The Room at the Inn in Mexico is open 24 hours day this week due to the extreme cold temperatures and is asking for a few donations to extend meals each day.
The Room at the Inn says they are in need of milk, bread, sugar, eggs, juices, lunch-meat, napkins, toilet paper, gallon pitchers, ice, pancake mix and pancake syrup.
Donations can be dropped off the at the Room at the Inn at 626 East Summit Street.
The public will have a chance to paint the Centralia part of the Boone County Bicentennial mural this Saturday, December 7th. The mural painting will happen between 9 and noon at the Friendship Place, at 110 North Rollins in Centralia. Local artist Stacy Self is creating a large mural in the shape of Boone County…
Mexico Public Safety responded to a non-injury accident yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at 12:51 at Muldrow and Boulevard. It happened when Delyn Ferruson of Centralia failed to notice a vehicle slowing in front of them and rear-ended a vehicle driven by Joyce Hays of Mexico. Other incidents reported to Public Safety yesterday include: Threats in the…
Two people are in serious condition after a car accident in Cooper County yesterday [Sunday] morning. The Highway Patrol reports 21 year old Caleb Miller of Booneville failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle then struck the ground, a utility pole, a fence and a tree before catching fire. Miller, and his passenger Joshua Bailey…
We are halfway through the high school football season. Checking on some of the scores from Friday Night Lights: Helias beat rival Rock Bridge 20-10. The Centralia Panthers remains undefeated getting out of Monroe City with a 27-24 win. Jefferson City defeated Capital City 34-21. Kirksville bests Marshall 28-10. Bowling Green dominated Montgomery County 82-20….
A Moberly woman, Angelica Benitez, plead guilty to charges stemming from the December 2020 death Marqukis Hayes, 25, of Jefferson City. She was sentenced to 20 years for the 2nd-degree murder, four years for abandonment of a corpse, and four years for tampering with evidence.
A lightning strike and heavy winds from the storms that moved through the Mexico area last (Sunday) night and early this (Monday) morning is the cause of several incidents with trees falling and catching fire. Mexico Public Safety went to the 1300 block of Rosebud and found a tree had fallen into the roadway, around…
