Clarksville News

Pacifiers can be a parent's best friend during the early years. But dentists caution that children should give up their pacifiers by age three.

Did you know that Missouri is one of the leading states for bald eagles? The birds migrate here from their nesting range in Canada and the Great Lakes region to hunt in our open waters.

CLARKSVILLE, Mo. - A second landslide is raising concerns along Route 79 in northeast Missouri.

By Jim Low - Missourians have five weekends to attend organized eagle-viewing events, or they can strike out on their own.

Clarksville, Mo., is moving ahead with what Mayor Jo Anne Smiley calls the "monumental task" of never again having to worry about the Mississippi River ruining businesses and disrupting lives in this town of 490 residents.

A barge and towboat make their way down the Mississippi River just upstream from Alton on Wednesday.

Maybe that's why the apple has always been associated with the two strongest emotions we have: death and love.

Machinery failure has forced the closure of a lock on the Mississippi River at Clarksville and service may not return until Thursday.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 6:24 p.m. A Several years ago Congress asked the US Army Corps of Engineers to put together a comprehensive plan for the Upper Mississippi River.

A fictional Robert Stanze first appears on page 88, leaping to life in Missouri mystery writer Robert J. Randisi's new book, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You." The character, described as tall, slender and dark-haired, has a tendency to pepper the end of sentences with "comprende?" A real-life Robert Stanze was a St.

Every square inch of Mark and Elizabeth Sloan's three-bedroom, split-level home in St.

A cement plant described as the largest in the nation has opened in eastern Missouri, about 50 miles south of St.

They live without electricity, indoor plumbing and telephones, but when it comes to their buggies, the Amish are willing to accept a bit of updating.

Along with French radishes, heirloom lettuces and Hungarian peppers, business is growing in this Mississippi River town.

Some of the restaurants in the northeast Missouri town of Clarksville are using food produced or grown in the area.