Seymour News

Four Amish bishops were charged Tuesday with not reporting a sexual crime against a child allegedly committed by a member of their community in southern Webster County.

Annual coat drive in Seymour distributes 160 coats and jackets The father who walked through the crisp fall air toward the community room at the Seymour Community Library had just one thought on his mind: Would he be able to find warm, winter coats for his nine children? Within a few minutes, volunteers Judy Lee and Diane Higgins from Harmony Free ...

Fannie J. Schwartz, 47, charged last week with two felony counts Fannie J. Schwartz, 47, a member of Seymour's Highway A Amish community, was charged this past Thursday with two counts of the Class C felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, according to John Tyrrell, chief assistant prosecutor for Webster County Prosecuting ...

Kelly Brazeal, Mansfield High School Principal, was seriously injured in an automobile accident on August 8, 2009 near Mansfield.

Fact Finder has learned that many churches and community organizations are taking precautions against the flu.

There's a major disagreement in Webster County over how to punish a man charged with a sex crime against a child in the Amish community.

MDC's Austin: 'We know who the shooter was ... and we're very, very close to proving it' After nearly three weeks of investigation, Webster County Conservation Agent Jerry Austin said he and several other law-enforcement agencies are close to making an arrest of the alleged shooter of an adult black bear that was dumped late last month in the ...

A Webster County mother has been charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of her children because she allegedly knew her husband was sexually molesting her daughters, now ages 15 and 16, according to a probable cause statement filed with the case.

Since the program was started early in September, donations to the Seymour YMCA's 'Let's Take A Bite Out Of The Pool's Mortgage' initiative have topped $7,000. In fact, the total given to the program now stands at nearly $7,400. 'The support and generosity to this drive to help retire the debt of the indoor pool has been phenomenal,' said Patti ...

Event held at the Seymour High School gym; set from 6 to 10 p.m. The Teens For Christ Youth Rally again is coming to Seymour, with the event set from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday night, Oct.

The Seymour Area Arts Council will hold its annual photography show on Oct. 24 and Oct.

A trio of Seymour women each sustained minor injuries and were taken to a Springfield hospital early Saturday afternoon after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 60, two miles east of Springfield at the Farm Road 205 intersection.

Conservation agents and Webster County sheriff's deputies are looking into dozens of tips after someone found a dead black bear between Diggins and Seymour.

Webster County Route C north of U.S. 60 in Seymour will be closed Thursday for waterline installation, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Highway C north of U.S. 60 will be closed for one full day next Thursday, Sept. 24, according to officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation's District 8 headquarters in Springfield.

When I first arrived in Seymour more than 14 years ago, the first person I met was Jackie Blankenship.

The Seymour Saddle Club is raffling off a quilt made by local resident Pauline Strong, as well as a $50 gift certificate to Jamco Builders of Seymour, to be awarded at this year's Seymour Apple Festival, set this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

A few things as we enter the busy Seymour Apple Festival week. First, we'll have additional news on the UFO front, courtesy of Fred Spriggs, in our Sept.

I encourage everyone to come to the Jack Griechen Memorial Gazebo in the center of the park on the city square at 1 p.m. Saturday to watch professional apple peeling at its finest during the 37th Seymour Apple Festival.

Here are the 14 candidates for apple princess at the 37th annual Seymour Apple Festival.