Cameron News Archives

The federal minimum wage will increase Friday from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour, but Missouri will only increase by 20 cents from the current required state minimum wage of $7.05. While those making less than the new wage will see a little more in their paychecks, others are wishing the wages were lower.

Patriotic Northwest Missourians gave a red-white-and-blue definition to a fallen DeKalb County military hero Sunday night.

Workers with Scotty's Carriage Works Inc., Cameron, Mo., and Marvin's Tow Service Inc., Edgerton, work to remove collapsed red iron from atop crushed airplanes.

The retrial for a Kansas man convicted in the 2003 slaying of an MU student is set to begin Tuesday morning.

Weather permitting, the Missouri Department of Transportation will work with construction companies and maintenance employees this week on a number of roads in Northwest Missouri.

The streets of Cameron, Mo., were littered with trees limbs and debris on Friday.

RICHMOND, Mo. a ' About 6,300 Kansas City Power & Light customers have no power Friday morning after thunderstorms moved through the area.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- The EPA held a public meeting in St. Joseph, Mo. to discuss soil tests in Northwest Missouri deemed not cause for concern despite a recent surge in the number of tumors of area residents.

The general public got a chance to ask investigators questions on Tuesday night after the Environmental Protection Agency released its initial findings into soil samples connected to nearly 70 cases of brain tumors in and around Cameron, Missouri.

There are new developments in the mysterious cases of tumors in Cameron, Missouri as the EPA says fertilizer used in four Missouri counties does not appear to cause brain cancer .

Health and environmental officials have concluded that sludge from a St. Joseph, Mo., tannery did not contain enough of a cancer-causing chemical to cause health problems in areas where the sludge was used to fertilize farmland.