The Centralia School District will be looking for a new superintendent. Darrin Ford turned in his resignation to the school board during their meeting on Monday. The resignation will go into effect on June 30th, 2019. Ford was with the Centralia School District for 19 years, and in public education administration for 23 years. The […]
The Mexico Board of Education heard MAP testing results from last year and e-sports at Tuesday’s meeting. MAP testing assesses students in grades 3 through high school in government, English language arts and mathematics based on a scale of below basic, basic, proficient and advanced. According to the test results, grades 3 through 7 is […]
The sixth seeded Mexico Lady Bulldogs pulled off an upset in the opening round of the Macon Tournament tonight (Tuesday) defeating the third seeded Brookfield Bulldogs 35 to 26. Raigan Playter led Mexico with 17 points including 9 points from beyond the arc. Logan Blevins also in double digits with 11. Mexico will face the […]
A pilot credited with finding a missing St. Louis ballerina in November of 2018 was honored by the Missouri State Highway Patrol yesterday. [Monday] Highway Patrol Captain James Wilt presented Monroe City resident Ollie “Butch” Pennewell with the Honorary Trooper Certificate. The award is given to citizens nominated by a trooper for performing in an […]
Quatavia Givens, the caregiver that reported 4 year old Darnell Gray missing in Jefferson City in October, entered a plea of not guilty in court today. [Tuesday] Givens is charged with felony abuse or neglect of a child. Given waived formal reading of the charges and entered the plea, before her attorney requested a change […]
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that will go into effect at 8:00 this evening [Tuesday] and continue until 9:00 tomorrow [Wednesday] morning. The counties predicted to be impacted are Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Shelby and Warren. A light glaze of ice is expected as freezing […]
A 24 year old Fulton woman was sentenced to 4 years in prison for two counts of sexual misconduct of a child yesterday. [Monday] Jaimey Metcalf admitted to exposing her genitals to a 14 year old victim while the two were engaged in a sexual relationship between December 2013 and January 2014. She also pleaded […]
There will now be 8 names on the April ballot to fill two available seats on the Mexico Board of Education. Jeremy Wright, Andrew Craig, Nicole Nelson, James Oxford and incumbent Heather DeMint have now filed. They join Karsten Femrite, Hailey Schutte and Nicholas Tietsort to vie for the seats. Scott Hobbs, whose term is […]
Missouri’s former two term U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is making news this morning. NBC News and MSNBC announced this (Tuesday) morning that McCaskill has joined the networks as a political analyst. The former senator begins her work today (Tuesday) and will join MSNBC for its coverage of President Trump’s State of the Union Address on […]
The deadline to file as a candidate for a seat on the Mexico City Council or the Mexico School Board is tonight (Tuesday) at 5. Looking at Mexico city council there is 1 seat open. The 2 candidates that have filed as of this (Tuesday) morning are Joshua Price and Incumbent Chris Williams. Price filed […]
