Mexico Boys Scramble To Win In District Opener The Mexico High School boys basketball team rolled into the Class 4 District 8 opener against Moberly as a decided favorite. They had already beaten Moberly twice. Handily, each time (83-53 on 2/3, and 85-48 on 2/17). Midway through the fourth quarter they finally showed why they…… Continue Reading
Mexico City Council Meets In Regular Session Property at 1809 West Liberty is officially rezoned from residential to industrial at tonight’s (Monday’s) City Council meeting. The property is owned by Dennis Mommens who plans to eventually build a new facility for Mommens Heating & Cooling. Emery Sapp & Sons was awarded the bid to extend…… Continue Reading
Moberly Native Serves In U.S. Navy Helicopter Squadron Petty Officer 2nd Class Kayla Baker, a native of Moberly, serves with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71, operating out of San Diego, California. The squadron’s primary mission is to conduct sea control operations in open-ocean and coastal environments. This includes hunting for submarines, searching for surface targets…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/27/23 District play for Classes 1, 2, & 3 wrapped up over the weekend. In boys action Friday night, Glasgow advances to sectionals in Class 1 after beating Higbee while Clopton and Salisbury advance in Class 2, beating Cairo and Harrisburg respectively. In Class 3, South Shelby beat Palmyra and North Callaway…… Continue Reading
Three Weekend Accidents Injure Three Three accidents over the weekend send three people to area hospitals. The first crash happened Friday evening at 5:35 when a semi driven by a Florida man struck the driver’s side of a vehicle driven by 44-year old Beth Mayhew of Auxvasse while she was making a left-hand turn. The…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man Injured In Callaway County Accident A Callaway County accident yesterday afternoon (Thursday) sends a Mexico man to the hospital. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened on westbound I-70 at the 161 mile marker off ramp at 3:05 when a motorcycle ridden by 34-year-old Jonathan E. Holler was being towed with…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/24/23 Mexico Wrestling’s Grant Van Horn took home 5th place at the State Tournament yesterday (Thursday) in Columbia. In girls basketball district play last night (Thursday), championship matchups are set. In Class 1, Community R-VI will take on Wellsville-Middletown for the District 10 championship tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 in Madison. In Class…… Continue Reading
Centralia Wrestling Takes First Place In Class 1 Centralia Wrestling are now State Champions. For the first time in school history, they have taken the Class 1 State title following yesterday’s (Thursday’s) state tournament in Columbia. Individually, Brayden Dubes, Brayden Shelton, and Seth Hasekamp took first place honors with Weston Ward, and Rex Bryson taking…… Continue Reading
Montgomery County Crash Injures Two Teens Two Montgomery County teens injured in an accident last night (Wednesday). According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened just before 10:00 on Route J at Crooked Creek Road when a 2004 Chevy Cavalier driven by a 17-year-old Bellflower boy ran off the right side of the road…… Continue Reading
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
