Mexico Native Cookie Belcher Joining Los Angeles Clippers Coaching Staff Another Mexico, MO native is joining the Los Angeles Clippers coaching staff. Cookie Belcher will be in a coaching and player development role. Belcher has spent the past 8 seasons as a coach at IMG Academy. Cookie also played collegiately at the University of Nebraska.…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 9/25/21
KWWR Sports Report 9/25/21 The St. Louis Cardinals have tied a franchise record for the longest winning streak in a season after beating the Chicago Cubs in a day/night doubleheader at Wrigley Field yesterday (Friday). The Cardinals defeated the Cubs 8-5 in game 1 of the doubleheader and were victorious 12-4 in game 2. The…… Continue Reading
Mexico Celebrates Fifth Annual Ty Lue Community Day of Service
Mexico Celebrates Fifth Annual Ty Lue Community Day of Service Today (Friday) marks the 5th annual Tyronn Lue Community Day of Service in Mexico. The Mexico Chamber of Commerce launched the event in recognition of Mexico native and Head Coach of the Los Angeles Clippers Ty Lue. During the day businesses, churches and organizations put…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 9/24/21
KWWR Sports Report 9/24/21 The Mexico Bulldogs Football Team will host the Hannibal Pirates at Hawthorne Heights for Homecoming 2021 tonight (Friday). Both teams come into the game undefeated at 4-0 and state ranked. Week 5 high school games: Blair Oaks Falcons (3-1) at Versailles (1-3) Boonville Pirates (3-1) at California Pintos (3-1) Bowling Green…… Continue Reading
Missouri Secretary Of State At The Mexico-Audrain Library Headquarters
Missouri Secretary Of State At The Mexico-Audrain Library Headquarters Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft along with State Librarian, Robin Westphal made a stop in Mexico this afternoon (Thursday) at the Mexico-Audrain County Library Headquarters. Secretary Ashcroft presented a big check in the amount of $10,728 to celebrate the library receiving CARES funds. Ashcroft was…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 9/23/21
KWWR Sports Report 9/23/21 The red hot St. Louis extended their winning streak to 11 last night (Wednesday) with a 10-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Tyler O’Neill and Paul Goldschmidt each hammered 2-run home runs. This is the Cardinals first 11-game winning streak since August 9th-19th, 2001 and they have extended their lead for…… Continue Reading
Two More Mexico Residents Announced As Winners In Latest Round of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccine Lottery
Two More Mexico Residents Announced As Winners In Latest Round of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccine Lottery Two more Mexico residents are being announced as cash winners in the third round of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccine lottery. According to the state’s vaccine lottery website Abigail Oetting and Rita Powers of Mexico each won ten thousand dollars in the…… Continue Reading
City of Center Slowly Implementing Recommendations of State Auditor
City of Center Slowly Implementing Recommendations of State Auditor Following the arrest of former Center city clerk Tracey Ray last year, the State Auditor’s Office recommended changes to implement to safeguard city finances. A follow-up report out today (Wednesday) shows that some of the suggestions are being taken. Of the eleven recommendations, one has been…… Continue Reading
Weekly Update On COVID-19 Cases From Audrain County Health Department
Weekly Update On COVID-19 Cases From Audrain County Health Department The new weekly COVID-19 numbers from the Audrain County Health Department show an overall rise in cases and positivity rate over the past 7 days. The report out today (Wednesday) shows a drop of 2 in active cases from 51 last week to 49 this…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Sheriff’s Office Adds Second K9
Audrain County Sheriff’s Office Adds Second K9 The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the addition of a 2nd K9 to their department. Sheriff Matt Oller posted on social media yesterday (Tuesday) that Apollo, a 5 year old Belgian Malinois that is certified in narcotics detection, tracking, article detection and apprehension that has been easing…… Continue Reading
