Tag: Warrenton

  • Mexico Bulldogs Boys Basketball Game Vs. Warrenton Postponed

    Mexico Bulldogs Boys Basketball Game Vs. Warrenton Postponed

    The Mexico Bulldogs boys basketball game scheduled for Friday, January 12, 2024, at the Mexico High School against Warrenton has been postponed due the inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 6pm. It will be a junior varsity and varsity boys games only.

  • Vietnam Vets Memorial Wall to be in Wentzville ’til Sunday at 2 pm

    Vietnam Vets Memorial Wall to be in Wentzville ’til Sunday at 2 pm

    We spoke to Vic Muschler from the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Fund this morning. The wall, 3/4 scale, is in Warrenton til Sunday afternoon, open 24 hours, free, and accompanied by a learning center.  Make time.  Listen to the interview below.

  • Blue Anchor Bistro Closes

    Blue Anchor Bistro Closes

    Less than a month after the official ribbon cutting for their Mexico location, Blue Anchor Bistro is announcing the closure of both their Warrenton and Mexico locations. In a Facebook post, Chef Lee Gustin cites an uncertain economic climate as their decision to close. Owner of the building in Mexico that housed the bistro, Candaice…

  • Secretary Of State Jay Ashcroft Delivers Personal Protective Equipment To Audrain County Courthouse For June Election

    Secretary Of State Jay Ashcroft Delivers Personal Protective Equipment To Audrain County Courthouse For June Election

    Missouri Secretary Of State Jay Ashcroft is delivering personal protective equipment to local election authorities across the state today. Ashcroft made his first stop in Mexico at the Audrain County Courthouse this morning where he delivered face masks, hand sanitizer and other protective items for the June 2nd General Municipal Elections. Ashcroft says when it…

  • Missouri Secretary Of State Jay Ashcroft Will Deliver Polling Place Supplies Starting Next Week With First Stop In Mexico

    Missouri Secretary Of State Jay Ashcroft Will Deliver Polling Place Supplies Starting Next Week With First Stop In Mexico

    Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will begin delivering polling place supplies to local election officials for upcoming elections next week. The first stop on Friday, May 15th will be in Mexico at the Audrain County Courthouse at 8am. Other stops include Paris, Palmyra, New London, Bowling Green, Warrenton and Montgomery City. During the day…

  • First Two Schools In Missouri Closing For Rest Of School Year

    First Two Schools In Missouri Closing For Rest Of School Year

    Wright City R-II and Warren County R-III schools will close for the rest of the school year. Each district with a special board meeting last (Wednesday) night and both decided in unanimous votes in favor of the closure due to the recommendation of the Warren County Health Department to close for 8 weeks. Staff in…

  • Martinsburg Trucking Company Owner George Schafer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

    Martinsburg Trucking Company Owner George Schafer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

    A Martinsburg trucking company owner is being recognized with an iconic award. George Schafer the owner of George Schafer Trucking was recognized as the winner of the Pride In Your Ride lifetime achievement award winner this past weekend. Schafer started in 1975 with a small fleet of trucks, and says he was completely surprised to…

  • Winter Weather Advisory Issued

    Winter Weather Advisory Issued

    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…

  • Murder Trial Postponed

    Murder Trial Postponed

    The murder trial for a man accused of the fatal shooting of Leon Wilder III in Audrain County in July of 2017 has been postponed. According to court records, Richard Henry’s first degree murder trial was originally scheduled to be heard beginning January 14. Henry’s attorney filed for a continuance of the case, and it…

  • Long Time Judge Died Sunday

    Long Time Judge Died Sunday

    A long time 12th circuit judge died unexpectedly yesterday. [Sunday] Judge Wesley Dalton was 60 years old when he complained of chest pain yesterday afternoon. An ambulance took him to SSM Health St. Joseph in Lake St. Louis where was pronounced deceased. Dalton was set to retire after 18 years on the bench at the…

  • Montgomery Deputies Find Nearly One Pound of Meth

    Montgomery Deputies Find Nearly One Pound of Meth

    The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Troy man yesterday [Wednesday] morning after finding nearly a pound of methamphetamine during a traffic stop. Deputies requested assistance from the Audrain County K9 Unit, the East Central Drug Task Force and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. Audrain K9, Chal, alerted on the 14 ounces of meth and…

  • Warrenton Getting Schnuck’s

    Warrenton will be getting a lift to its local economy as Schnuck Market plans to open a store in the fall. The Schnucks will be 37,000 square feet and is expected to add seventy one jobs. Construction has already started and it will be located on Veterans Memorial Parkway west of Highway 47.

  • Second Degree Murder Charges Brought Against Warrenton Man in Infant Death

    Second Degree Murder charges are being brought against a Warrenton man in connection with the death of an infant. According to court records an arrest was issued yesterday (Wednesday) for 25 year old Charles A. Holiday. A three month old child was pronounced dead in June of 2015 and was with extensive trauma from at…