MPSD Responds to Two Fires Over Christmas Two fire calls over the Christmas holiday keep Mexico Public Safety busy. On Christmas Eve morning at 9:28, crews were called to the 900 block of West Breckenridge for a structure fire. Personnel found a small fire under the siding that was contained and extinguished with minimal damage…… Continue Reading
Friday Morning Fire On Elmwood Drive Under Investigation While Mexico fire crews were battling the blaze at Forest Village Apartments on West Breckenridge Friday morning, another fire was reported in the 1000 block of Elmwood Drive. The fire alarm came in at 2:33 and Mexico Public Safety requested mutual aid from Little Dixie Fire Protection…… Continue Reading
Forest Village Apartments Fire Claims Life of Resident Mexico Public Safety is releasing more details regarding the fire at Forest Village Apartments Friday morning. The department was called to the fire at 1:18 and found flames already coming through the roof of part of one of the apartment buildings. Fire crews attempted to find out…… Continue Reading
Fate of Mexico Hospital Now Uncertain The hospital licensing arm of the Missouri Department of Health & Human Services is denying the extension of the voluntary suspension of the license for Audrain Community Hospital. Word was received by Representative Kent Haden late this evening (Tuesday) that while the transfer of ownership of the hospital was…… Continue Reading
Library District Software Update Underway The Mexico-Audrain County Library District is in the midst of upgrading and updating both their servers and their circulation system software. The process began Saturday afternoon and has run into a few glitches. The District hopes to have everything back online for remote access by late today (Monday) or tomorrow…… Continue Reading
Mexico Basketball Splits in Hannibal The Mexico boys and girls basketball squads got back on the hardwoods tonight (Thursday) as they traveled to Hannibal as part of a Quad-(Varsity-Junior Varsity) Header. Once against, the high school had a quad split, this time it was by gender, after a couple of disappointing losses Tuesday night in…… Continue Reading
Mexico City Council Meets In Regular Session The Mexico City Council meets in regular session to approve subdivision plats as well as infrastructure construction in other developments. Property at 1221 East Jackson will be divided into two lots and Lakeside at the Oaks Plat 1 received approval as did the final plat for the Mexico…… Continue Reading
Mexico Public Safety Responds to Two Fires Just Hours Apart Mexico Department of Public Safety is reporting a pair of fires that they responded to in a span of roughly fourteen hours. Yesterday morning (Sunday) at 10:34, crews were called to Ringo & Sherwood for a reported grass fire. Officers found a small amount of…… Continue Reading
Rail Tradition Returns to Mexico Tonight The Kansas City Southern Holiday Express rolls into Mexico this afternoon (Monday). The Christmas-themed train will be at the Jefferson Street crossing from 4:00 until the last child in line gets to see Santa. Mexico Parks & Rec will have reindeer on display for kids and adults alike to…… Continue Reading
Friday Accident Injures Mexico Woman An Audrain County accident Friday afternoon moderately injures a Mexico woman. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened at 4:40 on Highway JJ at Audrain Road 812 when a northbound box truck driven by 29-year-old Taylor A. Truss of Columbia sideswiped a southbound vehicle driven by 78-year-old Lois…… Continue Reading
