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The Houston Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes everyone to the 99th Texas County Fair July 15 through the 18th at the Houston Area Chamber of Commerce Fairgrounds, officials said in a news release.

A man suspected of stabbing another man to death in New Mexico has been caught in Texas County, Mo.

To NASA's relief, a fueling test on Space Shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.

A Houston teen died when his Corvette swerved off Route B a mile east of Houston shortly before midnight Saturday.

A Houston, Mo. teen died after crashing his car in Texas County Saturday night. David Foster, 18, was not wearing his seat belt, according to a crash report from the Highway Patrol.

May 18, 2009 9:38 am US/Eastern DALLAS Dan and Sara Bell of Dallas found a Jesus-shaped Cheeto while on a road trip last week.

A Raymondville man died Tuesday afternoon when his car crashed near Houston, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

It was about 50 years ago. "I remember marching in the parade. I remember the former president being here," said Mike Manier.

By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK -- Somali pirates attacked and damaged an American ship carrying humanitarian aid Tuesday, but the ship and crew were safe under Navy escort, the military and shipping company said.

The St. Louis St. Patrick's Day Parade includes marching bands, floats and huge balloons like this colorful Leprechaun from last year's parade.

Mark Twain National Forest's Youth Conservation Corps needs students ages 15 to 18 who want to spend their summer working in the forest.

Mark Twain National Forest is taking applications from teenagers 15 to 18 years of age interested in working in the forest this summer.

Two south-central Missouri men survived being thrown from their SUV as it overturned several times after the driver lost control in Texas County.The men, both of Houston, Mo., were just east of the city about ...

TEXAS COUNTY SHERIFF CARL WATSON SAYS HIS COUNTY'S BRAND NEW CROSSBAR MOTEL IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS; THE 72-BED JAIL IN HOUSTON IS THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE OLD ONE, AND WATSON SAYS HE INTENDS TO GET THE ...

A head-on crash involving two sport utility vehicles on a Texas County highway early Saturday seriously injured two Summersville residents, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Everett Elton Vaughan, 80, son of Ernest E. and Etta M. Vaughan, was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Bloodland, Mo.

Houston police say a Cabool man will likely be charged in an attempted theft early Friday at a local business.

Missouri Education Commissioner D. Kent King, a former small-town English teacher who shepherded the state’s most urban school districts through high-stakes struggles with academic performance, died ...

A Houston man is charged with statutory rape of a girl, police said. Houston police arrested Terry P. Risher, 28, of 415 Mill St., on a Texas County warrant charging him with second-degree statutory rape.

Two teenagers were arrested Thursday after stabbings at a Wright City New Year's Eve party that left one man dead and another critically injured.