Dade County News

The coroner in Dade county says a fire Tuesday morning killed a man in his mobile home.

Counties in southwest Missouri are now accepting nominations for the 2009 public election of County Extension Council members.

A room full of water experts from Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri met in Springfield on Thursday to talk about the water we use every day.

Please read this explanation of the bill, Cap and Trade. This is a tax on those who emit carbon, households that use electricity, plants that process our food, trucks that haul food to our stores, farmers that produce our food and utility companies.

DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD - The line to get into Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill's 12:30 p.m. health care town hall meeting at the Gillioz Theater now stretches to McDaniel Street.

U.S. 160 between Missouri 123 at Willard and the Greene-Dade county line west of Ash Grove will be reduced to one-lane traffic today as construction crews seal the pavement with rock and oil, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

Federal authorities are seeking public assistance in finding an Aurora man wanted on state and federal warrants.

Flo Rida, unsurprisingly a native Floridian, is an MC who toured as a teenager with 2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice and began popping up on high-profile mixtapes by 2006, most notably DJ Khaled's We the Best -- on "Bitch I'm from Dade County," he appeared with the likes of Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Trina, and Dre .

Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday vetoed legislation that would have eased the burden on the state's overworked public defenders.

A Golden City man suffered serious injuries Tuesday night in a single-car crash in Dade County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Some folks in the Ozarks could get federal stimulus money for working in areas that have a shortage of healthcare providers.

Bondsman Jackie Covey Redburn entered two guilty pleas to possession of burglary tools and Class B stealing.

Some residents in Dade County are upset that storm sirens didn't sound in their town Wednesday night despite a tornado warning that covered the entire county.

Four people were injured this evening in a Dade County crash, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Artist Billy "Billyo" O'Donnell and journalist Karen Glines, who worked together to create "Painting Missouri: The Counties en Plein Air," will be in Jefferson City to present and discuss their book.

Faced with five felony charges in three counties, a former Greenfield High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has already posted substantial bond amounts to maintain her freedom.

A Lockwood man was killed today in Dade County when his motorcycle ran off the road, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday sent President Obama a request for additional federal aid for public assistance and infrastructure damage in 46 counties affected by the severe weather from May 8 to May 16.

A former Greenfield High School music teacher now is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student at her home here.

Sexual predators who rape or sodomize a child under the age of 12 could face life in prison without parole under a bill sponsored by Sen.