One Dead And Another With Traumatic Injuries In Crash On Highway 22 Near Centralia One person is dead following a crash on Highway 22 close to Centralia yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). Assistant Chief with the Boone County Fire Protection District Gale Blomenkamp confirmed one person died and another person had traumatic injuries after the crash that…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 8/11/21
KWWR Sports Report 8/11/21 The St. Louis Cardinals picked up a 4-1 series opening win over the Pittsburg Pirates on the road last night (Tuesday). Redbirds starting pitcher J.A. Happ went six innings and recorded five strikeouts. Tommy Edman and Paul Dejong each picked up solo homers. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York…… Continue Reading
Bidding War Heats Up Over Kansas City Southern Railroad
Bidding War Heats Up Over Kansas City Southern Railroad A Missouri-based railroad is at the heart of a bidding war between two Canadian railroads. Kansas City Southern, based in Kansas City, controls critical cross-border routes with Mexico and that has the interest of both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railroads. Canadian National offered a 33.6…… Continue Reading
National Wireless Emergency Alert Test Set For Wednesday Afternoon
National Wireless Emergency Alert Test Set For Wednesday Afternoon Shortly after 1:20 tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday), your phone, radio, and TV will get an alert to test national readiness. The test, conducted by FEMA, is the sixth and latest in a series of tests of the Emergency Alert System for radio and TV and the Wireless…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Outdoor Warning Sirens May Be Sounded More Frequently
Audrain County Outdoor Warning Sirens May Be Sounded More Frequently Audrain County Joint Communications is joining other area agencies on modifying their policy on sounding outdoor warning sirens. The policy update is due to a change from the National Weather Service on how severe thunderstorms are classified within their warning system. NWS now warns of…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Disaster Expo Returning With New Location
Audrain County Disaster Expo Returning With New Location After a year layoff the Audrain County Disaster Expo is set to return with a new location this year. Audrain County Health Department Public Information Officer Chris Newbrough says it will be taking place on September 12th from 1 to 4. Audrain County Emergency Management Director Nic…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 8/10/21
KWWR Sports Report 8/10/21 The St. Louis Cardinals had the day off yesterday (Monday), however made several roster moves. Left-handed pitcher Kwang Hyun Kim was placed on the 10-day Injured List due to left elbow inflammation. Right-handed pitcher Daniel Ponce de Leon was activated from the 10-day Injured List. St. Louis will be in Pittsburgh…… Continue Reading
New Athletic Director And Head Football Coach Named At Missouri Military Academy
New Athletic Director And Head Football Coach Named At Missouri Military Academy The Missouri Military Academy has two new faces added to their athletics program this year. Former Battle High School varsity coach Brian Meny is the new athletic director. Meny was selected for the 2021 Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame and will oversee the…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Back-to-School Health Fair Serves Over Four Hundred Children
Audrain County Back-to-School Health Fair Serves Over Four Hundred Children Over 468 children were given back packs and school supplies during this year’s Audrain County Back-to-School Health Fair. The was increase of about 30 from last year. The event was hosted by the Community Health Ministry Team at the Mexico United Methodist Church on Saturday.…… Continue Reading
Auxvasse Loafer’s Week Gets Underway
Auxvasse Loafer’s Week Gets Underway August 9th-14th is the 60th Annual Loafer’s Week in Auxvasse. Loafer’s Week is held every year and was delayed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Loafers Week began as a one-day event 60 years ago at the grain elevator and has grown to a week-long celebration. Card games, dominos…… Continue Reading
