Pacific News

Bronaugh native Dr. Lyndon Irwin will discuss the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and the great train wreck that preceded it at the quarterly meeting of the Vernon County Historical Society, July 12, at the Bushwhacker Museum.

This year's event features barbecue and music by the Roadhouse Band, Fox Creek, and the Bando Trio from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the Great Pacific Coffee Co., 201 South First Street in Pacific.

Jonathan Chase bristles when you call the new Living Learning Center at the Tyson Research Center a "green" building.

Gov. Nixon has ordered that the U.S. and Missouri flags at state buildings in all 114 counties and the city of St.

The green spaces throughout the city and county are lush, welcome oases from unforgiving concrete.

WASHINGTON, Mo. -- A train hauling coal to southern Illinois derailed in Franklin County about 6 a.m. today near the town of Washington.

Recent rains are causing some Missouri rivers to rise. The Meramec is expected to crest at Valley Park in St.

Everyday activities like watching television have not been the same for Mark Langworthy since his father was murdered more than 30 years ago near St.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday a $772,000 grant to pay to retrain laid-off Chrysler workers in Fenton and auto suppliers Integram St.

On West Osage Street in Pacific, Missouri, the speed limit is 40 miles an hour. But good news travels a lot faster than that.

The first months after America's entry in World War II were filled with bad news overseas and worry on the home front.

Selling potentially dangerous exotic animals as pets is big business in Missouri.

At 26 years old, John Graham owns 20 acres, two homes, seven greenhouses and a business.

Once again, North Korea has thumbed its nose at us and the international community.

Starting Friday, downtown Cape Girardeau may be filled with ghosts, lesbian cowgirl folk singers, 85-year-old medical school graduates and female serial killers, among other characters.

A water rescue ended successfully tonight on the Meramec River. Authoriteis said a man showed up at a home near Robertsville State Park in Franklin County to report three of his friends trapped on the water following a boating accident.

When I lived out in Pacific, Missouri I spent a couple of years volunteering for the American Red Cross chapter out there.

Attention public transit users, soon you may need to find a new way to work. Metro is ending service at more than 2,300 bus stops in order to save money.

A court ruling backing Eureka's use of a common tax incentive removes an obstacle to a $539 million retail and residential project across Interstate 44 from Six Flags St.

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