Area residents may see Emils Lejnieks at their door soon. Emils is a college student from Latvia and is staying in Wellsville trying to raise money for tuition and provide educational books to families. He was a featured guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show with Matt Pilger today.
The Handi-Shop is Mexico is now accepting cardboard only by the Liberty Street entrance. The announcement was made on their Facebook Page this morning. The Handi-Shop asks for to not drop off any other recycling or store donations at this time as they do not have the staff to process everything.
A former Mexico Band director that plead guilty to inappropriately touching a male student was sentenced today. [Monday] 44 year old Robert Cortez was sentenced to 4 years on each count of Sexual Contact with a Student by a teacher, with the sentences to run consecutively, for a total of 8 years in the Department…
Mizzou Men’s Basketball trounced the Georgia Bulldogs 64-39 last (Wednesday) night on the road. The 25 point victory was Mizzou’s largest in league play this season and largest over an SEC opponent since beating Arkansas 93-63, on March 5th, 2013. Senior Jordan Geist led all scorers with 18 points. The St. Louis Blues with late…
Brooke Bowen will be joining the McMillan Early Learning Center for the 23-24 school year as a Kindergarten teacher. She currently teaches Kindergarten at Wellsville-Middletown R1, and has two years of international experience in the Dominican Republic. Bowen is in her 14th year of teaching and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Taylor…
Columbia Chief of Police Geoff Jones and Mayor Brian Treece gave a joint press conference this afternoon [Wednesday] regarding homicides and gun violence throughout the city. Chief Jones announced warrants have been issued in relation to the deaths of E’Quan Spain and Nadria Wright. Police say they are searching for Aaron Harris for Spain’s death…
A warrant has been issued for a Mexico man who is charged with a pair of felonies after he allegedly strangled a woman multiple times this summer. Jonathan Swiney was charged in Audrain County with two counts of first-degree domestic assault. Probable cause statements indicate that a woman was assaulted by Swiney on Aug. 9…
