Lebanon News

After 3 1/2 hours of deliberation Friday afternoon, a Laclede County jury exonerated Douglas E. Duerden, 57, of Eldridge, on both charges brought by a special state prosecutor in an alleged shooting two years ago during a high- speed city-county car chase.

A tearful victim told Laclede County jurors Wednesday she thought she had been shot during a high-speed police chase in April, 2007, but that police officers scoffed when her sister-in-law inquired, and jail personnel told her she had been hurt by a Taser.

St. John's Hospital - Lebanon and Missouri Ozark Community Action, Inc., will sponsor a free kickoff breakfast for the sixth annual Crayon Crusade July 15.

A police chase of a stolen pickup started here on Tuesday afternoon and ended with a crash in Lebanon.

A bridge in Lebanon has been named for a soldier from Lebanon who died in Afghanistan in the spring of 2008.

Tammy Helm-Teter tteter@lebanondailyrecord.com and Ken York kyork@lebanondailyrecord.com Jul 3, 2009 City Council members are making no moves toward asking voters to raise the lodging tax on motels and hotels after hearing a report from two local motel owners during Monday night's council meeting.

The man who led multiple law-enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase through three counties Tuesday now faces a felony charge in Laclede County.

Independence Day might be Saturday, but fireworks are not allowed in the City of Lebanon.

The Lebanon summer baseball team will play in the Springfield Holiday Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday.

An off-duty Lebanon police officer assisted in the arrest Friday of two men who allegedly shoplifted two nail guns worth a total of about $540 from Lowe's Home Improvement, 130 E. Missouri 32.

The city is pondering how it should proceed since it has proven impossible to get an Attorney General's Office opinion on the election of a disqualified City Council candidate in April, Lebanon Mayor C.P. Craig said Monday in an e-mail to The Daily Record.

A Laclede County man was sent to the hospital with a knife wound following a domestic dispute at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at a residence on Nickel Drive.

Norma Jean Myers, 83, of Lebanon, died Monday morning, June 22, 2009, at St. John's Hospital-Lebanon. She was born Aug.

Action will continue Friday at Midway Speedway with racing on the 3/8 mile dirt oval with points races in the USRA Modifieds, Late Model Sportsman, B-Modifieds, Bombers and Pure Stocks.

Lebanon senior Mikey Jennings has been chosen to play for the Class 4 West squad in the Missouri State High School Coaches Association Senior All-Star game.

A Lebanon man is in Laclede County Jail today on a Class B felony charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute following a search of his home Monday.

A southwest Missouri man has pleaded guilty to killing a woman at a Springfield homeless camp.

Wanda Jean Bowlin, 79, of Lebanon, died Saturday, June 6, 2009, at St. John's Hospital-Lebanon. She was born March 27, 1930, at Plato, to Clyde and Treva Dowden Lee, who preceded her in death.

Rain and more rain is expected in the Lebanon area for most of the week, with the possibility of severe weather.

Detroit Tool Metal Products today announced that it will consolidate to one central facility in Lebanon, Missouri, closing its Fort Madison, Iowa, site by the end of the year.