Plattsburg News

PLATTSBURG, Mo. a ' Three felonies have been filed against a former Clinton County employee.

The problemMike Thomas of Lawson is concerned about a curve in rural Clay County that was the site of a fatal wreck.

Slick, snowy conditions led to two fatal accidents in the area Tuesday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

The winter storm that blanketed northern Missouri with snow and ice has claimed at least three victims.

Several road closures were reported as of noon Tuesday. Missouri Western State University closed James McCarthy Drive from Faraon Street to Downs Drive at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

For more than a decade, this attorney prosecuted criminal cases for several area communities and worked as DeKalb County's attorney.

A member of the honor guard saluted the remains of Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo., as he was loaded off a a chartered plane and into a hearse at Executive Beechcraft at KCI on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009, in Kansas City, Missouri.

During a procession led by the Patriot Honor Guard, people lined the streets of Smithville, Plattsburg and Lathrop on Tuesday to honor a Missouri soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Just a few short months ago, Afghanistan was a forgotten war. That was before a new presidential administration shifted America's military might from the deserts of Iraq to the mountainous home of the Taliban and al-Qaida. More boots on the ground inevitably meant more soldiers in harm's way.

Editor's Note: In keeping with tradition, the News-Press is publishing no more comments concerning the school levy in advance of Tuesday's election.

A former Fort Drum soldier was among nine U.S. casualties in Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to a newspaper in Missouri.

AFGHANISTAN a ' A Missouri soldier is one of seven servicemen killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

A soldier from Clinton County was among the nine U.S. military personnel killed in action Tuesday, according to numerous non-official sources.

Elbert Dixon was a successful farmer who encouraged young men to stay away from farming.

The cost of health insurance is rising less than five percent for the city of Perryville and its employees.

The Perryville Board of Aldermen will meet in regular session Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the city hall board room.

Annual Smithville Lake visitation numbers are in. And what kind of a year it was depends on which statistic you see.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' A 61-year-old Pizza Hut delivery driver was kidnapped Monday night in Kansas City and then later found alive by a passerby in Oak Grove.

Mackintyre McDill-Garton preached his first sermon to other children at his church when he was only 6 years old.

What began as the fanciful notion of an ambitious grade-school boy was dedicated Saturday with tears and foot-stomping music.A modest but spiffy church, 36 feet by 24 feet and white with a Dairy Queen red roof, overflowed with about 100 people who came to remember Mackintyre McDill-Garton and enjoy the glory of the chapel he inspired.