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Empire District Electric asks for rate increase. Hearings to be held before PSC next year

The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold formal evidentiary hearings in April in an electric rate case

Drug take back to be held in Lebanon

Each year hundreds of tons of unwanted prescription drugs are turned in during Drug Take Back events across the

Names of Individuals who died while serving in the Military being sought in Laclede County

The Lebanon Area Veterans Memorial Board is seeking the names of individuals from the Lebanon area, who died

Rotary Route 66 Fun Run to benefit Koats for Kids in Lebanon

The children of Laclede County will benefit from an event being held on Saturday October 19th. The Lebanon

Woman charged in death of her mother

A Licking woman who is accused of leaving her 91 year old mother on the floor, for weeks after a fall, has been

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Former Camden County Deputy pleads guilty in Federal Court

According to a news release from the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri

MoDot loooking for emergency snow plow drivers

The Missouri Department of Transportation is hiring emergency snow plow drivers. MoDOT engineer Brian Untiedt

Public Safety Tax public hearing held Thursday night

Attendance was light during a public meeting at Lebanon City Hall, which was designed to give citizens an

Strafford endangered person advisory cancelled

The Greene County Sheriffs Office has canceled an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident in

Dixon Man in court on multiple charges

A Dixon man was arraigned in court in PUlaski County on charges of attempted robbery, armed criminal action,

Water off in Downtown Richland Monday

(Richland)–Beginning Monday, October 21st, it will be necessary to have water turned off in the downtown

One of five Regimental Awards goes to Gary Chura

(Fort Leonard Wood)–The Judge Advocate General’s Corps has recognized Gary Chura of Rolla, the

Mayors from the 4 largest Missouri Cities to meet with Governor on crime in their cities

(Springfield)–The mayors of four large Missouri cities will be in southwest Missouri’s Springfield

29 year old from Waynesville dies in I-44 accident

(Doolittle)–A three-vehicle accident on the interstate early Thursday morning has taken the life of a

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Navy veteran's family plans to sue VA over suspicious hospital death ruled a homicide October 19, 2019
The family of an 87-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who died suddenly in June 2018 -- reportedly due to a wrongfully administered insulin dose at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia -- plans to sue the federal Department of Veterans Affairs over the death, which has been ruled a homicide.
Texas longhorn named Bucklehead breaks world record for horn span: See the pics October 19, 2019
A Texas longhorn named Bucklehead broke the world record for the longest horn span at a showcase this month, according to a report.
Indiana driver, 24, convicted of reckless homicide after plowing into 4 children boarding school bus, killing 3 October 19, 2019
An Indiana woman was found guilty Friday of reckless homicide after plowing her pickup truck into four children, killing three, as they crossed a two-lane highway to board a school bus.
Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast October 19, 2019
Forecasters are predicting that despite high winds, surging seas and heavy rain along the Gulf Coast, Tropical Storm Nester is not expected to morph into a hurricane, much to the relief of states in the storm's path that were more than 75 percent devastated by Hurricane Michael just last year.
Chinese national convicted of trying to export US military technology to China October 18, 2019
A Chinese national was sentenced Wednesday to 40 months in prison after being accused of conspiring to export U.S. military and space technology to China, the Justice Department said Friday.
Woman pleads guilty to homicide after fatally botching silicone butt injection October 18, 2019
A New York woman pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide after she accidentally killed a patient in a botched plastic surgery procedure then fled the country, according to federal prosecutors.
Pennsylvania man charged with arson, murder in wife's death 9 years ago October 18, 2019
Pennsylvania authorities conducted a nine-year investigation before arresting a man in the murder of his wife.
Mom of children found hanging told 911 dispatcher son was bullied, 'didn't want to go alone' October 18, 2019
A newly released recording of 911 dispatches is adding mystery to the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his 4-year-old sister found hanging in a Pennsylvania basement last month.