KWWR Sports Report 2/8/23 The Tigers men’s basketball team improves to 18-6 overall and 6-5 in SEC play after bearing South Carolina last night in front of 9,000 faithful Mizzou fans at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers opened with an aggressive offense and were led by four with double-digit point contributions. Leading scorer Kobe Brown had…… Continue Reading
Vandalia Man Killed In Ralls County Crash An early-morning accident yesterday (Tuesday) in Ralls County kills a Vandalia man. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a vehicle driven by 37-year-old James R. Sarlo ran off the left side of the road and struck an embankment and a tree. Sarlo was pronounced dead…… Continue Reading
Moberly School District To Take Corrective Action After Photo Incident Moberly Public Schools are taking corrective action after an incident on Friday. In a letter from the district to parents, they say that they were made aware of a photo of a student with an unfavorable comment circulating on social media. The photo was taken…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/7/23 The Mizzou tigers men’s team is in action tonight at Mizzou Arena. The 17-6, 5-5 SEC play Tigers face the 8-15, 1-9 SEC play Gamecocks of South Carolina, tipoff set for 8:00. The Tigers are 13-2 & 4-1 SEC at home this season. Van-Far boys basketball pick up wins in Mexico…… Continue Reading
Mexico Boys and Girls Overcome Slow Starts to Win Mexico High School swept a quad basketball header Monday night at the MHS Sports Plex over Marshall. But it was anything but easy. The JV boys started it off with an easy 76-29 win. Then the JV girls notched a 22-14 victory. The Varsity girls squad…… Continue Reading
Mexico Chamber Awards Dinner Friday Night The Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring the Colonel C.R. Stribling Award winner Todd Yager is coming up Friday evening at the Audrain County 4-H Center. Besides Yager, other honorees include: Educator of the Year goes to Alexandria Stuckenschneider from Hawthorne Elementary, the Soybean Festival picks up the…… Continue Reading
Fire & Foot Pursuit Keep MPSD Busy Sunday Night & Monday Morning Mexico Public Safety is releasing details on two house fires late last night (Sunday) and early this morning (Monday) along with a foot pursuit. The first fire was just before 8:00 last night (Sunday) in the 900 block of East Jackson and was…… Continue Reading
Mexico Man Found Guilty of Child Sex Crimes A seven woman, five man jury in Audrain County convicts a Mexico man of multiple child sex crimes Friday. Following four hours of deliberation, the jury found 36-year-old Gregory Saulnier guilty of rape, sodomy, statutory sodomy, three counts of child molestation and two counts of enticement of…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/6/23 The Mizzou Tigers Basketball teams both drop games over the weekend, one at home, one on the road. On the men’s side, Mississippi State topped the Tigers in Starkville, 63 – 52 Saturday. Yesterday, the women’s team hosted Alabama at Mizzou Arena and came up short, losing 76 – 69. Next…… Continue Reading
Bulldogs Lose at Midwest Showdown Shootout The Mexico Bulldogs and St. Louis University High Jr. Billikens met in the second game of the second day of the Ramey Basketball Midwest Showdown Shootout on Saturday in Harrisburg. SLUH (13-7) wasted little time in taking control of the game against a Bulldog squad that looked like it…… Continue Reading
