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Ladybirds host youth summer basketball camp

6/19/2025
North Callaway taught area kids the fundamentals of basketball. The Ladybirds hosted their youth basketball camp from June 9-11 at the high school in Kingdom City. The fifth- through eighth-graders …

Thunderbirds host youth summer basketball camps

6/19/2025
North Callaway taught area kids the fundamentals of basketball. The Thunderbirds held their camp at the high school in Kingdom City from June 4-6. The fifth- through eighth-graders were in one …

Meet Miss Missouri Courtney Rowe

6/18/2025
Courtney Rowe Miss Kansas City  Age:  23 Talent:  Dance Community Service Initiative:  "The Purple Project" Raising Awareness, Saving Lives  …

Meet Miss Missouri's Teen Greta Clark

6/18/2025
Greta Clark  Miss Branson's Teen  Parents:  Patrick and Dana Clark  School : University of Missouri Age:  18 Talent:  Lyrical Dance …

Lady Trojans win both scrimmages of day at home

6/17/2025
The Community R-6 Lady Trojans defeated Mark Twain and Bowling Green on June 12 in a home shootout at the high school in Laddonia. Look for the full story in the Wednesday, June 25, 2025, …

Lady Panthers start to scrimmage over summer

6/17/2025
Centralia softball hosted its first of several camps this summer on June 10 and 11. The Lady Panthers split into three squads and played 15 total scrimmages during the two days. Centralia had a …

Miss Missouri 2025 Saturday Night Highlights

6/15/2025
Miss Kansas City Courtney Rowe was crowned Miss Missouri 2025 among other scholarship recipients: First Runner Up: Halie Hebron   Second Runner Up: Grayson Barnes Third Runner Up: …

Miss Missouri Friday Night Highlights

6/14/2025
Greta Clark was crowned Miss Missouri's Teen Friday night amongst other scholarship recipients: Miss Missouri’s Teen Fourth Runner Up:  Emme Hill Miss Missouri’s Teen Third …

Miss Missouri 2025 Thursday night Highlights

6/13/2025
The following delegates were awarded at the end of Thursday night's show.  Teen Sash Rookie Evening Gown: Jaycee McMillian - Miss Northwest’s Teen  Teen Sash Overall Evening …

Miss Missouri first night comes to a close, …

6/12/2025
The lights dimmed and Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.” engulfed the Missouri Military Academy gymnatorium so the woman who once moonwalked on pointe shoes could take the stage once more. …

Mexico Hounds set times, marks before districts at …

6/12/2025
The Mexico Optimist Running Club Hounds had one more chance to record its best times and marks before districts this Saturday. The Hounds held their Mexico Hounds Invite this past Saturday at …

Presser Pipes sounds off for summer

6/11/2025
Long days, warm nights and campfire songs are some of Cara Miller’s favorite memories about summer. They were the inspiration for the compilation of songs Miller hand picked as choir …

Bulldogs sweeps Monroe City Shootout on June 4

6/10/2025
On June 4 during the Monroe City Shootout, Mexico won all three games over Macon, Monroe City and Palmyra.  Look for the story in the June 11, 2025  edition of the Mexico Ledger. …

Mexico, Paris compete at Westran Shootout

6/10/2025
On Thursday during the Westran Shootout, Mexico lost three games while Paris went 2-1. Mexico lost one-point games to Marceline and Westran and then lost to Paris while Paris defeated Marceline …

Summer showcase of skills on Van-Far court

6/5/2025
Van-Far girls basketball held its annual youth camp from May 27-29 in the Van-Far High School gym in Vandalia. Since the camp had more kids this year of around 34, it was moved from the elementary …

Mexico gets warmed up in the summer for skills camp

6/4/2025
Mexico boys and girls basketball hosted their annual youth skills camp from May 27-29 at Mexico Middle School. Across three sessions each day involving about 85 kids, second- and third-graders, …

Car Show and Cruise raises money for Help Center

5/28/2025
The Freedom of the Road Riders Local 13 in Mexico invaded the Tractor Supply parking lot May 17 for its annual car show and cruise. “It went fantastic today,” said activities …

Thunderbird bats quiet in 4-0 sectional loss to Fatima

5/27/2025
North Callaway couldn't muster much against Brody Kleffner on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds lost their Class 3 sectional game at home in Auxvasse to Fatima 4-0 after striking out 10 times in 6 2/3 …

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