Waynesville News

Two people are charged with first-degree armed robbery in connection with a robbery July 2 at the Lion's Den adult bookstore.

Visitors to downtown Waynesville could have a new attraction next year: one designated day in which businesses around the square would serve wine to patrons as part of a city-sponsored event.

On a hot summer day, Waynesville High School Sophomore Samantha McGaughy wouldn't want to get a tan anywhere else than at the pool.

When Sheriff J.B. King and Eastern District Commissioner Bill Farnham asked members of the Pulaski County Commission to place a half-cent countywide law enforcement sales tax on the ballot, Presiding Commissioner Bill Ransdall said St.

Two Waynesville residents have been charged in connection with a robbery at an adult store, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department said.

Ground has been broken for the Veteran's Memorial to be placed in the Veterans' Cemetery in the Fort Leonard Wood-West Waynesville Area.

Local law enforcement personnel want to make sure that those who want to drink this weekend in Pulaski County don't get behind the wheel of a car.

FORT LEONARD WOOD/WAYNESVILLE/RICHLAND, Mo. a ' Fireworks have been associated with Independence Day celebrations for more than a century, and at least three large shows are planned this year to celebrate the event locally.

As Richard Arnold drove Sunday afternoon near the Country Club Plaza, he saw a gray Buick Century careen through an intersection in front of him and plunge into Brush Creek.Arnold, who works for an ambulance service in Waynesville, Mo., didnt see anyone in the drivers seat.

Officials with the Pulaski County Circuit Court have reported the following actions in recent cases: Leslie Bernard Howard, 55, of Oregon City, Ore., appeared with the public defender for a June 25 preliminary hearing on a Class C felony charge of second-degree burglary accusing him of unlawfully entering the ATR Building in Richland for the ...

The Waynesville City Council has adopted a new law regulating noise in the city.

Officials with the Pulaski County Circuit Court have reported the following actions in recent cases: Earnest L. Mentola, 26, of Waynesville, waived a June 24 preliminary hearing on a Class B felony charge of sale of a controlled substance accusing him of selling nine tablets containing oxycodone to an undercover state trooper on Dec.

The Pulaski County Tourism Bureau has several new visitorsa programs that are being introduced this summer.

Updated Tuesday, June 16, 4:14 p.m. Community Recreation Board The Waynesville-St. Robert Community Recreation Board will meet at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, in St.

Phillip Shelton, 93, of Devils Elbow, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at his home.

A man from Jerome faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and driving while intoxicated for the death of a Waynesville High School teacher and sports announcer.

Jack Nickels, 71, of St. Robert, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at St. John's Hospital-Lebanon. He was a retired optician Survivors include his wife, Charlotte; three children, Sheree Kelley and her husband, Jim, of Waynesville; Tracey Jefferson and her husband, Kenneth, of Wentzville and Brian Mathis, of Atlanta, Georgia; four brothers, Ronald Nickels ...

Police and firefighters responded to Roy Laughlin Park in Pulaski County after a juvenile fell off a bluff, said Doug Yurecko, Fire Chief of the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District.

A former Marine Corps staff sergeant from Waynesville was assessed three prison sentences Friday related to his arrest a year ago in a Jasper County Sheriff's Department sting operation targeting child-sexual predators on the Internet.

Robert F. Boals, 75, of Waynesville, formerly of Lebanon, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Life Care Center of Waynesville.