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Laurie gets a new city hall

The city of Laurie will have a brand new city hall soon. On Wednesday the board of alderman approved buying the ReMax building on highway 5 next to sonic. According to Public Works Director Ed Young, the building and property was appraised at 1.8 million [...]

Total Closure Tonight on Hwy 54

All lanes of Route 54 between the Osage River Bridge and the Route 242 interchange will be closed for one hour beginning at midnight tonight to allow Ameren Missouri crews to repair power lines damaged by Monday night’s storm. Motorists will be detoured along Route [...]

Former Girls Basketball Coach in Court on Wednesday

A former Richland High School girl’s assistant basketball coach will be formally arraigned on a charge that he allegedly had inappropriate contact with one of his players.  26-year old Trevor Franklin of Stoutland will be in a Pulaski County court room on Wednesday for a [...]

Key Word for the New Woods Supermarket is ‘Anchor’

The key word is Anchor, the New Woods Supermarket is now open in Sunrise beach and all city officials believe this is the next step in seeing businesses move to the west side of the lake. Representative Diane Franklin: Diane Franklin on the new store [...]

How to Help the Oklahoma Tornado Victims

For those who would like to help the victims in the devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma there are two avenues locally.   Dave Griffith is Executive Director of the Heart of Missouri Chapter of the American Red Cross: David Griffith on how to help through the [...]

NWS Confirms Tornado in Morgan County

The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down Monday night in Morgan County,  three miles west-northwest of Gravois Mills.  Meteorologist Doug Cramer at the National Weather Service in Springfield says the EF-0 tornado touched down briefly at 8:46 p.m., uprooting numerous trees and causing [...]

Utility Crews Restoring Power After Severe Storm

Co-Mo Electric crews have restored power to nearly 5,000 members affected by last night’s storm. 6,400 Co-Mo members were left in the dark. Co-Mo says the hardest hit areas were Ivy Bend and Gravois Mills. Laclede Electric Cooperative reports their crews were able to restore [...]