Catholic School Week Celebration A celebration is underway at Catholic Schools this week. Yesterday (Sunday) kicked off the annual Catholic Schools week which will run through Friday. Kathy Coulson, principal at the St. Brendan Catholic School in Mexico says the theme for the week is faith, excellence and service. St. Brendan has 176 students enrolled…… Continue Reading
Columbia’s New Trash System Officially Underway
Columbia’s New Trash System Officially Underway The City of Columbia’s new trash system officially starts today (Monday). Each household will receive 52 trash bags every 6 months or 102 trash bags a year. According to the City of Columbia, the new system is expected to reduce up to 6,000 tons of waste annually. Each bag…… Continue Reading
Juvenile With Burns After Columbia House Fire
Juvenile With Burns After Columbia House Fire A juvenile is recovering from burns after a fire on Quail Drive in Columbia early this morning (Monday). According to a report from ABC 17 News the Columbia Fire crews responded to the 2600 block of Quail Drive around 2:20 this morning, and saw smoke coming from the…… Continue Reading
Urban Trout Season Opens Monday
Urban Trout Season Opens Monday Monday is the first day of catch and keep trout season at urban trout impoundments. Area lakes stocked with include Kiwanis lake in Mexico’s Plunkett Park, Cosmo-Bethel Park in Columbia, Veterans’ Park in Fulton and McKay lake in Jefferson City. A fishing license is need to fish for trout and…… Continue Reading
Final Tally On Deer Harvested in 2020-2021 Season Released
Final Tally On Deer Harvested in 2020-2021 Season Released Missouri hunters harvested more than 296,000 deer during the 2020-2021 season, up nearly 11,000 from the previous season. Archery season ended January 15th. Local county totals for the whole deer season are: Audrain: 2,340 Boone: 3,208 Monroe: 3,700 Montgomery: 3,142 Pike: 4,306 Ralls: 2,528 Randolph: 2,530…… Continue Reading
Mexico Wrestlers Compete in Quad Action Friday and Pick Up Wins
Mexico Wrestlers Compete in Quad Action Friday and Pick Up Wins Mexico wrestlers come up with wins yesterday in a quad with Brookfield, Kirksville, and Palmyra. On the girls side, Katie Bowen, Kaylynn Pehle, Choice Foster, and Ivy Perez picked up wins over Brookfield, against Kirksville it was Bowen, Foster and Perez with wins joined…… Continue Reading
Missouri Capitol Renovations Now Complete
Missouri Capitol Renovations Now Complete Renovations to the Missouri Capitol building are now complete. The project, funded by bonds, started in June of 2015 and were finished last month. The first phase of the project dealt with infrastructure improvements and waterproofing of the more than 100 year old statehouse. Phase two involved renovating the historic…… Continue Reading
Tebbetts Church Vandalism Investigation Update
Tebbetts Church Vandalism Investigation Update Callaway County Sheriff’s office investigating vandalism to a second historically black church in the county in the last 3 months. The Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tebbetts was vandalized between the overnight hours of January 22nd and the early-morning hours of January 23rd. Suspects have been identified by…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Releases Numbers From Mass COVID-19 Vaccination in Mexico
Audrain County Health Department Releases Numbers From Mass COVID-19 Vaccination in Mexico The numbers are in from the mass vaccination clinic held yesterday (Friday) at the Mexico Memorial Airport. According to the Audrain County Health Department, roughly 1,600 vaccinations were delivered. Those eligible were Missouri residents age 65 or over and those 18 and over…… Continue Reading
Mexico High School All State Golfer Lily Knipfel Signs Letter of Intent to Play for Columbia College
Mexico High School All State Golfer Lily Knipfel Signs Letter of Intent to Play for Columbia College Mexico High School Golfing great Lily Knipfel signed her letter of intent to play for Columbia College this afternoon. Knipfel was an All State Golfer for 3 years. She is the daughter of John and Carey Lynn Knipfel.… Continue Reading
