Vandalia Native Gets Promotion A Vandalia native and Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper is getting promoted. According to the Patrol, Mark Hicks is being promoted to corporal and will be the assistant supervisor of the Marion & Ralls County zone. After graduation from Van-Far, Hicks served in the U.S. Army for four years and for…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/23/23 Mexico Lady Dawgs wrestler Alexus Johns’ season has come to an end. She competed at State yesterday in Columbia and picked up a first round pin and lost by fall in the quarterfinals and lost by decision in wrestlebacks. The district championship games are now set for boys basketball in Classes…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/22/23 Dennis Gates becomes just the third Mizzou basketball coach to win 20 or more games in his first season following last night’s overtime win. Nick Honor’s 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds left in overtime sealed the win for the Tigers over Mississippi State 66 – 64. Next up for the Tigers, a…… Continue Reading
Mexico Board of Education Meets In Regular Session The Mexico School Board approves personnel including a new Assistant Principal for Mexico High and Middle School and a new Special Education Director at tonight’s (Tuesday’s) board meeting. Kyle Louder will replace retiring Assistant Principal Tim Schoonover at MMS while Jennifer Caine will be a new Assistant…… Continue Reading
Golf Talk With Greg Holman – #118 Click play to listen to Greg’s blog, or, read below. This is part 3 in our 4 part series on how to break 40 on the local courses. Today we look at the Centralia Community Golf Course, formerly the Centralia Country Club, another nice 9 hole layout right…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/21/23 It’s a quad tonight at the Mexico Sports Complex as the Bulldogs host the Pirates of Hannibal. Junior Varsity gets underway at 5:00pm followed by Varsity girls at 6:30pm. Varsity boys will take the court around 8:00pm. The Mizzou women pick up an easy win on the road last night. They…… Continue Reading
New Junior & Senior High School Principal At Van-Far A Van-Far alum is coming back to the district, this time in an administrative role. Dr. Natalie Gibson has been hired to be the new Junior & Senior High School principal. Dr. Gibson is in her 21st year of education and her 16th in administration, currently…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/20/23 In Mizzou Tiger basketball, the men were unable to overcome an early deficit Saturday night against #25 Texas A&M at Mizzou Arena. Despite Kobe Brown’s 24 points and D’Moi Hodges’ 12, it wasn’t enough with the Aggies getting the 69 – 60 win. The Tiger women are back in action tonight…… Continue Reading
MHS Speech Team Picks Up Wins Saturday In Chesterfield Mexico High School’s Speech Team adds new hardware to their trophy cabinet following a win on Saturday. Marquette High School in Chesterfield was the host school for the largest tournament Mexico has competed in this season. Mexico competed against 29 other schools with more than 700…… Continue Reading
Mexico Boys Win, Girls Lose The Mexico varsity boys basketball team ran their record to 16-9 Friday night with a 85-48 road win over Moberly. The JV boys also had success on the night with a 47-22 victory to raise their record to 15-1. The night started however on a much different note, as the…… Continue Reading
