A meat snack company in Audrain County is making big moves. Western Smokehouse Partners just opened a new plant in Mexico, Missouri, and it’s already seeing rapid growth. Show Me Today reporter Matt Pilger chats with CEO and President Matt Bormann to talk about the...
One year after Boone Health and Audrain County leaders signed a Letter of Intent to bring a critical access hospital back to Mexico — a city in central Missouri — the facility remains closed. The original hospital shut down in 2022. So why the delay? Boone Health CEO...
Justin Hamm is the school librarian at Eugene Field Elementary, and he says the creativity of his students often fuels his poetry. Matt Pilger sat down with Hamm for Show Me Today to talk about the inspiration behind his work—and how he plans to bring poetry to life...
Boone Health’s proposal to build a new critical access hospital in Mexico, Missouri won’t qualify for federal funding—despite the project aligning with rural healthcare goals outlined in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Boone Health CEO Brady Dubois told Missourinet...
The annual Soybean Festival in downtown Mexico has been celebrating one of Missouri’s leading crops for the past 50 years or so. Thousands of people are expected to pack the central Missouri community for the celebration of community, agriculture, and small-town...
