was
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with second-degree arson after he was accused of setting a shed on fire Friday night in the 800 block of West Liberty Street. Travis Saylor, 35, was arrested on Saturday and booked into the Audrain County Jail, according to a press release from the Mexico Public
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MEXICO, Mo (KMIZ) Audrain County officials and Boone Health signed a non-disclosure agreement at the Audrain Courthouse Rotunda on Friday afternoon. The agreement allows Boone Health to review the needs of Audrain County to help develop a master plan to get a hospital back in the area that best suits the needs of the community.Â
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been proposed for former employees who worked at Nobel Health facilities in Fulton and Mexico. Nobel Health announced the closure of its hospitals in 2022. Rural health care has been an issue across Missouri. according to the 2021 Health in Rural Missouri report, there are 55 rural counties
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A 17-year-old Monroe County boy was charged Thursday with premeditated murder in Audrain County.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Wednesday after authorities claim he was responsible for shooting at people in four separate instances. Floyd Dudley Jr., of Mexico, Missouri, was charged with first-degree attempted assault. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and no bond was set. A court date has not been
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was taken to University Hospital after being hit by a truck in Audrain County. Terry Follis, 63, was hit by a 2014 Ford F250 Towing Trailer on Westbound Highway 54 west of Audrain Road 964 at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The online
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal case — that accused a former Mexico, Missouri, elementary school teacher of child abuse — was dismissed on Thursday, according to Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger. Katrina Dukes was charged with child abuse and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. “Our office did not believe we could prove the elements of
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Public Safety Department learned that five guns were stolen after it and other law enforcement agencies chased a stolen white Toyota Camry on Friday morning. According to a press release from the Mexico Public Safety Department, police were alerted of suspicious activity in the south-central part of Mexico. Officers tried
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who now resides in the country of Mexico was charged with rape and domestic assault on Monday in Audrain County, according to court documents. Kevin Garcia Hernandez – who was born in 2003 – was charged in one case with two counts of first-degree rape and one count of
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes on Friday. Nickolas Gage Crum – whose birth year is listed as 2005 – was charged with first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the Audrain County
Continue Reading MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with first-degree rape on Friday for alleged sexual assaults that occurred between 2008-09, according to court documents. A warrant was issued for Roger Allen Curtis, 64, on Friday and no court date was set. No bond was set for the warrant. Court documents say the Mexico
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnhart woman was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes from 2018. Jennifer Huddleston, 35, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree promoting child pornography. She was initially charged with child sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree promoting
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Friday with sodomy and other felonies after authorities say he sexually assaulted a child in June. Matthew Dakota Thompson, 23, was charged with first-degree sodomy, kidnapping, first-degree sexual abuse and fourth-degree child molestation. Casenet indicates his residence is in Vandalia, while the probable cause statement says he
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No injuries were reported in an Audrain County fire, but a restaurant and an attached apartment burnt down on Wednesday.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man has been charged with first-degree arson and armed criminal action after he was accused of setting a fire at an apartment building on Saturday that killed three pets. James Schade, 42, was arrested by Columbia police on Wednesday and is currently being held at the Boone County Jail.
Continue Reading Audrain and Callaway counties are collectively owed nearly $528,000 in property taxes from Nobel Health while bankruptcy proceedings continue.Â
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