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During the Civil War, Scouts, Spies, Bushwhackers, Partisan Rangers and Guerrillas became experts at "covering their tracks." According to one of my best literary friends, Mr.

A woman from Houston admitted to a mail fraud scheme in which she embezzled as much as $200,000 from her fathera s business bank accounts.

A former Hartsburg man was arrested Wednesday in Texas on suspicion of harassing Boone County Circuit Court Judge Kevin Crane through voice messages left on Cranea s home telephone.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Jenkins, Kansas City, MO, are proud to announce the birth of a son, Robert Nathan, on November 28, 2009.

Rusty Murry/Daily Mail David Clyman, District Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service spent more than 20 years of his 41 year career with the NRCS in Vernon County.

News-Leader.com Four were injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday in Texas County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

An early morning crash today left two Houston, Mo., residents with moderate injuries, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

A man from Plato died Friday night after a crash in Texas County. Russell Kane was 26.

A contract to run the Houston License Office has been awarded to a new agent, Cynthia L. Blades of West Plains, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Revenue.

Emerging DNA technology helped convince jurors to convict a Dent County man for the decades-old murder of his then-girlfriend. According to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, Donald Nash was found guilty of the March 1982 murder of 21-year-old Judy Spencer.

By Randy Scruggs The Mirror Eastern District Pulaski County Commissioner Bill Farnham will attend a strategy meeting on applying for federal grants to pay for projects in the Big Piney River watershed.

A steel beast that will become a temporary addition to Kansas Citys skyline began the last leg of its month-long journey Thursday.Crawling along at 3 mph, a rare inland waterway crane that will rival the size of many downtown buildings started its 366-mile trip up the Missouri River to Kansas City.The massive crane, which has moved more than 5,700 ...

A pedestrian was killed early this morning when he was hit by a truck on just north of Houston, Mo.

Six million dollars in federal stimulus money will soon be headed to Missouri schools.

Two businesses on the Mountain Grove town square sustained heavy damage, and two other businesses had smoke damage from a Friday night fire fought by several fire departments.

A Cabool man riding on an all-terrain vehicle suffered serious injuries in a crash Monday evening, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

A Houston teen died Friday night in a broadside crash on U.S. 63, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Two southwest Missouri residents have been appointed to state bodies by Gov. Jay Nixon.

Scientists are beginning a large-scale effort to identify and analyze the vast majority of cells in or on your body that aren't of human origin.Only about 10 percent of the trillions of cells that make up a person are truly human, researchers say.

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will attend the groundbreaking for the Texas County Memorial Hospital Family Clinic and Ambulance Base in Houston on Thursday.