Boone County Fire Protection Districts Asks Voters For No Tax Increase Bond Issue Voters in the Boone County Fire Protection District will see a bond issue for the district on the April 4th ballot. The no tax increase bond issue would allow the district to issue eight million dollars worth of bonds to acquire real…… Continue Reading
Three Weekend Accidents Injure Three Three accidents over the weekend send three people to area hospitals. The first crash happened Friday evening at 5:35 when a semi driven by a Florida man struck the driver’s side of a vehicle driven by 44-year old Beth Mayhew of Auxvasse while she was making a left-hand turn. The…… Continue Reading
Centralia Wrestling Takes First Place In Class 1 Centralia Wrestling are now State Champions. For the first time in school history, they have taken the Class 1 State title following yesterday’s (Thursday’s) state tournament in Columbia. Individually, Brayden Dubes, Brayden Shelton, and Seth Hasekamp took first place honors with Weston Ward, and Rex Bryson taking…… Continue Reading
Man Found Guilty In Audrain & Boone County Fraud Cases Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is announcing the conviction of a Holts Summit man for committing fraud in Audrain and Boone counties. Blake Mahoney was found guilty of Financial Exploitation of the Elderly and Deceptive Business Practices. Mahoney defrauded eleven consumers by demanding money upfront…… Continue Reading
Centralia Schools Set Open House For New Central Office The Centralia Public Schools have a new Central Office and they are preparing to show it off to patrons. An open house is scheduled for Monday evening from 3:30 until 6:30. The district says they’ve been in the facility for a little over a month and…… Continue Reading
Centralia Electric Customers Will Pay More For Service The City of Centralia is raising the base fee for electric service on both residential and commercial accounts. According to a Facebook post from the city, the base fee of $11.05 will rise to $16 as of February 1st. The city says they contract with Ameren Missouri…… Continue Reading
Boone County Accident Kills Paris Man An accident in Boone County yesterday afternoon (Monday) kills a Paris man. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 12:20 on Route Z a quarter mile south of Liddell Lane when a cement truck driven by 22-year-old Troy W. Boshears of Paris ran off the…… Continue Reading
Centralia Young Farmers Host Lighted Tractor Parade Tonight The 15th Annual Lighted Tractor Parade in Centralia is tonight (Friday). Those wanting to be in the parade are asked to meet at MFA by 6:30. The parade begins at 7:00 at MFA and then heads north on Jefferson to Switzler west to Allen, south to Sneed…… Continue Reading
Centralia Man Killed in Car – Train Accident An accident Saturday night kills a Centralia man. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the crash happened just east of Sturgeon when a pickup driven by 67-year-old Ceno McGee of Centralia was eastbound on Keil Road parallel with the railroad tracks and turned south onto Jennings…… Continue Reading
Unofficial Election Results from Boone & Monroe Counties Voters in Boone County decide on use taxes and a few contested county office races. Unofficial results from yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) election show Kip Kendrick getting the win for Presiding Commissioner, Bob Nolte won the Recorder race, Kyle Rieman garnered the win for the County Auditor and the…… Continue Reading
