CR-6 holds Sports Awards




A longtime member of the Mexico Public Safety Department is retiring. Lieutenant Barry Knipfel will be pursuing other interests in life after 40 years of helping to provide police and fire protection to the city of Mexico. In his career, Lieutenant Knipfel has worked as a dispatcher, public safety officer, sergeant, and lieutenant. He was…
Winter sports are just around the corner at Mexico High School with boys and girls basketball starting practices next week as is girls wrestling; boys wrestling begin their practices in a couple of weeks. According to Activities Director Brandon Schafer, there have been no coaching changes with the exception of Gayle Adams adding to his…
Columbia Fire personnel responded to a structure fire Wednesday night at 11:53 p.m., in the 1300 block of Godas Drive. Columbia Fire arrived within four minutes to find a duplex with smoke showing from an attached garage. Upon arrival, crews made entry into the structure, and were able to contain the fire to the garage,…
The following is a press release from the Missouri Veterans Commission. All seven Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) Missouri Veterans Homes have received Customer Experience Awards from Activated Insights, formerly Pinnacle Quality Insight, for 2025. The Missouri Veterans Homes in Cameron, Cape Girardeau, Mexico, Mt. Vernon, St. James, and Warrensburg have won this award for six…
A Mexico teen accused of multiple sex crimes against children will be back in court July 18th. 17 year old Chandler Douse had a preliminary hearing in an Audrain County Court on June 13th in which a continuance was granted. He is accused of sexually abusing four victims multiple times between September of 2016 and…