Callaway County Drug Prescription Take Back Planned for This Week The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a prescription drug take back event this Saturday, April 22nd from 10am – 2pm. People can bring prescription medications to the Callaway County Water District II located at 2610 Westminster Avenue in Fulton. More In Callaway County…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 4/17/23 In the NBA playoffs yesterday (Sunday), Mexico, MO native Ty Lue’s Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Phoenix Suns 115-110 in Game 1 of their round 1 series. Lue, the head coach of the Clippers improved his playoff record to 47-24 in his coaching career. Missouri softball lost 7-6 to Ole Miss.…… Continue Reading
Nationally Ranked Mexico High School Academic Team Wins Second Ever District Championship The Mexico High School Academic Team is celebrating after winning its second District Title over the weekend. The tournament took place on Saturday. Mexico won the district championship by a score of 530-240 over Moberly, another nationally ranked team. Sophomore Camden Williams was…… Continue Reading
Search For Betty Hayes Continues The search for missing Monroe County resident Betty Hayes remains ongoing. According to a social media from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, they received a report of a piece of purple plant material being found along Route C in southern Monroe County on Wednesday evening. The caller remembered the description…… Continue Reading
Mokane Man With Serious Injuries In Callaway County Accident A Mokane man has serious injuries following an accident in Callaway County last night (Thursday). According to the Missouri Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route C at Moore Road. A vehicle driven by 55-year-old Kerri Pierson went off the right side of the road,…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 4/14/23 In high school baseball the Mexico Bulldogs defeated the Centralia Panthers 9-1 last night (Thursday). Centralia opened up the scoring in the second inning, when Ethan Adams singled and scored a run. Mexico notched four runs in the third inning with walks by Landyn Kleinsorge, Tyson Carr and singles by Ty…… Continue Reading
New Masking Guidelines at MU Health Care Facilities MU Health Care is lifting universal masking requirements for all MU Health Care hospitals and clinics, effective today (Thursday). There are exceptions, including for those patients experiencing respiratory symptoms, those who have tested COVID-19 positive or had an exposure in the last 10 days, and for those…… Continue Reading
Two Arrested and One Taken to Hospital Following Incident in Mexico Two people are facing charges following an arrest in Mexico last (Wednesday) night. Mexico Public Safety Department responded to the 400 block of Bolivar around 6:20 in reference to a disturbance. According to the press release personnel learned that 23-year-old Amar N. Sykes and…… Continue Reading
Boone County Fire Shuts Down Route Z Part of a state highway in Boone County is back open after being shut down for a while yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). A public alert was sent at around 2:30 yesterday afternoon saying Route Z was closed north of East Rob Cook Road. A large cloud of black smoke…… Continue Reading
Mexico’s Grant Norfleet Honored as Outstanding Junior at Mizzou Mexico native Grant Norfleet is being recognized by the Mizzou College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources program. It was announced yesterday (Wednesday). Norfleet was selected as the 2023 Outstanding Junior. Norfleet tells KWWR/KXEO, “I was humbled to be recognized as CAFNR’s Outstanding Junior. The college…… Continue Reading
