Three Weekend Accidents Injure Three Three accidents over the weekend send three people to area hospitals. The first crash happened Friday evening at 5:35 when a semi driven by a Florida man struck the driver’s side of a vehicle driven by 44-year old Beth Mayhew of Auxvasse while she was making a left-hand turn. The…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man Injured In Callaway County Accident A Callaway County accident yesterday afternoon (Thursday) sends a Mexico man to the hospital. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened on westbound I-70 at the 161 mile marker off ramp at 3:05 when a motorcycle ridden by 34-year-old Jonathan E. Holler was being towed with…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/24/23 Mexico Wrestling’s Grant Van Horn took home 5th place at the State Tournament yesterday (Thursday) in Columbia. In girls basketball district play last night (Thursday), championship matchups are set. In Class 1, Community R-VI will take on Wellsville-Middletown for the District 10 championship tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 in Madison. In Class…… Continue Reading
Centralia Wrestling Takes First Place In Class 1 Centralia Wrestling are now State Champions. For the first time in school history, they have taken the Class 1 State title following yesterday’s (Thursday’s) state tournament in Columbia. Individually, Brayden Dubes, Brayden Shelton, and Seth Hasekamp took first place honors with Weston Ward, and Rex Bryson taking…… Continue Reading
Montgomery County Crash Injures Two Teens Two Montgomery County teens injured in an accident last night (Wednesday). According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened just before 10:00 on Route J at Crooked Creek Road when a 2004 Chevy Cavalier driven by a 17-year-old Bellflower boy ran off the right side of the road…… Continue Reading
Vandalia Native Gets Promotion A Vandalia native and Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper is getting promoted. According to the Patrol, Mark Hicks is being promoted to corporal and will be the assistant supervisor of the Marion & Ralls County zone. After graduation from Van-Far, Hicks served in the U.S. Army for four years and for…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/23/23 Mexico Lady Dawgs wrestler Alexus Johns’ season has come to an end. She competed at State yesterday in Columbia and picked up a first round pin and lost by fall in the quarterfinals and lost by decision in wrestlebacks. The district championship games are now set for boys basketball in Classes…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/22/23 Dennis Gates becomes just the third Mizzou basketball coach to win 20 or more games in his first season following last night’s overtime win. Nick Honor’s 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds left in overtime sealed the win for the Tigers over Mississippi State 66 – 64. Next up for the Tigers, a…… Continue Reading
Mexico Board of Education Meets In Regular Session The Mexico School Board approves personnel including a new Assistant Principal for Mexico High and Middle School and a new Special Education Director at tonight’s (Tuesday’s) board meeting. Kyle Louder will replace retiring Assistant Principal Tim Schoonover at MMS while Jennifer Caine will be a new Assistant…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/21/23 It’s a quad tonight at the Mexico Sports Complex as the Bulldogs host the Pirates of Hannibal. Junior Varsity gets underway at 5:00pm followed by Varsity girls at 6:30pm. Varsity boys will take the court around 8:00pm. The Mizzou women pick up an easy win on the road last night. They…… Continue Reading
