Ellsinore News

An Ellsinore, Mo., woman was charged Wednesday with murdering her live-in boyfriend after the couple got into a verbal argument as she was preparing to leave for her father's funeral.

A Grandin man pleaded guilty to setting fire to a wooden bathroom in a national park. Jason Douglas Phelps, 19, pleaded guilty to one felony count of Setting Fire to a Building Owned by the United States Wednesday.

A man is dead and his girlfriend is behind bars accused of the crime. Sheriff Tommy Adams tells us the woman now faces armed criminal action and murder charges.

As many as 70,000 Missouri residents convicted of alcohol-related traffic offenses could have to install breath-monitoring devices on their vehicles if they want to legally drive after July 1. Across Southeast Missouri, those who work to install these devices in vehicles are expecting to see an increase in the number of installation jobs.

An autopsy is being done today on a Carter County man, who was apparently shot to death by his longtime, live-in girlfriend.

Two women and a man face charges after police say a one year old baby tested postive for methamphetamine.

Long-time television star Ed McMahon has died. He was best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on the "Tonight Show" where he sat for 30 years.

A week after allegedly fleeing from a work detail at the Butler County jail, a Neelyville, Mo., man is headed to prison.

Police are still looking for a 25-year-old woman reported missing over the weekend by family members, said Cpl.

Poplar Bluff A - The Stage Company of Poplar Bluff presented The Wizard of OZ tonight to an audience of 432 people, which was their largest audience ever.

A 31-year-old student pilot has been indicted on charges of stealing an airplane in Canada and flying it at night over three states, eventually landing in Southern Missouri.

A single-engine, four-seat Cessna airplane, allegedly stolen from Ontario, Canada, sits along Route FF in Carter County on April 7. The plane landed a few miles west of Ellsinore, Mo., the day before.

It was a case of the wrong text at the wrong time. A Florida teen suspected of burglary was nabbed after he text-messaged his alleged accomplice who was being interrogated by police, the Palm Beach Post reported.

A New Jersey man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Thursday for running over a 12-year-old baby sitter after a GPS system secretly installed by his suspicious wife helped convict him.

A tanker truck with Sonny Jackson Farms of Dunklin County lost control and overturned in the downtown district of Kennett this morning, spilling chemicals it was carrying all over the roadway.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Department wants area residents to be on the lookout for a missing alligator that's thought to be somewhere near the Lake of the Ozarks.

After years of trying and coming up short, motorcycle riders are close to winning the freedom to cast aside their helmets.

A St. Louis man has died from complications following a tick bite. The 74-year-old man was infected with bacteria that caused ehrlichiosis.

One of two teen victims in a deadly crash outside of Oran will be laid to rest Wednesday and Thursday.