Fort Leonard Wood News

On a hot summer day, Waynesville High School Sophomore Samantha McGaughy wouldn't want to get a tan anywhere else than at the pool.

A St. Robert man was killed at 2:15 a.m. on July 5 in an accident on Missouri Avenue North.

WHEN VALRITA Gordon's son joined the Army National Guard, Val knew that, sooner or later, he'd likely be deployed to a war zone.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - Army personnel are usually careful not to publicly announce the return of military units from combat deployments, but post officials issued a press release Monday morning announcing the return late tonight of the second half of the 5th Engineer Battalion.

When Sheriff J.B. King and Eastern District Commissioner Bill Farnham asked members of the Pulaski County Commission to place a half-cent countywide law enforcement sales tax on the ballot, Presiding Commissioner Bill Ransdall said St.

On Dec. 12, 1944, Richard H. "Dick" Griffin didn't hesitate. His unit's mortar positions were coming under attack from German infantrymen, and Griffin knew someone had to man a machine gun.

FORT LEONARD WOOD/WAYNESVILLE/RICHLAND, Mo. a ' Fireworks have been associated with Independence Day celebrations for more than a century, and at least three large shows are planned this year to celebrate the event locally.

The Tuscumbia bridge project in Missouri, probably the most written-about bridge project in recent years, is moving along on schedule.

ARMY PVT. FIRST CLASS Krystal Harper recently graduated from basic military training and military police training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Thirty-five Purple Heart recipients will make Fort Leonard Wood history by becoming charter members of the 'Heart of Missouri,' Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 140, the first chapter the area has ever had.

The U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School will host the annual JCBRN Conference at Fort Leonard Wood, June 22-26. The 2009 JCBRN Conference and Regimental Week activities will focus on two distinct themes.

More than 400 members of the Missouri National Guard's Recruitment Sustainment Program will descend upon Fort Leonard Wood June 26-28 for a Commander's Cup competition.

PLATO, Mo. a ' A wreck south of Fort Leonard Wood on Tuesday afternoon hurt two teenagers, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.

Officials with the Pulaski County Circuit Court have reported the following actions in recent cases: Christopher M. Haggith, 19, of St.

RAYTOWN, Mo.- As they got their four month old son ready for church, LaTeasha and Willie Van Housen reminisced about Father's Day one year ago.

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Seven of the Army's best training NCOs across the nation will be traveling to Fort Monroe next weekend to compete for the title of 2009 U.S. Army Drill Sergeant of the Year.

Mitchell Woodrum, of Lebanon, recently graduated from Army advanced military training with the title of Distinguished Honor Graduate.

An eastern Missouri city hall was evacuated after a resident found a mortar shells and took them in for inspection.It happened Friday in Bonne Terre.

There are reports of a possible tornado near Lebanon, according to the National Weather Service in Springfield.