Mexico Chamber Awards Dinner Friday Night The Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring the Colonel C.R. Stribling Award winner Todd Yager is coming up Friday evening at the Audrain County 4-H Center. Besides Yager, other honorees include: Educator of the Year goes to Alexandria Stuckenschneider from Hawthorne Elementary, the Soybean Festival picks up the…… Continue Reading
Fire & Foot Pursuit Keep MPSD Busy Sunday Night & Monday Morning Mexico Public Safety is releasing details on two house fires late last night (Sunday) and early this morning (Monday) along with a foot pursuit. The first fire was just before 8:00 last night (Sunday) in the 900 block of East Jackson and was…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man Found Guilty of Child Sex Crimes A seven woman, five man jury in Audrain County convicts a Mexico man of multiple child sex crimes Friday. Following four hours of deliberation, the jury found 36-year-old Gregory Saulnier guilty of rape, sodomy, statutory sodomy, three counts of child molestation and two counts of enticement of…… Continue Reading
Drug Busts In Mexico Leads to Seizures of Methamphetamine Recent drug busts in Mexico land four Mexicoans in jail. According to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department, they, the East Central Drug Task Force, Mexico Public Safety and the Missouri State Highway Patrol served two search warrants in the early morning hours Monday at two unrelated…… Continue Reading
Mexico Entrepreneur Presents At State Conference A Mexico business owner is being asked to speak at a state conference this weekend. Brandt Schisler, who along with his wife Kelsey own Hickory Ridge Orchard, will be presenting at the Mid-America Organic Conference in Hartsburg Friday and Saturday. He’ll share what they’ve learned growing organic fruit trees,…… Continue Reading
More Services Restored At Mexico-Audrain County Library District More services are being restored at the Mexico-Audrain County Library District after last week’s ransomware attack. According to Director Christal Bruner, access to HOOPLA Digital, HeritageQuest, Ebsco and Novelist have been returned to service. Access to Libby/Overdrive is still down as the district’s vendor works to restore…… Continue Reading
Mexico-Audrain County Library District Resumes Some Services Following Ransomware Attack One of the main systems affected by last week’s ransomware attack on the Mexico-Audrain County Library District is back in service. The circulation system is now available again which will allow patrons to check materials out without staff using pencil and paper to track circulation.…… Continue Reading
Mexico City Council Hears Report On City Financial Audit For the 33rd straight year, Mexico’s financial documents pass an outside audit with flying colors. The report on the audit of the city’s financial reporting from independent auditors with Williams Keepers was the bulk of the bi-monthly meeting of the Mexico City Council tonight (Monday). In…… Continue Reading
Library Continues to Work on Restoring Service Administrators at the Mexico-Audrain County Library District continue to work to return to normal service following a ransomware attack last week. The facilities of the district remain open with staff checking out materials by hand. The attack did not affect the public access computers at each facility so…… Continue Reading
Simons Stables Gets Entrance Upgrade Motorist on Boulevard in Mexico may have noticed a new addition to Simmons Stables. They recently added a new gate at the south entrance to the property. The gate was fabricated by Dakota Moore of Turner Welding, Tyler Beamer and Warren Wilson, sandblasted by Joe Hosenfelt in Fulton and powder…… Continue Reading
