Cooper County News

Front row from left to right, seventh-grader Chloe Widel, second-grader Amelia Widel, third-grader Dorsan Hern and fifth-grader Blake Frevert.

Cards may be sent to the following people in care of Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center, 3333 W. 10th St., Sedalia, MO 65301.

Federal transportation officials have given Missouri officials the green light to rebuild Interstate 70 across the state to include lanes only for trucks.

In a new Clysdale farm neat Boonville lives a horse unlike any other. His name is Joe and grew up in Mid-Missouri, where there is a stable of talent.

A five-year-old Otterville child was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Cooper County on Friday.

Westbound Interstate 70 will be shut down to one lane from Wednesday until Friday in Cooper County, west of Columbia, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Cooper County Memorial Hospital has fired its chief executive officer after discovering he was convicted of felony theft in Illinois.The Boonville Daily News reported that Jeffrey Durham was convicted in late September of improper use of a corporate credit card at Massac Memorial Hospital in southern Illinois.

Board members of Cooper County's Memorial Hospital fired CEO Jeffrey Durham in connection with a felony theft conviction.

A Cooper County accident Thursday morning caused traffic traveling on Interstate 70 to be rerouted through Sedalia.

While no injury accidents occurred in Saline County during Thursday's persistent rain, three crashes on Interstate 70 just across the border in Cooper County affected motorists in both counties.

A crash involving several tractor-trailers has closed down the eastbound lanesof Interstate 70 in Cooper County.

Benton County prosecutors say they've scheduled a peliminary hearing Nov. 30 concerning the triple-murder case from Cole Camp three months ago.

The Federal Highway Association approved a proposal to add truck only lanes to I-70. The project as a whole is estimated to cost close to $4 billion, but MoDOT plans to seek only $200 million in federal stimulus money to build a test segment in Cooper and Saline counties.

The federal government has approved Missouris plans to build segregated truck lanes between Kansas City and St.

A 56-year-old Eureka, Mo., man was killed when a vehicle ran off the side of the road he was walking along and hit him, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported today.

The Roman Catholic Church and a religious order with ministries in the St. Louis area have agreed to pay $600,000 in one of the largest clergy sex abuse settlements ever in Missouri.

Troopers say the victim wasn't wearing a seat belt. A southwest Missouri man is dead after an accident in Cooper County on Tuesday.

ROB TRIMBLE uses a bucket lift as he puts the finishing touches on a Barn Quilt being affixed Thursday morning on the Robert and Edris Wilhoit barn on Highway 5 at the north edge of Fayette.

Audit includes questions about Sheriff's Comp Time. The Missouri Auditor's Office finished a report on Cooper County, and found some problems with the current policies.

Audit includes questions about Sheriff's Comp Time. The Missouri Auditor's Office finished a report on Cooper County, and found some problems with the current policies.