The Missouri house has passed a bill that is going to make the phone number for the National Human Trafficking Hotline more visible.
House lawmakers voted 139 to 5 in favor of sending the proposal to the Senate today. [Wednesday]
The bill requires truck stops, bus stations and some hotels to hang posters in or near bathrooms.
This is one of several bills aimed at combating human trafficking in Missouri.
For a fifth consecutive year the Webber Family of Pharmacies and Commerce Bank of Mexico presented five teachers in the Mexico School District with $2,000 as part of the Laurann Webber Excellence in Teaching Awards. Larry, Justin, and Brendan Webber along with Mexico Commerce Bank president Gina Raines stopped by the schools in the Mexico…
Caleb Floyd joined the Mexico YMCA as their sports director recently and was the featured local guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today. Mr. Floyd gave an update on how youth sports is progressing during at the Mexico Area YMCA.
A lot was riding on Saturday’s Championship match up with the Fulton Hornets for the Mexico boys basketball team. An undefeated 3-0 regular season start; a 33-game regular season win streak, and maybe just as importantly a three-game win streak against their basketball rivals. It all came crashing down in a hurry. Fulton (4-0) opened…
The St. Louis Cardinals doubled up the Colorado Rockies 6-3 at Busch Stadium last (Wednesday) night. Redbirds rookie outfielder Tyler O’Neill hit a tie breaking pinch single in the 6th inning. Yadier Molina added a two run double in the eight and Marcell Ozuna followed with a run scoring hit. Cardinals look for a series…
A federal judge has approved the settlement in the death of Carl Debordie yesterday. [Wednesday] Debrodie’s mother, Carolyn Summers and her sister in law Carol Samson, settled with Second Chance Homes. Second chance homes was the facility in which DeBrodie lived when he was reported missing on April 17, 2017. His remains were found encased…
The Mexico Board of Education met in special session to set a timeline for a superintendent search on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. The board voted to not use an outside agency and instead conduct the search internally. The position will be posted starting January 29th and will be closed on February 16th. The Board of…
