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Emerging DNA technology helped convince jurors to convict a Dent County man for the decades-old murder of his then-girlfriend. According to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, Donald Nash was found guilty of the March 1982 murder of 21-year-old Judy Spencer.

By Randy Scruggs The Mirror Eastern District Pulaski County Commissioner Bill Farnham will attend a strategy meeting on applying for federal grants to pay for projects in the Big Piney River watershed.

A steel beast that will become a temporary addition to Kansas Citys skyline began the last leg of its month-long journey Thursday.Crawling along at 3 mph, a rare inland waterway crane that will rival the size of many downtown buildings started its 366-mile trip up the Missouri River to Kansas City.The massive crane, which has moved more than 5,700 ...

A pedestrian was killed early this morning when he was hit by a truck on just north of Houston, Mo.

Six million dollars in federal stimulus money will soon be headed to Missouri schools.

Two businesses on the Mountain Grove town square sustained heavy damage, and two other businesses had smoke damage from a Friday night fire fought by several fire departments.

A Cabool man riding on an all-terrain vehicle suffered serious injuries in a crash Monday evening, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

A Houston teen died Friday night in a broadside crash on U.S. 63, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Two southwest Missouri residents have been appointed to state bodies by Gov. Jay Nixon.

Scientists are beginning a large-scale effort to identify and analyze the vast majority of cells in or on your body that aren't of human origin.Only about 10 percent of the trillions of cells that make up a person are truly human, researchers say.

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will attend the groundbreaking for the Texas County Memorial Hospital Family Clinic and Ambulance Base in Houston on Thursday.

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will attend the groundbreaking for the Texas County Memorial Hospital Family Clinic and Ambulance Base in Houston on Thursday.

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will attend the groundbreaking for the Texas County Memorial Hospital Family Clinic and Ambulance Base in Houston on Thursday.

A Missouri man's lucky to be alive after his car flew off the Jefferson City tri-level, diverting traffic for at least an hour.

Henry A. Wilson, front left, pastor of Hartford's Antioch Baptist Church, and Scott Barton, front right, youth pastor at Ozark Baptist Church in Houston, Mo., walk with a youth group from the Ozark church along Garden Street and pray Tuesday evening as they head back to Antioch Baptist Church after a day of prayer on the streets of Hartford.

In my defense, by the time I agreed to have a prayer group talk to God on my behalf, it had already been a long, hot day.

A man from Licking suffered serious injuries Friday night when he was thrown from his car on a Texas County road, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

The Houston Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes everyone to the 99th Texas County Fair July 15 through the 18th at the Houston Area Chamber of Commerce Fairgrounds, officials said in a news release.

A man suspected of stabbing another man to death in New Mexico has been caught in Texas County, Mo.

To NASA's relief, a fueling test on Space Shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.