AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver in a May 16 crash in Audrain County that left three young children injured has been charged with DWI and other felonies. Chloe Anne Hees, 29, was charged with driving while intoxicated, three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, two misdemeanors – reckless driving and failure
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old Mexico, Missouri, man was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Highway 15 at Audrain County Road 355, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, Michael Blankenship was heading northbound when he failed to negotiate a right turn onto County Road 355. The 2016
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A Sturgeon man who died after an hours-long standoff with law enforcement Tuesday was on probation and wanted for an assault earlier that day.
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MEXICO, Missouri (KMIZ) No one was injured in a house fire in Mexico Friday afternoon on the 800 block of South Jefferson Street. The Mexico Public Safety Department said firefighters responded to the fire at the two-story home at 12:36 p.m. and when they arrived they found a fire in an upstairs bedroom and the
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with several child sex crimes on Thursday. Rodney Joe Botz, born in 1962, was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of fourth-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Audrain County Jail without bond. A confined docket hearing is scheduled
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A federal judge in Jefferson City sentenced a Columbia man to 15 years in prison Monday for a Boonville bank robbery.
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Audrain County’s prosecuting attorney on Tuesday said he had declined to file charges against a man accused of killing his brother pending further investigation.
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated to correct the location of the crash. A single-vehicle crash in Audrain County Thursday night sent four people to University Hospital. The crash happened on Route N one mile south of Martinsburg at 9:30 p.m., when a 2005 Cadillac driven by Chloe Hees, 29,
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A 18-year-old man was shot Wednesday afternoon in Mexico, Missouri, and police say it appears to be an accident.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Louisiana, Missouri, man was charged on Tuesday with two counts of second-degree statutory rape after authorities say he engaged in sexual acts with a teenager. The victim allegedly told law enforcement that they were sexually assaulted by Jacob Baker, 22, while he was traveling through Audrain County on May 26 or
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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.
Continue Reading 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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