One Injured In Early-Morning Accident A single vehicle accident early this morning (Monday) in Audrain County injures a Mexico teen. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident happened on Highway 15 a tenth of a mile south of Audrain Road 322 at 2:00. A northbound 2011 Honda Insight driven by a 17-year-old girl…… Continue Reading
HarbisonWalker Sells to Global Firm A refractory with plants in Mexico, Vandalia, and Fulton is being sold. HarbisonWalker International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Industrial Technologies, Incorporated is being acquired by Platinum Equity. In July, Platinum Equity acquired Imerys SA’s High Temperature Solutions business, a provider of refractory solutions. HarbisonWalker and High Temperature Solutions will…… Continue Reading
Early Morning Car Fire In West Plaza A car fire just after midnight early this morning (Thursday) is being reported by Mexico Public Safety. The department says they were called to the 500 block of West Jackson in West Plaza at twenty-four minutes after midnight for a 2009 Chevrolet sedan with an engine fire. The…… Continue Reading
Mexico Boys Basketball State Ranked The Mexico Bulldogs boys basketball team is state-ranked. According to the latest Missouri Basketball Coaches Association poll, Mexico is ranked 5th in Class 4. The top four are Vashon, Father Tolton, MICDS, and John Burroughs. With the exception of Father Tolton, the top 4 are in the St. Louis area.…… Continue Reading
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
