The Monett City Council approved the annexation of property and the purchase of additional land during its January monthly meeting.

Friday, January 15, 2010 at 4:29 p.m. Read more: Local , Lou Ann Allred , Callao Missouri , Federal Charges , Stolen Money , KTVO CALLAO, MO.

The city clerk of a small northeast Missouri town has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly embezzling about $150,000 of city funds.

A federal indictment alleges that a Cassville woman tried to recruit one person to kill her friend's husband for $6,000 and another to do it for $10,000. An indictment handed up Oct.

A Heartland man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Macon County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after midnight Saturday on Highway 36 west of Callao.