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Newly launched Web site from Big Dog Sports and Fitness offers a wide array of low-priced sporting goods to online customers.

The Clinton County Library Board has officially announced its campaign to bring a library system to the county.

Bat deaths puzzle, alarm experts Biologists are stumped by a plague that has killed tens of thousands, and perhaps hundreds of thousands, of bats this year in Northeastern states.

Home << Local << Other towns report tumors For now, Nancy Kimrey can only watch and wait as more reports of brain tumors drift in from all over Clinton County.

Good weather and a gentle breeze sent flags fluttering Sunday as tractor enthusiasts cruised through the Pettis County countryside.

A two-vehicle accident north of Gower Friday evening injured five people. Christine M. Sperry, 41, of Lathrop Mo., was entering a curve on Northwest Keith Road when her 2008 Jeep was struck head-on by a 2001 ...

Two small, rural Missouri banks, one with a branch in the Northland, want to merge. via Kansas City Business Journal

A tornado touched down between Lathrop, Mo., and Plattsburg, Mo., Thursday evening, KCTV5 Chief Meteorologist Katie Horner said. via KCTV Kansas City

Emelia Heimsoth, Lathrop, Mo., has earned the National Junior Angus Association's Bronze and Silver Awards, according to James Fisher, director of junior activities for the American Angus Association in Saint ... via High Plains Journal

A northwest Missouri woman was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $427,000 from her employer of 32 years. via KCTV Kansas City

A Lathrop woman who embezzled hundreds of thousand of dollars will head to jail. via KQTV

“Sports is one of the most positive things they can do”

If the sheriff's deputies who patrol Lathrop have their way, every student at the brand new Lathrop High School will have something to do after classes finish for the day that would keep them away from drugs ... via RecordNET

A 25-year-old Hamilton man was seriously injured when he lost control of his vehicle at 6:45 p.m. Sunday Oct. via Cameron Citizen Observer

A Clinton County man takes a plea deal for his mother's murder. 44-year old Phil Leopold pleaded guilty for a voluntary manslaughter charge for his 71-year old mother's death. via KQTV