Belle, MO

MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A fisherman was found dead earlier this week, about 30 miles downstream from Bagnell Dam, on the Osage River. According to the Miller County Sheriff's Office, on June 16, 2021, they received a phone call from a camper at the Osage-Tavern State Wildlife Area near St. Elizabeth about a fisherman that was possibly missing. Miller County Deputies arrived on scene and found fishing gear on the bank of the Osage River and a vehicle believed to be that of the missing person.

Guy Robert “Robbie’’ Lynch, 33, of Richland, died Monday, June 14, 2021, in Richland. He was born Jan. 8, 1958, in Rolla, Mo. to Richard Boone Lynch Sr. and Marsha Ann Johnson Lynch. Robbie was preceded in death by his father, Richard Boone Lynch Sr. In his early 20s, Robbie...

As part of an ongoing improvement project taking place on various roadways in Dent and Phelps Counties, work crews plan to start on the next phase next week. Starting Monday, June 21, a contractor working for the Missouri Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing Phelps County Route K. This work...

(Crawford County) A 79-year-old female was moderately injured after a one-car accident in Crawford County Thursday afternoon. According to the highway patrol, Mary Lechner of Ballwin was traveling eastbound on I-44 near the 205 mile marker when she drove her 1999 Honda CRV off the left side of the road and overturned. She was transported to Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan.

About 50 officers assigned to the Portland police department’s crowd control team resigned one day after one of the team’s officers was indicted for allegedly using his department-issued baton to assault a protester last summer. The wholesale resignation of the police department’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) took place after a...

The Meramec Regional Planning Commission’s Transportation Advisory Committee was updated on the progress of a Southeast Missouri Transportation System feasibility study that could lead to a deviated fixed route in Rolla with connections to St. James and Salem. According to a news release from the Meramec Regional Planning Commission, the...

A former Bourbon man accused of taking part in the murder of an elderly woman is set to be tried this September. Joseph Proffer, 23, has a jury trial scheduled in Phelps County Sept. 13-16. Proffer is the co-defendant in the murder of Barbara Lynn, who was murdered in her...

KWOS / Jefferson Bank Person You Should Know with Austin Peterson & John Marsh. This person was born and raised in Tebbetts and still resides there with his wife and daughter. This person learned how to drive big trucks and tractors while working on the family farm when he was growing up.

(Ironton) A Davisville man, accused of murder in Crawford County, had his trial set last Friday in Iron County on a change of venue from Crawford County. 62-year-old Michael Jodon faces second degree murder from the December 2014 beating death of 46-year-old Michael Sletten, a handicapped man who lived at Jodon’s residence in Davisville off ‘V’ Highway.

Driving down into the hills of Eminence feels like the first turn into the foothills of Colorado. The small town in Shannon County is a popular destination for those looking to experience the outdoors. Eminence is south of Rolla. Take Rolla south down Highway 73, to Highway 19, to Business...

OSAGE COUNTY — Two people were seriously injured after being ejected in an Osage County crash Tuesday. The single-vehicle crash occurred when the vehicle was overtaking another vehicle on westbound MO 100, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The vehicle's tire blew out causing it to go off...

Dr. Bonnie Ranney MD, Dr. Mark Ranney DVM, and Mary Ensign, Bonnie’s mom, were killed in a traffic crash in December 2015. Bonnie and Mark will be forever remembered for their contributions to the Rolla community, where family members have been holding a Ranney Run for the past five years in their memory.

In an effort to meet the immediate food needs of vulnerable families in the St. James community, the Caring Center hosted their June drive-through Commodity Day. For the comfort of staff and volunteers, the St. James Caring Center has a new registration booth to keep staff cool, warm and dry, Caring Center Director Nancy Montgomery said. The newly implemented computerized OASIS registration system expedites processing customers.

A Phelps County man is killed, and his teenage passenger seriously injured, in a one-car crash in Phelps County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says James Bunton, 28, of Duke, was driving down County Road 5240 Wednesday afternoon. Troopers say Bunton ran off the left side of the road and hit a ditch, causing his car to go airborne. The car overturned and hit a fence, throwing Bunton from the car. Bunton was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Alleyiha Dunham, 19, of Newburg, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Crawford County’s population declined by 3.6% according to a study by Mark White, University of Missouri associate extension professor and policy research professor at MU’s Truman School of Public Affairs. White studied population trends using the United States Census Bureau’s population estimates that were released in May. Crawford County’s population...

A St. Louis man suffers serious injuries when he wrecks his truck while driving through Rolla. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Jeffrey Schneider, 48, of Brentwood, was driving on I-44 Thursday afternoon when he ran off the road and struck several trees. Schneider was flown to a Columbia hospital...

Phelps County Associate Circuit Judge Mark Calvert has been awarded one of ten scholarships by the Coordinating Commission for Judicial Education to attend the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 84th Annual Conference. Calvert currently serves as the Family Court Judge for Phelps County and the Administrative Family...

Phelps County has administered more than 26,961 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as of June 15, according to data from the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services. That's up 2% from the previous week's tally of 26,438 COVID-19 doses administered. In Phelps County, 29% of people living in Phelps...