La Russell News

A man from Greenfield drowned in a pond north of La Russell. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 61 year old Ricky Purdy crashed his SUV through a fence and into a shallow pond in western Lawrence County When he stepped out of the truck he lost his balance and fell into four feet of water and drowned.

Mother Jones on the slate of unregulated religious homes billed to parents as moral boot camps where unruly teens can "get on track academically, restore broken relationships, and learn to walk with God." ...in her first weeks at the academy's Missouri compound - a summer-camp setup in remote La Russell, population 145 - she and other girls snuck ... (more)

The young women, visitors from a Missouri girls' home called New Beginnings Ministries , sang old-time hymns, recited Scripture, and gave tearful testimonies about their journeys out of lives of sin.

Priscilla's rebellion against her large Christian family -- she was one of 10 children -- began after she was gang-raped last year while jogging in her Maryland neighborhood.

The Jasper County prosecutor's office is dropping felony assault charges against three defendants accused of attacking a man last fall at a home in Reeds.