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Audrain County teen walking through Mexico is struck by Callaway County driver
A Callaway County man strikes an Audrain County teen while driving through southwest Mexico. The Mexico Department of Public Safety reports that Jacob Barnes, 20, of Fulton, was driving his vehicle on Fairground Road Wednesday night around 9 o’clock when the accident occurred. Police say Barnes was cleaning his windshield with washer fluid and didn’t see the 16-year-old male walking in the road.
Momma dog & her litter saved during Audrain County house fire
An overnight fire causes serious damage to an Audrain County home. The Mexico Department of Public Safety says the call came in Wednesday night shortly after 11:30 about a fire on Bougainville Drive. When crews arrived, flames were coming from a bedroom window. Firefighters were able to contain the fire...
Litter of six puppies rescued from house fire in Mexico, MO
A litter of puppies was rescued from a house fire in Audrain County on June 26. The Mexico Public Safety Department (MPSD) responded to reports of a residential fire on Bougainville Drive on Wednesday. Around 11:30 p.m., fire crews arrived on the scene and found flames coming from a bedroom...
Man dies after pole falls, hit him during storm in Audrain County
The Audrain County Sheriff's Office reported that one person died because of Tuesday’s storms. On their Facebook page, they said that they and fire responders were called to Audrain Road 408 in the Martinsburg area for a report of an unresponsive man. Medical personnel were rendering aid to the...
UPDATE: Martinsburg-area farmer killed in Tuesday’s storms
A farmer from mid-Missouri’s Martinsburg has been killed in Tuesday night’s severe thunderstorms in Audrain County. Former 939 the Eagle reporter Mathew Pilger, who is now with Mexico radio station KXEO, reports farmer Mike Ahrens was killed when putting a tractor in a shed on a farm. Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller tells Mr. Pilger that a power pole snapped and knocked Mr. Ahrens off the tractor.
Teenage pedestrian injured after accidentally being hit by car in Audrain County
The Mexico Department of Public Safety (MPSD) announced that a teenager was accidentally struck by a car on June 26. Around 9 p.m., law enforcement responded to a report of a car accident involving a 16-year-old pedestrian on Fairgrounds Road in Mexico. According to a press release, a 20-year-old driver...
Mexico man charged for allegedly shooting brother 17 times
The Audrain County Prosecutor has filed charges against a Mexico man for allegedly fatally shooting his brother in May 2024. Stephen L. Welch, 30, faces charges of second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon for the shooting death of his brother Christopher Welch, 36, 17 times with a handgun.
Storms knock out power to thousands in Mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people were without power on Tuesday in Mid-Missouri as storms entered the area. There were 432 Boone Electric Cooperative customers without power on 26 reported outages at the outages' peak, according to Boone Electric’s outage map. A majority of the outages appeared to be near the Midway area. The number The post Storms knock out power to thousands in Mid-Missouri appeared first on ABC17NEWS.
Audrain County man convicted of being felon in possession of a firearm
An Audrain County man, charged in connection with a shooting three years ago, is convicted on one of those charges. The Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney says Trayvon Walls, 33, of Mexico, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm yesterday. The trial was held from June 24 to the 26 and it took the jury 40 minutes to return with the verdict. Walls will be sentenced on August 5 and faces a minimum sentence of three years in prison and a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.
Here's what you need to know: Thursday, June 27
Man struck by pole in Audrain County, killed during strong storms Tuesday. An Audrain man was killed in Martinsburg on Tuesday after a utility pole broke during high winds and struck him on the head. According to a press release, members of Audrain County Sheriff's Office were called in the...
Florissant man seriously injured in Audrain County rollover crash
A Florissant man was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Route P in Audrain County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Gary Kemp, 34, was driving a box truck when he went off the side of the road and overturned several times,...
Man struck by pole in Audrain County, killed during strong storms Tuesday
An Audrain man was killed in Martinsburg on Tuesday after a utility pole broke during high winds and hit him. According to a press release, members of Audrain County Sheriff's Office were called in the late afternoon to investigate a report of an unresponsive man along Audrain Road 408. Medical personnel at the scene determined the man, Mike Ahrens, was dead at the scene of the incident.
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