Fire in Mexico at Bougainville Drive Claims Lives of Four Dogs and Two Cats Four small dogs and two small cats are dead after a fire yesterday afternoon (Monday) in Mexico at Bougainville Drive. Mexico Public Safety responded to the fire just after 12:30 and found a house with an attached carport and storage area…… Continue Reading
Statewide Tornado Drill Set for Tuesday, March 8 Mexico and other Missouri communities will be participating in the statewide tornado drill scheduled for tomorrow morning (Tuesday) at 10. According to a release from Mexico Public Safety, Audrain County Joint Communications will activate the city’s outdoor warning sirens and reminds residents that those are designed to…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Hires New Emergency Management Director Audrain County has a new Emergency Management Director. The Audrain County Commission announced this afternoon (Monday) that Interim Director Carl Donaldson has been promoted to the position. Donaldson has served in the interim capacity for the past six months. Prior to starting in the Emergency Management department, Donaldson…… Continue Reading
Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Selects Four Mexico Players to All District Team and Darren Pappas as Coach of the Year The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 4 District 8 All-District Teams are being released today (Monday). For the Mexico Bulldogs boys Isaiah Reams, Daeye Miller and Jordan Shelton were named to the team. Mexico head…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Shifting the Way They Report COVID-19 to the Community The Audrain County Health Department is shifting the way it reports COVID-19 in the Audrain County community. With the shift announced by the CDC earlier this week to an endemic mode of tracking, the Audrain County Health Department will now rely on…… Continue Reading
Mexico Bulldogs Boys Basketball Team Claims Second Consecutive District Championship The Mexico Bulldogs boys basketball team claimed their second consecutive District Championship after defeating the Macon Tigers 45-39 at the Centralia High School this afternoon (Saturday). It was a tight game throughout. Mexico held a 12-8 lead after the first quarter. Macon outscored the Bulldogs…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 3/5/22 The Mexico Bulldogs boys basketball team will look for a 2nd consecutive District Championship this afternoon when they play the Macon Tigers at the Centralia High School. Game tips at 1pm. The Wellsville-Middletown Tigers boys basketball team will play North Shelby in the quarterfinals of sectionals in the high school playoffs…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Seeing Decreasing COVID-19 Case Counts The number of COVID-19 cases in Audrain County is continuing to drop, according to the Audrain County Health Department. In their weekly report released this afternoon (Friday), there are 11 cases in the county, down 4 from last Friday. Active probable cases are down by 5 from last…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 3/4/22 The St. Louis Cardinals are announcing a ballot with 5 modern players who are up for induction into the Cardinals Hall of Fame this year. The names of the players were released yesterday (Thursday) and include Steve Carlton, George Hendrick, Matt Holliday, Matt Morris and Edgar Renteria. It is the first…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man Wanted on Felony Warrants Arrested with Help of Audrain County Sheriff’s Department K9 Unit A Mexico man is in the Audrain County Jail after arrest last night (Wednesday) where he is accused of fleeing on foot following a traffic stop. A Missouri State Trooper stopped a vehicle along US 54 near Audrain Road…… Continue Reading
