Fort Leonard Wood News

Across the nation, flags are at halfstaff and marquees in St. Robert have thoughts for a fellow community.

This video frame grab image taken from WFTV television shows the Legions Place office building in downtown Orlando, Fla.

The mood is described as somber at mid-Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood today, as soldiers and military families react to the shooting rampage at a military base in Texas that left 12 dead and dozens injured.

Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 5:38 p.m. Legends Bank in Owensville has set-up a benefit fund in the name of 3-year-old Allison Schneider, who died of an accidental shot to the head.

The 739th Multi-Role Bridge Company is slated to conduct Palletized Load System training, water crossing and float bridge operations Nov.

Members of the 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team help extract an "injured" person from a collapsed structure during confined space training at Camp Gruber, Okla.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - Not all Halloween activities are intended for young children.

In an effort to increase awareness, raise funds, and sustain the programs of the Wounded Warrior Fund, the Mid-Missouri/Fort Leonard Wood Chapter of the Association of the United States Army is sponsoring a Wounded Warrior Awareness Campaign.

Flash flooding is likely as a major storm likely dumps more rain on Missouri and Arkansas over the next two days, especially areas east and south of Springfield.

A defense bill that will make improvements at Whiteman Air Force Base and Fort Leonard Wood should be signed by President Barack Obama tomorrow .A A A A The U.S. Senate and U.S. House have both passed the Defense Authorization Act.A Congressman Ike Skelton is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Daniel H. Smith, 32, of Reynoldsburg, died Saturday in a sky-diving accident in Missouri.

A 19-year-old Marine from Maine has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of misdemeanor assault on a 15-year-old girl.

Matt Joseph, a senior at the Tidioute Community Charter School, recently enlisted in the Army Reserves in the Military Police.

A Waynesville woman totaled her motorcycle and lay off the roadway for hours Saturday evening until she was found, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.

Bill Stouffer, the 21st District state senator running for Ike Skelton's Fourth District U.S. Representative seat, paid a brief visit to the Mirror office Monday.

Missouri National Guard Lt. Col. Regina Kilmer hands off the 5th Ordnance Training Battalion guidon to Command Sgt.

Posted by Ron in Events , Restaurants , Road trips , bicycling . trackback The Elbow Inn , a grand barbecue-and-beer joint on an old alignment of Route 66 in Devil's Elbow, Mo., became a full-fledged biker bar Wednesday when it hosted a slew of bicycle riders on a cross-state tour, according to the Waynesville Daily Guide .

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - In a bid to increase Census 2010 population statistics for Waynesville and Saint Robert, officials from those two cities announced Wednesday that they plan to seek voluntary annexation of housing areas on Fort Leonard Wood so both cities will have a larger population and be more attractive to potential developers.

Returning from a year-long deployment to civilian life can sometimes be daunting for Missouri National Guardsmen.

Even as the Obama administration and top military officials debate strategy on the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the stream of American soldiers entering and leaving the conflict continues.