Audrain County R-VI FFA Chapter is Golden The Audrain County R-VI FFA Chapter in Laddonia have plenty of honors from the 85th annual FFA convention that wrapped up in Columbia at the Hearnes Center last week. The chapter was named a Gold Emblem Chapter and ranked 6th out of 355 chapters in the State. The…… Continue Reading
Sause Brings Home State Medal to Mexico High School Mexico High School’s William Sause brought home a medal after competing in the MSHAA State Speech and Debate Tournament over the weekend. Sause finished 6th in the State of Missouri in Storytelling. Also qualifying for the tournament for Mexico was Mia Moeller in Dramatic and the…… Continue Reading
Vandalia Man Injured In Audrain County Vehicle Accident After Suffering Medical Condition A Vandalia man is recovering from moderate injuries following a one-car-accident in Audrain County on Saturday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened on US 54, one mile west of Laddonia when the driver of a vehicle. 40-year-old Dustan W. Pease…… Continue Reading
Thunderstorm Causes Hail Damage In Mexico Storm damage is being reported in several places of the listening area following a thunderstorm yesterday (Thursday) afternoon that brought golf ball sized hail. In Mexico, the license bureau on North Abat had damage to siding on the back of the building. Several residents on Savannah Court and Curtis…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man With Moderate Injuries In Audrain County Accident A Mexico man is recovering from moderate injuries following a one-car accident in Audrain County last night (Tuesday). According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened on US 54 westbound, just south of County Road 964. A vehicle driven by 30-year-old Joshua H. Benton went off…… 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
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
Mexico City Council Approves Permit to Construct Solar Farm Construction of a commercial solar farm in Mexico has been given a green light. A public hearing was held during Monday night’s Mexico City Council meeting. After the public hearing the Mexico City Council voted to approve a request from Envoy Solar, LLC and Mark Korman,…… Continue Reading
Community R-VI Teacher Seriously Injured In Audrain County Accident Opens Her Eyes A Laddonia woman who was taken by survival flight with serious injuries following a vehicle accident in Audrain County last week remains in the hospital. 47-year-old Caryn Atkinson is a teacher with the Community R-VI School District and was a passenger in the…… Continue Reading
All In Atkinson Fundraiser Planned for Laddonia Family Involved In Serious Car Accident Raffle donation items are being collected for a Laddonia woman and her son following a serious car accident in Audrain County on Saturday. Caryn Atkinson and her son Sam were involved in the accident. Caryn is a teacher at the Community R-VI…… Continue Reading
