In Ava and surrounding Douglas County, residents called and the sheriff listened.

A Winona man died early Sunday morning and four others were hurt when the car he was driving ran off the road and struck a house.

Wilma Fern Cooper was born December 14, 1945 in Birch Tree, Missouri, the daughter of Jess and Violet Crabtree.

A Texas County resident suffered serous injuries in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

A second person faces charges for Tuesday's deadly house fire in Mountain View, Missouri.

A woman has now been charged with setting a fire that killed her ex-boyfriend in Mountain View, Missouri.

A 30-year-old woman from Lawrence, Kan., is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend at his home near Trask by shooting him and then setting fire to his home on Tuesday.

A state fire marshal's investigator is looking for the cause of a deadly house fire.

Kennett Community Teachers' Association President Tina Brown, center, recently attended a Missouri State Teachers' Association "Leader U" conference at Mountain View, Mo.

During the past couple of months in this column, we've focused on the UFO phenomena and recent cattle mutilations in the local area.

Two Summersville teens were flown to a Springfield hospital Tuesday afternoon with serious injuries after their car overturned on a Shannon County road, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Two children suffered serious injuries Thursday and another child suffered minor injuries when the all-terrain vehicle they were riding on a Birch Tree street collided with a pickup truck, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Jefferson City - Management contracts for three more local motor vehicle/license offices were awarded today by the Missouri Department of Revenue, spokesman Ted Farnen announced in a news release.

Springfield is not the only Missouri school district to offer the possibility of multiple representation collective bargaining.

Sophomore Dallis Bailey will attempt to defend her Missouri Class 2 state championship on Friday and Saturday at Jefferson City after advancing to the state meet by edging out Miller's Taylor Rivera at a Class 2 Sectional on Saturday at Hollister.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. - Calvin and Crystal Hopper of Mountain View, Mo., are the parents of a baby boy, Eli Eugene Hopper, born April 23, 2009, at Ozarks Medical Center.