Mound City News

12/01/2025

UPDATED 68th Annual Mound City Invitational Basketball Tournament Brackets

11/25/2025

The 67th Annual Mound City Invitational Basketball Tournament Bracket (arrived after publication deadline for this week)

10/31/2025

We have power back on!

10/31/2025

We have been without electricity for about an hour at our facility. We don’t know when we will have service restored, but will post here when we are back in action.

09/04/2025

Now Open: Hickory Creek Bridge on Holt County Route B

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Hickory Creek Bridge on Holt County Route B is now open following a bridge replacement project. North Central Bridge, LLC, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, reopened the bridge today, Thursday, Sept. 4.

The bridge on Hickory Creek has been closed since May 12. For more information on this project, visit: https://www.modot.org/projects/route-b-bridge-replacement-holt-county.

MoDOT asks drivers to work with us by always buckling up, keeping your phone down, slowing down and moving over in work zones. Know before you go and check what work zones you might encounter at traveler.modot.org.

Get project and work zone news straight to your email by signing up for eUpdates. Information is also available 24/7 by calling 888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636) or by visiting www.modot.org

The 2025-2026 Official State Highway Map is now available free of charge! The front cover of the map is courtesy of the Missouri Division of Tourism and features a scenic aerial photo of Missouri Route 79 near the DuPont Reservation Conservation Area south of Hannibal. The back cover features a spri...

08/21/2025

Now Open: U.S. Route 59 bridge over Interstate 29 near Craig

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The U.S. Route 59 bridge over Interstate 29 north of Craig (mile marker 93.4) is now open following a deck replacement project. Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, reopened the bridge on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

The bridge on Route 59 has been closed since June 2.

Two other bridges are also included in this project -- the Rock Creek Bridge on Atchison County Route F and the Mill Creek Bridge on Holt County Route T. For more information about this project, visit: https://www.modot.org/projects/missouri-route-59-bridge-rehabilitation-atchison-and-holt.

All work is expected to be completed by December 2025.

MoDOT asks drivers to work with us by always buckling up, keeping your phone down, slowing down and moving over in work zones. Know before you go and check what work zones you might encounter at traveler.modot.org.

Get project and work zone news straight to your email by signing up for eUpdates. Information is also available 24/7 by calling 888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636) or by visiting www.modot.org

The 2025-2026 Official State Highway Map is now available free of charge! The front cover of the map is courtesy of the Missouri Division of Tourism and features a scenic aerial photo of Missouri Route 79 near the DuPont Reservation Conservation Area south of Hannibal. The back cover features a spri...

07/16/2025

The Mound City News office is without interent and phones this morning due to downed lines. Hoping to be back going later today. Thank you for your patience!

07/05/2025

ALERT: Mound City City Firework display day change!!!!!
The fireworks contractor has reached out this morning and we’ve decided to change the fireworks display to Sunday night, July 6.
Expected rain throughout the day today will impede on a safe setup of the display, and potential rain again this evening could cancel the show last minute.
For those reasons, the show has been moved to Sunday evening, July 6.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but the fireworks pyrotechnics peoples safety is top priority.

07/03/2025

Now Open: Mill Creek Bridge on Holt Route T

The Holt County Route T bridge over Mill Creek is now open following a deck replacement project. Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, reopened the bridge on Thursday, July 3.

Route T at the Mill Creek Bridge has been closed since May 5.

Two other bridges are also included in this project – the U.S. Route 59 bridge over Interstate 29 in Holt County and the Rock Creek Bridge on Atchison County Route F. For more information about this project, visit: https://www.modot.org/projects/missouri-route-59-bridge-rehabilitation-atchison-and-holt.

All work is expected to be completed by September 2025.

MoDOT asks drivers to work with us by always buckling up, keeping your phones down, slowing down and moving over in work zones. Know before you go and check what work zones you might encounter at traveler.modot.org.

Get project and work zone news straight to your email by signing up for eUpdates. Information is also available 24/7 by calling 888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636) or visiting www.modot.org/northwest.

06/11/2025

https://fox4kc.com/news/man-charged-in-connection-with-death-of-platte-county-sports-reporter-shot-on-i-29/

A Kansas City man is facing multiple criminal charges, including murder, after investigators said he shot and killed a Platte County sports reporter during a road rage incident in early January.

01/08/2025

To all of our subscribers:

There has not been any mail delivered/picked up in the area since last Saturday, and mail is not being picked up/delivered today. The Post Office is also closed tomorrow, Thursday, January 9, due to President Carter's funeral service. It is hopeful that mail services will resume this Friday, January 10. We wanted to get the word out since newspapers will be arriving later than usual. We appreciate your readership!

- The staff at Mound City News

12/24/2024