Archie News

The 1139th Military Police Company of the Missouri National Guard awoke Tuesday in a steady rain in northern Louisiana and started the day waiting.

In a primary election with very few contested local races, just 20 percent of registered Cass County voters turned out Tuesday to register their positions on candidates and issues, a rate that didn't surprise ...

Etta Opal Hutton, of Warsaw, celebrated her 90th birthday with a limousine ride and a surprise party hosted by her son and grandchildren June 15.

The heat from two burning semi-tractor trailers caused damage to part of I-465 on the westside, an Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman said.

Two of the northbound lanes of I-465 just north of Washington Street are open after a massive semi crash and fire brought traffic on the busy highway to a stand still.

“No matter what your size and age, you can still fight back.”

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department and the county's 911 dispatch center honored the bravery of three local children Monday by giving them awards and gifts for their composure and quick thinking in the face ... via Joplin Globe

INDEPENDENCE | Police are investigating after a man and woman looking for scrap metal Wednesday found a decomposing body behind a vacant Independence appliance store.

Police responded about 2 p.m. to the 8900 block of U.S. 24 and were directed to a steep ravine.

'As they were digging around through some old metal appliances that had been dumped back there, they discovered the body,' police spokesman Tom Gentry said.

Police think the body is that of a man, but they were unsure because it had partly decomposed. A cause of death was unknown. The Jackson County medical examiner's office is expected to perform an autopsy. Read more

A former Peculiar, Mo., alderman was sentenced Monday for an incident at a tractor pull. via KCTV Kansas City

Residents of Archie in Cass County will awaken Friday to a boil order for their drinking water.

The order will remain in effect for an estimated 10 days while the city repairs a concrete basin in its treatment plant, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources said today.

Residents will have water, but it will not have been properly treated so it must be boiled before drinking, officials said. Read more

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. via Southeast Missourian