Elsberry News

A 7-year-old girl and her mother on their way to buy clothes with FEMA flood vouchers were killed in a head-on crash Thursday night.

United Methodists gear up for Missouri flood relief Jul. 10, 2008 News media contact: Linda Bloom * 3693759* New York {287} NOTE: Photographs are available at http://umns.umc.org >A UMNS Report By Susan J. ...

Gov. Blunt will visit Winfield to see the breach of the Pin Oak Levee in Lincoln County first hand.

June 25, 2008 -- Deer graze in a flooded field on the side of Highway 79 in Elsberry.

Officials are blaming a muskrat for the levee breach that's flooding Winfield, Mo.

Some roads are flooded by torrential rain in parts of northern Missouri, with one report of more than seven inches of rain in four hours.The National Weather Service Wednesday cited reports of several feet of ...

In Lincoln County, the only thing that stands between the swollen Mississippi River and a small community is giving flood fighters a mighty challenge.

The Lincoln County Emergency Operations Command and the Army Corp of Engineers confirmed a third levee breach southeast of Elsberry near Norton Woods Rd.

The faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the swollen waterway had apparently started to hit its high point.

Secondary levees protecting much of the Elsberry and Winfield sections of Lincoln County, Missouri are being put to the test Friday afternoon.

A farm in northern St. Charles County has become an island surrounded by the floodwaters of the Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River spread its watery destruction Thursday surging over nearly a dozen levees in the St.

An artists' town where the Mississippi River is expected to crest at record levels Friday was hanging on with prayers from strangers and volunteers from as far away as sympathetic New Orleans.

Two levees broke up river in Illinois on Saturday. Governor Rod Blagojevich is sending emergency crews and the National Guard out to help.

For months flood waters from the Mississippi River have surrounded the community of Timberlake in Lincoln County , Missouri .

Amber Breitbarth, left, and Byron Klauenberg Ogden's eighth graders received their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Ogden Middle School.

Four towns plan to dump their outmoded sewer systems and join with a water supply district to build a modern system in eastern Lincoln County.

“The kids they ride bikes, she ride her bike with them they walk up the road like a family thing. You never see any screaming.”

It is a disturbing case of child abuse in Lincoln County , Missouri . The parents of a 15 year old boy are charged with beating the teen for eating peanut butter. via MyFox St. Louis

Elsberry, Mo. - A 72-year-old eastern Missouri woman and her two sons face federal drug charges. via CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV

ELSBERRY Lincoln County R-II Schools are participating in a new program to help earn money for classroom technology and supplies. via Hannibal Courier-Post