Twenty eight special flags will be on display for Centralia’s Avenue of Flags this year.
Phyliss Brown Centralia Cemetery Sexton says the weather is playing a major factor in how many flags will be put on display.
Volunteers will be putting up flags today (Wednesday) and will take the flags down on Monday after Veteran’s Day.
Members of the Mexico community gathered today [Monday] to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. The theme of today’s celebration was “One Humanity” with a recurring message of being the one to promote change. The event featured community leaders, and students. Attendees joined fourth grade singers from Hawthorne Elementary singing “Free At Last.”…
Calls for service: Mexico Public Safety responded to the following calls for service on Monday, April 29, 2024. Suspicious vehicle on West Jackson/Clark. Stealing or theft on East Love and at the West Breckenridge apartment building and at 2925 South Clark . Stolen vehicle reported on South Jefferson and at North Olive. Natural gas odor…
An arrest is made in the suspicious death investigation of an infant in Columbia. According to police 20 year old Cortavia Emon Smith was arrested yesterday (Monday) morning after detectives determined the infant was found to have bruising to her upper torso and the head and was in the care of the Smith. The man…
Six new COVID-19 cases and six recoveries being reported by the Audrain County Health Department as of 3:00 this (Tuesday) afternoon. Active cases remain at 154 with 111 of those in Mexico, 16 in Vandalia and 12 in Centralia. There have been 1,535 total cases and 37 deaths since the pandemic began. Yesterday’s (Monday’s) report…
Mexico Schools Interim Superintendent Melissa Chastain was the featured local guest on Am 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show with Matt Pilger today. Melissa talked about a recent TikTok challenge that is impacting the Mexico School District. Also a situation at the Mexico Middle School. And where the district stands with COVID-19…
Columbia Police are investigating after an armed robbery in the parking lot of Lazer Lanes on Grindstone Parkway in Columbia last night. [Tuesday] According to the Police Department, the victim met the suspect at Lazer Lanes to sell a Playstation 4 that had been listed on Facebook Marketplace for $200. When the victim arrived, the…
