City of Mexico To Close Facilities

Two people were arrested following a search warrant in the 300 block of North Clark Street in Mexico early yesterday morning. [Tuesday] Mexico Public Safety, along with the East Central Drug Task Force, allegedly seized heroin, methamphetamine, hydrocodone, amphetamine pills and drug paraphernalia during the search. Police arrested Scott Donaldson and Allison Chambers, both of…
The Mexico High School Girls Tennis Team played a lot of very short matches in the Joplin Tournament last week. Mexico head coach Kim Costley says “On Friday we played to 4 and on Saturday we played to 6. Some matches didn’t finish because when someone won 5 we stopped. I sent you wins and losses….
Yesterday (4/28) marked the 25 anniversary of the Landing Ship Tank Anchor Memorial at the Audrain County Courthouse, which is part of the Exercise Tiger Memorial. Of course, yesterday was also the 81st anniversary of “Exercise Tiger” with a ceremony held at the Anchor Memorial yesterday afternoon. The ceremony recognized the World War II “Battle…
A film shot in Missouri is being screened in Fulton Saturday evening. “Shakespeare’s Mummy” is an indie film shot in Missouri and locally produced by Boster Castle. The premise is that a mummy hand appears on a pizza delivered to a frat house causing four kids to chase it down in order to stop an…
The Mexico High School boys tennis team lost 5-0 to Father Tolton in the District Championship match on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Mexico put up a second place finish in the District Tournament for a fourth consecutive year. The Missouri Tigers softball team will have a 2-1 lead when their rain-delayed SEC Tournament quarterfinal resumes…
A strong line of thunderstorms moved through mid-Missouri this morning and with it came several power outages. In northern Boone County, power was knocked out to the Country 96 transmitter, leaving the station off the air for an hour and a half. The outage was part of a small cluster of 18 Consolidated Electric Coop…