The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office is reporting 16 felony arrests since early March. 37-year-old Scott Medford of Auxvasse was arrested for felony burglary, felony possession of a controlled substance and felony possession of burglar tools. 25-year-old Brooke Elam of Auxvasse, was also arrested for felony burglary and a Boone County probation violation warrant with the…
In Class 3 sectional action last night, the North Callaway Thunderbirds saw their season come to an end, but not without a fight. A 3-pointer by Cole Camp at the end of the third overtime gave them the win, 54 – 51. In Class 4 district play last night, Winfield ended Bowling Green’s season and…
Three accidents over the weekend send three people to area hospitals. The first crash happened Friday evening at 5:35 when a semi driven by a Florida man struck the driver’s side of a vehicle driven by 44-year old Beth Mayhew of Auxvasse while she was making a left-hand turn. The accident happened on eastbound I-70…
Centralia Wrestling are now State Champions. For the first time in school history, they have taken the Class 1 State title following yesterday’s (Thursday’s) state tournament in Columbia. Individually, Brayden Dubes, Brayden Shelton, and Seth Hasekamp took first place honors with Weston Ward, and Rex Bryson taking second place. Third place honors went to Bryson…
District wrestling results from the weekend: Mexico is sending 5 grapplers to state next week. Senior Gavyn Martin, junior Keegan Coons, and sophomores Dalton Arndt and Watson Azdell will all wrestle at the state level for the first time while sophomore Grant Van Horn will return for the second year in a row. Centralia also…
The Centralia Public Schools have a new Central Office and they are preparing to show it off to patrons. An open house is scheduled for Monday evening from 3:30 until 6:30. The district says they’ve been in the facility for a little over a month and they’re now ready to show it off. The new…
The City of Centralia is raising the base fee for electric service on both residential and commercial accounts. According to a Facebook post from the city, the base fee of $11.05 will rise to $16.00 as of February 1st. The city says they contract with Ameren Missouri for wholesale electricity and just renewed their contract…
A Hallsville woman is seriously injured in a Schuyler County crash late yesterday (Wednesday) morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway 63 at Queen City when a pickup driven by 69-year old John K. Rhoads of Queen City pulled into the path of a vehicle driven by 69-year old…
Holden vs. Mexico @ Brick City Girls Classic Dual Tournament on 01/16/2023.Holden (HOLDEN) 45.0 Mexico (MEXICO) 12.0 100: Double Forfeit 105: Double Forfeit 110: Haley Brooks (HOLDEN) over (MEXICO) (For.) 115: Macey Greene (HOLDEN) over Kaylynn Pehle (MEXICO) (Fall 1:49) 120: Adasyn Yoder (HOLDEN) over (MEXICO) (For.) 125: MaReya May (HOLDEN) over Abby Bowen (MEXICO)…
A number of area FFA members are recipients of grants to help them with their Supervised Agricultural Experience or SAE. The MFA Incorporated Charitable Foundation donated the funds to make the grants possible from the Missouri FFA Foundation. Area members receiving the grants include Centralia’s Abbygale Asbury, Mason Baumhoer of North Callaway, Kallie Eldridge from…
The 15th annual Lighted Tractor Parade in Centralia is tonight (Friday). Those wanting to be in the parade are asked to meet at MFA by 6:30. The parade begins at 7:00 at MFA and then heads north on Jefferson to Switzler west to Allen, south to Sneed east back to Jefferson and ends back at…
The Columbia Vet Center’s Mobile Vet Center is coming to Centralia tomorrow (Tuesday). The 37-foot long unit will be at Prenger Foods & Extreme Hardware at 275 Singleton Street from 9:00 until 1:00. The Mobile Vet Center focuses on services that help Veterans transition between military and civilian life.
An accident Saturday night kills a Centralia man. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the crash happened just east of Sturgeon when a pickup driven by 67-year old Ceno McGee of Centralia was eastbound on Keil Road parallel with the railroad tracks and turned south onto Jennings Road in the path of the eastbound…
Centralia Public Library’s September board meeting attracted some extra attention. Nine patrons showed up to discuss the inclusion of four children’s books formerly occupying the children’s room new arrival shelf. The children’s books in question are: Jack (Not Jackie), by Erica Silverman; My Awesome Brother, by Lise’ Frances; Pink is for Boys, by Robb Pearlman;…
The Mexico Lady Dawgs softball team hosted Bowling Green last night at Gallop Field and took down the Lady Bobcats 11-1. Next up for Mexico, a road trip to Battle tomorrow night to take on the Spartans, first pitch scheduled for 5:30. Blair Oaks softball scored eleven runs in the final two innings against the…
