Columbia to be in School May 27th Blame it on the math. Fitting for a school, right. The Columbia Public School District will be required to hold school on May 27th, the day after the Memorial Day weekend. The district had hoped for special legislation from the Missouri legislature to bail them out of a…
Area News
Bond Memorialized
Bond Memorialized He was a hometown guy. The words of Mexico resident Dr. Joseph Corrado yesterday in an interview with KOMU-TV, reflecting on the life of former Governor Christopher “Kit” Bond. Hundreds of people came from all across the country yesterday afternoon to honor Kit Bond at the Missouri State Capitol. Bond, who died a…
Two Area Students Headed to DC
Two Area Students Headed to DC Two area students are headed to Washington DC, for free, as local essay winners with Consolidated Electric Coop of Mexico. It’s part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour Essay contest, which will see some 18,000 students from over 45 states head to our nations capitol. Of those,…
Kit Bond to be Memorialized
Kit Bond to be Memorialized Late this morning (Tuesday), the Missouri State Highway Patrol will provide the escort and procession from St. Louis to the Missouri State Capitol, for the body of former Missouri Governor Christopher “Kit” Bond. The procession set to depart St. Louis at 9am. A State Memorial Service honoring the life and…
MARE Scholarship Awards for 2025
MARE Scholarship Awards for 2025 The Missouri Association of Rural Education has awarded the following area students for their selection as 2025 MARE/EdCounsel HS Senior Scholarship Award Recipients. Each student will receive a $750 scholarship to a Missouri College or University this summer or fall. Since this scholarship program began in 2017, MARE has awarded…
Route 15 North of Mexico to Get Resurfaced
Route 15 North of Mexico to Get Resurfaced Weather permitting, a resurfacing project is scheduled to begin this week on 18.3 miles of Missouri Route 15, from Route D in Monroe County to 1.1 miles north of Route 22 near Mexico in Audrain County. Traffic will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width…
Area Sports
Blues Tie Series with Jets
Blues Tie Series with Jets The St. Louis Blues tied their best of seven NHL Playoff series at two Sunday afternoon, with a 5-1 beatdown of the Winnipeg Jets at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. A big second period, where the Blues scored three times, on their way to five unanswered goals from the…
Mizzou Has Success in 2025 NFL Draft
Mizzou Has Success in 2025 NFL Draft The NFL’s Annual Player Selection meeting was held over the weekend, and it would have to be deemed a success for the University of Missouri. The Tigers saw the Jets draft right tackle Armand Membou with the seventh overall pick, then at pick 39, the Chicago Bears selected…
KWWR Sports Report 4/26/2025
KWWR Sports Report 4/26/2025 In high school baseball on 4/25/2025: Former Mizzou wide receiver Luther Burden was selected by the Chicago Bears with the No. 39 overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday, April 25, 2025. He is the second Tiger to be drafted so far, joining offensive lineman Armand…
KWWR Sports Report 4/23/2025
KWWR Sports Report 4/23/2025 Mexico High School boys tennis team lost 9-0 to Moberly on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Individual Singles: Varsity Doubles: JV Doubles: In high school baseball on 4/22/2025: The St. Louis Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak after beating the Atlanta Braves 10-4 in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Redbirds slugger…
KWWR Sports Report 4/22/2025
KWWR Sports Report 4/22/2025 In high school baseball on 4/21/2025: In high school girls soccer: In high school boys tennis, Jefferson City defeated Rolla 8-1. The St. Louis Cardinals lost 7-6 to the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta on Monday, April 21, 2025 The loss was thanks in large part to the Redbirds bullpen, which surrendered…
KWWR Sports Report 4/21/2025
KWWR Sports Report 4/21/2025 Mizzou Gymnastics earned a third-place finish at the NCAA Championship Final at Dickies Arena at Forth Worth, Texas on Saturday, April 19, 2025. The Tigers scored 197.2500 in their first appearance in the national championship meet. The team not only secured the best finish in program history, but the best postseason…
