Green Releaf staff member Curt Gray prepares to wait on patients at the new dispensary in Mexico on Wednesday. [Dave Faries]
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 3:29pm
Green Releaf dispensary’s first sale of THC flower came shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Owner Jay Patel missed it.
“I wanted to make the first sale, but I had to come out and talk to you guys,” he...
Books are arranged on a table to dry in the basement of Mexico Audrain County Public Library after an issue with the boiler caused flooding on Wednesday. Few books were damaged by water. [Dave Faries]
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 3:27pm
Water, water everywhere.
The line is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge and can likely be found in a book at the library. On Wednesday, however, the phrase could be taken literally.
Staff members of the...
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 3:23pm
Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce director Dana Keller can only look at what might have been – floats, bands, crowds, Christmas cheer. And with a theme of An All-American Christmas for the parade, she...
Melissa Loyd of Mexico had a successful day of hunting. [Submitted photo]
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 3:21pm
Deer were scarce on the opening weekend of the November firearms season, at least compared to last year.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that hunters in Missouri...
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 2:21pm
Mexico resident Deb Hill-Haag has been named the 2020 Col. C.R. Stribling Jr. Community Service Award recipient. The Stribling Service Award is the top presentation of seven awards given annually by...
News
Green Releaf staff member Curt Gray prepares to wait on patients at the new dispensary in Mexico on Wednesday. [Dave Faries]
11/21/2020 - 3:29pm
Green Releaf dispensary’s first sale of THC flower came shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Owner Jay Patel missed it.
“I wanted to make the first sale, but I had to come out and talk to you guys,” he said with a laugh, referring to The Ledger and...
Sports
Jimmy Peyton walks players through a drill earlier this season. The first year Missouri Military Academy coach led the Colonels to a 5-4 season, the school’s first winning record in 34 years. [Jessica Ekern]
11/19/2020 - 7:39am
It was early September and Missouri Military Academy had just lost to Highland 50-34.
The team went 1-9 in 2019, were winless the year before and suffered through another 1-9 campaign before that. In fact, the Colonels could look back on only three...
Obituaries
11/23/2020 - 1:25pm
Larry Vomund, 72 , of Martinsburg, passed away Sunday, Nov. 22 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia.
Funeral services are pending at the Myers funeral home in Wellsville.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.myersfuneralhome.biz.
