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Thimble and Thread Quilt Guild members, from left: Nancy Reeves of Kirkwood; guild founder Jean Ameduri of Oakville; Sister Frances Ann Eveler; Sister Josephine Nieman; Sister Regina Kabayama and Carol Williamson of South County.

Good news, winos, you have two chances to raise a glass and help mankind this weekend.

You may have heard stories of people who've fallen through ice on frozen lakes and lived, despite being under water for minutes or hours.

Last Thursday night in Franklin County, two suspected drunk drivers, one a teenager, crash into a third car killing the driver.

Michael W. Prater, 33, of St. Charles, died from injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle crash Thursday night in Franklin County, authorities said.

The Missouri Department of Labor has collected about $800,000 so far this year from employed Missourians who claimed they were not.

The county is getting a software program, MethShield, that will track sales of cold medicines with pseudoephedrine at some local stores, Mike Mansur reports .

Police in Washington, Missouri say they're seeing a decline in sales for a key meth ingredient three months after putting a new law in place that requires a prescription for that drug.

Three months after the town instituted a law requiring the sale of a key meth precursor by prescription only, police are seeing a surprising ripple effect: Sales of products with pseudoephedrine are down not only in Washington, but in surrounding communities, too.

WASHINGTON,A Mo. In the three months following a local ordinance requiring a prescription for pseudoephedrine, sales of the popular nonprescription decongestant plummeted by more than 92% heading into the cough-cold season, the St.

Three months after Washington, Mo., instituted a law requiring the sale of a key meth precursor by prescription only, police are seeing a surprising ripple effect: Sales of products with pseudoephedrine are down not only in Washington, but in surrounding communities, too.

A Missouri branch of the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to file suit against two towns' efforts to crack down on production of methamphetamine.

Washington -- Missouri's top contenders for retiring U.S. Sen. Kit Bond's seat have stashed away more than $4.1 million for the election that is more than a year away.

WASHINGTON, Mo . - Authorities in the eastern Missouri town of Washington are concerned about a rash of drug overdoses in recent weeks, many of them the result of heroin.

The Associated Press 1 comment The meth problem in Union has gotten so bad that someone with a drug habit stole the light shades outside Marilyn Roark's house.

You now need a doctor's prescription to buy certain cold and allergy medicines in Union, Missouri.

ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Dispatch on Tuesday morning reported that a second Missouri city, the city of Union, on Monday passed an ordinance requiring that pseudoephedrine products only be sold with a prescription.

BackStoppers helps the families of fallen police officers and firefighters. But Monday, it was a nationwide company that lent a hand to this organization.

WASHINGTON, MO. > CLOSED MEETINGS MAY GET NEW SCRUTINY Any closed session by a city board or commission may soon have to get approval from the city attorney.

Russell "Sam" Peterman, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at his home.