Phelps County News

The Phelps County Commission has banned smoking within 25 feet of any public entrance to the county courthouse.

An Ozarks community is considering buying a boat to assist with its water worries.

Five teens from Licking were injured Friday night after their car crashed in Texas County, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

St. Robert city police don't yet have a report on this Friday crash that injured two people in front of the Road Ranger truck stop.

Movement to the east of the cold front that brought heavy rain to much of the region Thursday and earlier today means rain will end for the weekend, National Weather Service forecasters say.

What began as a light rain early this morning is intensifying as a warm front colliding with a cold front to the west steers moist air into the region, posing a flash flood threat in areas east of Springfield, according to the National Weather Service.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri is bracing for the loss of more than $200 million it had hoped to spend on roads and bridges, because of a provision in the federal ... Missouri, Kansas lose transportation money Kansas City Business Journal Missouri Loses Millions in Transportation Funds Ozarks First Rock Cleanup on Route 63, Phelps County, Oct.

DIXON, Mo. a ' A head-on wreck late Monday afternoon sent two drivers to hospitals, one with serious injuries that required emergency transport by helicopter ambulance.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Story Published: Oct 19, 2009 at 7:17 AM CDT Story Updated: Oct 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM CDT the doors reopen at Phelps County R-3 Schools in Edgar Springs, Crocker schools and Delaware Elementary in Springfield.

"I have never had such a small class," said Phelps County R-3 teacher Steve Neugebauer.

DIXON, Mo. a ' Crashes this week outside Pulaski County involving Dixon residents wrecked four vehicles and sent two people to hospitals for emergency treatment.

Pulaski County Sheriff J.B. King says he's fairly sure the person who was shot in the leg west of Waynesville on Tuesday afternoon knows who shot him, but isn't telling everything that could be said about the incident.

Some Ozarks schools are closed because of a high number of absences due to flu symptoms and illnesses.

A 67-year-old man from Beaufort will be tried later this month in a 27-year-old murder case.

Two separate Saturday evening wrecks on Interstate 44 damaged three vehicles and sent two people to area hospitals with injuries.

Three Phelps County people have pleaded guilty to federal charges involving a murder for hire conspiracy.

RICHLAND/WAYNESVILLE, Mo. a ' A rollover wreck Thursday morning northwest of Richland and a Friday evening motorcycle wreck north of Waynesville caused minor injuries for two Pulaski County residents, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.

The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that the westbound lanes of Interstate 44, between the Kingshighway and Sugar Tree exits , are scheduled close for construction this week.

DIXON, Mo. a ' A rear-end crash west of Dixon totaled one car on Tuesday morning and sent its driver to Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla.

SAINT ROBERT, Mo. a ' A head-on Friday afternoon crash between a cement truck and a passenger car didna TMt hurt the car driver but sent the cement truck driver to Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla for treatment of apparent rib injuries.