Warrenton News

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has named a former college president to a state student loan board and a former county prosecutor to a state housing panel.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has named a former college president to a state student loan board and a former county prosecutor to a state housing panel.

A man from Warren County forced an apartment leasing agent to perform a sex act at knifepoint, prosecutors said Tuesday, while the man's attorney said the sex was consensual.

Monday, May 18, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. WARRENTON, MO. -- A Greentop woman facing a charge of second degree murder has pleaded guilty to the charge.

A 19-year-old woman from Warrenton was killed in a fiery car crash Sunday on Interstate 70 in Warren County.

A man was fatally injured when his car veered into oncoming traffic on Highway 47 yesterday, and a trailer ran over his car.

Wright City's liability insurance company has agreed to pay $32,500 to settle the city's dispute with former building inspector Ronnie Mershon over his dismissal in July. The city's insurance policy with Meadowbrook Insurance Group covered most of the settlement amount. The policy includes a $5,000 deductible, which must be paid by the city, according to Wright City Mayor Roy White. "I know my client was satisfied with the result," said Joan Swartz, Mershon's attorney. She said the settlement already has been paid.

Wright City voters approved a school bond issue Tuesday night by a slim margin. The Project KIDS bond issue, as it was called during the campaign, will provide a new track, irrigate the football and baseball fields and provide air conditioning for schools. The initiative passed with 59.9 percent of voters’ approval. The issue required a four-sevenths majority, or more than 57 percent to win. Proposition KIDS passed despite a mailer opposing the issue that was sent to some residents last week. According to some voters, it claimed the district paid too much for architect and engineering work.

A 17-year-old Warrenton teen died Wednesday afternoon in a single vehicle accident, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

For the second time in less than two weeks, a Warrenton High School student has been killed in a car crash. Devin Sherry, a junior, died in a crash about 5:25 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Sherry, 17, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado south on Schuetzenground Road in Warren County, about five miles south The pickup went off the right side of the road, struck a dirt embankment and overturned as it returned to the roadway. Sherry was partially

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Casey S. Monshower, 17, of Warrenton was killed in a single-vehicle crash early today.

What started as a tire fire on a semi truck Thursday in Wright City escalated into 20-foot flames when the fire spread to the truck’s trailer that was filled with petroleum-based plastic pallets. Driver Terry McCool, of Hermann, was westbound on Interstate 70 about 5 p.m. when he heard thumping noises coming from the tires, he said. He exited at mile 199 in Wright City and pulled into the Shell gas station on the North Service Road, where he realized his front tires were smoking. He moved the tractor-trailer behind the gas station, which shares its building with a McDonald’s.

Before Sunday, James Street Jr. had seen his 7-month-old son, James Street III, for just 10 days. "Daddy missed most of the pregnancy and the birth," said Heather Street, little James' mother and James Jr.'s wife. "We had the webcam, and he got to come home on leave for 10 days in August." But he did hear James' first cry by cell phone immediately after he was born on Aug. 8, said his mother-in-law, Linda Leonard. James Street Jr., of Warrenton, and others from the 3175th Military Police Co. based at the Warrenton Armory received a warm welcome home at the Warrenton Armory on Sunday after their yearlong deployment to Kosovo ended. Emergency service providers and the American Legion Freedom Riders escorted buses carrying the soldiers to the Armory.

Thirty three employers will be at a job fair in Warrenton on March 11. The job fair will be at the American Legion on Highway W. from 10:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Attendees should bring resumes and dress for an ...

Holland has announced that axle production has commenced at its Warrenton, Missouri facility, with initial shipments of both drum and disc braked axles.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued by the National Weather Service at 10:19 am CDT on March 8, 2009 The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... southeastern ...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has scheduled three public hearings for people to review and comment on a document that describes how MoDOT can improve Interstate 70 with truck-only lanes between ...

A Warren County judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for strangling his girlfriend with a hair dryer cord.Kenneth Wayne Beck, 36, admitted he killed 33-year-old Stacie Hough in a June 2006 argument in ...

Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:34 PM by Tom Steever The Missouri Corn Growers Association concluded their annual meeting Tuesday by visiting state lawmakers in Jefferson City.

Tough economic times wona t stop one group of local seniors from reaching out to help others.