COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was already sentenced to 50 years in prison was given another sentence for five years on Thursday in Randolph County. William Dahl, 40, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after he entered an Alford plea for first-degree statutory rape. He was previously sentenced 50
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor-trailer fire in Mexico, Missouri, affected traffic on a main thoroughfare Monday. The Mexico Department of Public Safety says personnel were called to a fire on the Highway 54 bypass at about 7 a.m. A 2000 Peterbilt hauling corn was on fire and the cab was fully involved, according to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged on Thursday with several child sex crimes. Christopher Lee Boyd, 30, was charged with three counts of first-degree statutory rape and three counts of statutory sodomy. A warrant was issued and no bond was set. A court date has not been scheduled. Court documents claim Boyd
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with murder in the July overdose death of a 62-year-old Mexico, Missouri woman. Shelbi R. Hamilton and Timothy R. Hoffman, both of Mexico, were charged Tuesday. Hamilton is charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance. Hoffman is charged with second-degree murder, delivery of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was charged Friday with four felonies after he allegedly fired a shot at a vehicle along Highway 54. Jessie L. Deere of Martinsburg, Missouri, is charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and first-degree harassment. Deere is accused of firing a .38-caliber
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged in Boone County on Wednesday after he was accused of placing a hidden camera in a residential bathroom. Tony Dean Jones Jr. was charged with invasion of privacy, attempted sexual exploitation of a child and misdemeanor attempted invasion of privacy. A motion to set bond was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A public information meeting has been announced for a bridge replacement project on Highway 22 in Audrain and Boone counties, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says a bridge over a railroad that’s just west of Highway 151 will be replaced in 2027. Most
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Western Smokehouse Partners will invest more than $67 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The new facility is expected to create 280 new jobs, the release says. The 300,000-square-foot facility – which will specialize in
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Audrain County, the City of Mexico and Boone Heath have taken the next steps to get a hospital up and running. On Monday, the Audrain County Commission, County Health Department, and Boone Health signed a letter of intent to begin building a Medicare-certified critical access hospital in Mexico. This comes after city
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An Audrain County jailer has been accused of helping smuggle drugs into the jail including heroin.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was charged on Tuesday with several child sex crimes that allegedly occurred between 2000-08. Adam Charles Reeves, 37, of Laddonia, was charged with three counts of first-degree child molestation and three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. He was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 10:36 a.m. Monday
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Police are looking for the person or people who shot school buses and the garage housing them Saturday.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder in the 2020 killing of a Mexico, Missouri man. Timothy Scott Midgyett, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and first-degree burglary in the death of Chance Davis. He was sentenced to 25 years in
Continue Reading Police arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly driving a vehicle that hit a utility pole and drove away Tuesday morning.
Continue Reading A Columbia man was unhurt after a train hit the back of the truck Saturday in Mexico, Missouri.
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A man who was accused of shooting himself and a woman early Saturday in Callaway County has been charged with 10 felonies.
Continue Reading A woman was killed when two vehicles collided head-on on a railroad overpass, the Mexico, Missouri, Department of Public Safety said Friday.
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A jury found a Mexico, Missouri man guilty of drug trafficking and firearm charges on Monday.
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A Rush Hill, Missouri, man faces several charges after he allegedly burglarized a vehicle and barn on someone’s Audrain County property.
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Local governments have partnered with a non-profit foundation to buy a shuttered hospital in Mexico, Missouri.
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