Macks Creek News

They say green is unlucky in the world of racing. Better tell Colt Cheevers that because the young driver from Macks Creek took his Green Allen Auto Sports B-Modified to victory lane Friday at Midway Speedway's first B-Mod special paying event of the season.

Missouri lawmakers have approved a proposal that would limit the amount of money a city could make off speeding tickets.

Macks Creek is gone. It lives on only in speed-trap lore. In the early 1990s, this mid-Missouri town was legendary for ticketing drivers for any infraction along Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks.

Three men -- two of them from Macks Creek -- were indicted this week by a federal grand jury for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to pass counterfeit money, a news release from Matt J. Whitworth, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said.

Three men are named in a federal grand jury indictment for their roles in a conspiracy to pass counterfeit money.

ACTING U.S.ATTORNEY MATT WHITWORTH'S OFFICE SAYS 35-YEAR-OLD GREGORY HARRISON AND 23-YEAR-OLD ROBERT BOUSHELL, BOTH OF MACKS CREEK, AND 41-YEAR-OLD RONALD MOYER, WHO DIDN'T HAVE AN ADDRESS, ARE CHARGED WITH TRYING TO DISTRIBUTE COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

I want our leaders to know that here in Macks Creek, we support bold action on climate and energy, including a cap on carbon pollution.

Adele Harvey, 89, of Lebanon, died Sunday morning, April 12, 2009, at Lake Ozark Regional Care Center in Osage Beach.

Art lovers will be given an opportunity to see and purchase art from local and regional artists at the upcoming Colors of the Ozarks exhibit.

A tornado warning has been issued for northwestern Camden County, south-central Morgan County and southeastern Benton County.

Bank clerks and law officers believe a man who tried to rob the Sun Security Bank on Monday morning is the same man who robbed the bank two weeks ago.

A man who worked at a Macks Creek marina is charged with receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of a boat motor.