Mexico School District Student Faces Disciplinary Action After Reportedly Bringing BB Gun to School A student in the Mexico School District is facing disciplinary action after they reportedly brought a BB gun to school. According to a press release from the Mexico Public Schools Communications Department late yesterday afternoon (Tuesday), administration was notified about a…… Continue Reading
Mexico Public Safety Makes Burglary Arrest Mexico Public Safety is reporting the arrest of 55 year old Randy L. Jennings following a burglary that took place on Friday night. Mexico Public Safety officers responded to the 1600 block of North Washington Street and an investigation revealed someone broke into 2 homes in that block and…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man Facing Drug Charges After an Arrest by the Missouri State Highway Patrol A Mexico man is facing drug related charges following an arrest by the Missouri Highway Patrol. According to a tweet from the Highway Patrol, troopers conducted a traffic stop on Friday night, February 5th, on West Monroe Street in Mexico. A…… Continue Reading
Mexico Basketball Completes Season Sweep Against Marshall Owls The Mexico Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams were both victorious over the Marshall Owls on the road tonight (Monday) and completed the season sweep. The Mexico Lady Bulldogs defeated the Marshall Lady Owls 63-32. Riley Thurman finished with a game high 20 points, Jordan Thurman and…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Event The Audrain County Health Department is offering a COVID-19 drive-thru rapid testing event at their facility this Wednesday and Thursday. The testing is for Audrain County residents 11 years or older that are either showing COVID-19 symptoms or have come in close contact with someone with COVID-19…… Continue Reading
New Kentucky Fried Chicken Set to Open Soon in Mexico A new Kentucky Fried Chicken is getting ready to open in Mexico, MO after an over 13 year absence. The new KFC will still be at the same location as the previous one at 302 West Jackson, however will be under new ownership. AMPEX Brands/KFC…… Continue Reading
Mexico High School Wrestling Set to Compete at Districts at North Point High School The Mexico High School girls wrestling team is getting ready to compete in Class 1 District 2 at the North Pointe High School this weekend. Weigh ins tomorrow (Friday) start at 9:30am and wrestling starts at 11am. On Sunday weigh ins…… Continue Reading
Snow Days Covered In The Calendar For The Mexico School District Students and staff in the Mexico School District will not have to make up the 3 days missed this week due to inclement weather. Mexico Superintendent Melissa Chastain says the hours are already built in this year’s school calendar that are state requirements and…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Moving Release of Weekly COVID-19 Data to Friday The Audrain County Health Department is moving the day they release weekly COVID-19 data from Wednesday to Friday. According to a press release from the department yesterday (Wednesday) the move is due to the marked increase in COVID-19 cases in Audrain County over…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Photographer’s Work Featured In International Magazine For A Second Time A local photographer is being featured in an International Magazine for a second time. Publishers of the magazine, “Senior Year Magazine” announced their picks for the winter 2022 edition and Audrain County photographer, Leslie Meyer had two works selected for the editions, F-M.…… Continue Reading
