94th Annual New Franklin Basketball Tournament Wraps Up The 94th annual New Franklin basketball tournament is now a wrap. On Friday night, girls play wrapped up with the Community R-VI Lady Trojans adding hardware to their trophy case, winning the championship over the host New Franklin Lady Bulldogs 30 – 25. Olivia Kuda led the…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 1/9/23 Mizzou split a pair of games this weekend at Mizzou Arena. On Saturday, the number 20 Tigers picked up a win over Vanderbilt, 85 – 82 improving to 13-2 on the season and 2 – 1 in SEC play. Yesterday, the women’s team dropped its third contest of the year against…… Continue Reading
Audrain Community Hospital “Sold” Again? The Mexico Hospital continues to be either a highly sought after property, or one that no one wants for very long, depending on your viewpoint. The hospitals popularity seems rather odd after the hospital was denied an extension on it’s operating license by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior…… Continue Reading
New Franklin Basketball Tournament Continues Girls action at the 94th Annual New Franklin Tournament wraps up tonight. At 5:30, Bunceton with Prairie Home plays Westran for seventh place, at 6:00 Sweet Springs and Pilot Grove will battle for third place and at 7:00 Sturgeon and Fayette will vie for the consolation. The championship game gets…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 1/6/23 The ink is dry on the contract as Mizzou hires the first offensive coordinator for Eli Drinkwitz. Kirby Moore was introduced by the university yesterday and according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Moore’s 3-year contract is worth an average of $875,000 per season. Moore comes to Mizzou from Fresno State…… Continue Reading
Fulton Man Killed In Head-On Accident A Fulton man is dead following an Osage county accident yesterday (Thursday). According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Nicholas D. White’s vehicle crossed the center line of Highway 50 east of Hickory Street and struck a vehicle driven by 31-year-old Courtney Sims of Sullivan head-on. Sims was…… Continue Reading
MHS Varsity Basketball Splits at Bowling Green In a night of runs, the varsity girls and boys split wins and losses Thursday night at Bowling Green High School. The Bowling Green Lady Bobcats started the night of scoring runs midway through the first quarter. Leading 5-4 after a Karlee Sefrit free throw, the Lady Cats…… Continue Reading
Area Transportation Projects Get Funding Twenty-eight local transportation projects across the state get funding from the Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission. The projects are being funded through a partnership between MoDOT and the Missouri Department of Economic Development called the Transportation Cost-Share Program. Governor Parson approved $75 million for the program to strengthen infrastructure and…… Continue Reading
Missouri American Water Customers to Pay More for Service Missouri American Water customers will soon see a slight increase in their water bills. The Missouri Public Service Commission recently approved an increase for the utility’s Water and Sewer Infrastructure Rate Adjustment. The current rate for that item is 47 cents per 1,000 gallons of water…… Continue Reading
Girls Action From 94th Annual New Franklin Tournament The Community R-VI Lady Trojans advance to the championship game of the 94th New Franklin tournament after beating Sweet Springs last night 59 – 28. R-VI was led by Olivia Kuda with 20 points. Next up for the #1 seeded Lady Trojans, the #2 seed New Franklin…… Continue Reading
