New Kentucky Fried Chicken Set to Open Soon in Mexico A new Kentucky Fried Chicken is getting ready to open in Mexico, MO after an over 13 year absence. The new KFC will still be at the same location as the previous one at 302 West Jackson, however will be under new ownership. AMPEX Brands/KFC…… Continue Reading
Mexico Bulldogs Boys Basketball Team Showcases Defensive Gem Against Pattonville In Ramey Shootout The Class 4 Mexico Bulldogs boys basketball team took down the Class 6 Pattonville Pirates 55-28 in the Ramey Midwest Showdown Shootout at the Harrisburg High School tonight (Saturday). The Bulldogs defense held Pattonville to just 13 first half points and only…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/5/22 The Tigers men’s basketball team is on the road this afternoon, headed to College Station Texas to take on the Texas A&M Aggies. The Tigers are trying to stop a 4-game losing streak, their last win coming January 18th against Ole Miss. The Aggies aren’t faring much better, they’ve lost their…… Continue Reading
First COVID-19 Death In Child Between Birth & 9 Years Old Reported In Boone County Boone County is reporting their first death from COVID-19 in the birth to 9-year old age range. The child died January 14th according to the Columbia / Boone County Public Health & Human Services’ daily update yesterday (Friday). The agency…… Continue Reading
Snow Totals From National Weather Service Official totals are being released after the snow storm hit the area over the past several days. According to the National Weather Service at weather.gov the totals were accumulated from Tuesday night through yesterday (Thursday) at noon. Mexico received 9.1 inches, Vandalia had 12 inches, Bowling Green with 10.1…… Continue Reading
Golf Talk With Greg Holman – #64 My favorite golf tournament, next to the Master’s, is any tournament competed at Pebble Beach. The Pebble Beach AT&T Pro-Am is being played this weekend over three courses on the Monterey Peninsula. Television just doesn’t do it justice. It truly is magnificent and it’s a public course… At…… Continue Reading
Missouri Veterans Homes Win Award Six of the seven Missouri Veterans Homes are now award winners. Homes in Mexico, Warrensburg, Cameron, St. James, Mt. Vernon and Cape Girardeau have won the Best In Class customer experience award from Pinnacle Quality Insight. These six homes have won the award for three consecutive years and in all…… Continue Reading
Mexico High School Wrestling Set to Compete at Districts at North Point High School The Mexico High School girls wrestling team is getting ready to compete in Class 1 District 2 at the North Pointe High School this weekend. Weigh ins tomorrow (Friday) start at 9:30am and wrestling starts at 11am. On Sunday weigh ins…… Continue Reading
Snow Days Covered In The Calendar For The Mexico School District Students and staff in the Mexico School District will not have to make up the 3 days missed this week due to inclement weather. Mexico Superintendent Melissa Chastain says the hours are already built in this year’s school calendar that are state requirements and…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/4/22 The Missouri Tigers women’s basketball team fell 61-45 to 25th ranked Ole Mississippi yesterday (Thursday) at Mizzou Arena. LaDazhia Williams paced the Tigers, scoring 24 points. Up next the Mizzou women will travel to Knoxville to take on Tennessee next week on Thursday, February 10th at 7pm. Jordan Kyrou will represent…… Continue Reading
