Silex News

A struggling town flooded after Hurricane Ike last year is getting a facelift and a chance at rebirth, as much of the town will move to higher ground with the state's help.

The Lincoln County town of Silex may be moving to higher ground, out of the way of floodwaters.

Like other Midwestern towns before it - Pattonsburg and Rhineland in Missouri, Valmeyer in Illinois - much of Silex is about to move to higher ground.

Money to relocate some of the low-lying town of Silex and to pay for dredging to reopen the Grafton Ferry is part of $9.5 million in federal disaster grants announced Wednesday by the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

TROY, Mo. - A trial date of Sept. 14 is set for a 78-year-old northeast Missouri woman accused of making methamphetamine.

Recent election contests in Silex and Truxton have gone into overtime, with tie votes spurring runoff elections on May 5. In Silex, Mayor Robert Momphard and challenger Janet Baker got 12 votes apiece on April 7. A third candidate, David Heimburger, trailed with 10.

In Lincoln County, election officials are going over some very tight returns from Tuesday night -- even two ties.

Police busted a suspected meth lab, and among those arrested is a 78-year-old woman.

An Elsberry man is charged with arson following the first arrest of the Lincoln County Arson Task Force.

Peter Lobdell, state supervisor for the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announced the division conducted nine alcohol compliance check investigations in Lincoln and Pike counties Jan.

Last week provided a little bit of everything: ice, rain, wind, frigid temperatures, springlike temperatures, and Christmas.

Jeremy Junge found himself outside of the school where he works, gobbling down chocolate pretzels in the snow.