MO Corn Growers Association Honors Audrain County Farmer A Benton City man is honored during the annual meeting of the Missouri Corn Growers Association in Jefferson City yesterday (Wednesday). Jay Schutte was presented with the Honorary Lifetime Award from the organization. Other awards presented during the meeting include Outstanding Partner to Dale Amick of Jefferson…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 1/26/23 The Mexico Bulldogs host the Father Tolton Trailblazers in basketball action at the Mexico High School Sports Complex. 9th grade gets things underway at 5:00 followed by the JV boys around 6:15 with varsity action beginning around 7:30 on Gary Filbert Court. The 98th annual Bowling Green Tourney continues tonight with…… Continue Reading
Mexico-Audrain County Library District Resumes Some Services Following Ransomware Attack One of the main systems affected by last week’s ransomware attack on the Mexico-Audrain County Library District is back in service. The circulation system is now available again which will allow patrons to check materials out without staff using pencil and paper to track circulation.…… 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
KWWR Sports Report 1/25/23 Former Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen is the lone player to get 75% of all ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, earning him a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Rolen was drafted by the Phillies in the second round of the 1993 MLB Draft and…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 1/24/23 The first round of the 98th Annual Bowling Green Tourney is in the books. In girls action last night, Elsberry beat Van-Far 47 – 29, North Callaway defeated Clopton 45 – 41, Winfield defeated Bowling Green 49 – 44 and Silex bested Louisiana 64 – 57. Elsberry takes on North Callaway…… Continue Reading
Mexico Pins Boonville For 12th Win Of Season In a game that could have been mistaken for a wrestling match, particularly early on; the Mexico Bulldogs defeated the Boonville Pirates, 66-40, Monday night at the MHS Sportsplex. The win elevated the Bulldogs to 12-5 on the year. BHS fell to 7-10. The two teams tussled…… Continue Reading
Mexico City Council Hears Report On City Financial Audit For the 33rd straight year, Mexico’s financial documents pass an outside audit with flying colors. The report on the audit of the city’s financial reporting from independent auditors with Williams Keepers was the bulk of the bi-monthly meeting of the Mexico City Council tonight (Monday). In…… Continue Reading
Golf Talk With Greg Holman – #114 Black, blue, white, gray, yellow, red, green. There are so many choices of which tee to play. So how do you decide? I grew up on a public course that only had one set of tees. It wasn’t a long course but still, women and juniors were at…… Continue Reading
