The Centralia Panthers defeated the Mexico Bulldogs 81-51 at Mizzou Arena last night. It was the fourth game of the Norm Stewart Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic. Centralia’s Guy Moran led all scorers with 19 and received the Gary Filbert award which is given to the player with the best performance at the end of each […]
After more than a year of restoration work, the statue of the Roman Goddess Ceres has returned to the Missouri State Capitol. Ceres has been on the top of the capitol dome for more than a century and was taken down for cleaning and to maintain her color. Ceres was revealed to the public today […]
The Mexico Public School District is implementing a a two-hour late start for snow days and other short-term emergencies that may arise. Last school year Mexico schools were not in session for nine snow days, and the district says students could have been in attendance for some of those if school had started a few […]
Mexico High School senior Hayley Mills signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her softball career at Jefferson College in Hillsboro. Mills is a career 0.326 hitter. As a pitcher she has a record of 22 and 9 with over 189 innings pitched, striking out 154. Mills was recognized as an All-Conference player in […]
Personal property taxes are due by December 31st. Kate Becker, Audrain County Collector of Revenue was the featured local guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today. She talked about penalties, and why people living in the county without children in the school district still must pay taxes.
The Mexico Middle School wrestlers were on the road last night in Kirksville for a meet against Kirksville and Centralia. Coaches: Tony Senor, Austin McBride, Adam Barnett Date: 12/05/19 Location: Kirksville Middle School (Photo Credit To David Pickering) Individual Matches: Tyrese Waters 1-1 Cameron Beasley 2-0 Emille Scanavino 0-2 Ethan Mertens 1-2 Keegan Koons 1-2 […]
The annual Norm Stewart Classic will be getting underway tonight (Friday). This year’s classic will take place at Mizzou Arena for the first time after 11 years at Columbia College’s Southwell Complex. 9 Columbia teams are in the classic. The Mexico Bulldogs boys take on the 10th ranked Centralia Panthers in Class 3 tonight at […]
The Mexico Bulldogs Boys Basketball team will play their season opener tonight against the Centralia Panthers at Mizzou Arena in the Norm Stewart Classic. Centralia is ranked 10th in Class 3 and is 1-0 coming into the game after defeating North Callaway 46-42 earlier this week. Darren Pappas is entering season number 3 as the […]
Mexico High School senior Shelbi Shaw signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball at St. Louis Community College-Meramec at the Mexico High School Sports Complex this afternoon. [Thursday] Shaw is a 0.298 career hitter with 66 RBIs. She was recognized as an All-Conference position player in 2016 and 2019, and was named second […]
The deaths of two inmates at the Moberly Area Correctional Center were caused by overdoses. Boone County Medical Examiner Carl Stacy says 50 year old Roland Tyler died from a fentanyl overdose, and 33 year old Clayton King died from an overdose of a combination of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Both men were found unresponsive in […]
