Carter County News

Two more area school districts have closed due to illness. Both the East Carter and Greenville school districts will be closed until Monday, when administrators hope to return with normal attendance levels.

An Ellsinore, Mo., man was ordered to stand trial Tuesday afternoon in connection with the death of his wife, who was shot during an earlier dispute with his stepson.

VAN BUREN - The shooting death of a Carter County man has been ruled an accident.

A Carter County man died Monday afternoon at a local hospital from a gunshot wound he suffered while cleaning a deer rifle.

Deputies are investigating why an 18-year-old southeast Missouri boy was lying in the road, after the teen was struck and killed.

A pickup truck driver told Missouri Highway Patrol troopers he tried to avoid an Ellington man walking on a Carter County road, but was unsuccessful, according to the patrol.

An alcohol compliance check of nine businesses in Carter and Butler counties found that none of the businesses sold alcohol to minors.

Woman accused of shooting, killing boyfriend on day of father's funeral: 51-year-old Barbara Johnson of Carter County, MO is accused of shooting her boyfriend, 67-year-old Harvey Cookston.

A Carter County teenager faces up to 25 years in federal prison for property damage to a National Park.

An autopsy is being done today on a Carter County man, who was apparently shot to death by his longtime, live-in girlfriend.

A Monett woman was taken to the hospital after crashing her motorcycle in Carter County today.

Lance D. Shockley of Van Buren stood solemnly, showing little emotion, as Presiding Circuit Judge David Evans sentenced him to death Friday afternoon in a Carter County courtroom in Van Buren.

The southeast Missouri man convicted of killing Missouri state trooper Carl Dewayne Graham Jr.

An Ellsinore man is in jail today after being charged in connection with the death of his wife, who was shot during an earlier dispute with his stepson.

A Columbia, Mo.-area man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday morning for his role in the February 2008 armed robbery of a Van Buren pharmacy.

April 7: A single-engine, four-seat Cessna airplane, allegedly stolen from Ontario, Canada, sits along Highway FF in Carter County, Missouri, on Tuesday.