Troy News

Birthday - June 22, 1995 Dream birthday party - "I would call my dream birthday party SOCO Biggest Bash .

Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 5:36 p.m. Thursday night is the start to the long Independence Day holiday weekend.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

What residents were hoping they could avoid has happened in St. Charles. As feared, part of the Elm Point Levee has burst and water is rushing through right now at a rapid pace.

Flooding has not only displaced families who live along the swollen Mississippi River, but one infamous dog who makes Lock & Dam No.

NEW YORK With floods devastating the Midwest all this week, newspapers across the region have adopted a bunker mindset, determined to bring coverage of the floods to their readers at any cost.

American Red Cross officials have established a temporary shelter for Lincoln County, Missouri, residents affected by the rising flood waters.

JERI SCHULZE was named Miss Legion of 2007-2008 for outstanding and dedicated service to Warrenton's American Legion Auxiliary Post 122.

Submitted by Michael McSorley on June 9, 2008 - 11:50am. A debate over ductile iron may be the best bet for groups that are protesting a quarry in Miller County.

Investigators believe a house fire Lincoln County firefighters extinguished on Monday morning was intentionally set.

Amber Throgmorton, who just graduated from Troy Buchanan High School, credits show choir with helping her overcome shyness.

JOSHUA SHAW Stephen and Martha Slaten of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Elizabeth Slaten, to Joshua Ryan Shaw.

The parents of Tyler Teasley, one of two men shot to death in 2005 by a Lincoln County sheriff's deputy, have settled a civil lawsuit for $1.125 million.

Some members of the Warrenton Board of Aldermen are unhappy with road patches completed by AmerenUE subcontractors.

Missouri's proposed five-year transportation improvement program includes a last hurrah of new transportation projects before plummeting to a program where limited funding will only cover minimal maintenance ...

A man from Troy, Mo., is accused of raping a Troy woman, police said. Salvador L. Duran, 22, of the first block of Hickory Ridge Court, was charged Saturday with forcible rape.

A Troy, Mo., man accused of sexually assaulting men and women over a period of 30 years has been convicted of felonious restraint and sexual assault in the first of four cases against him. via STLtoday

Troy, MO - An eastern Missouri man faces sentencing in July after being convicted in the rape and attack of a 19-year-old woman who was tortured during the crime. via CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV News

“I want to be there for the big things and the little things. Devlin says he understands. He said that I was there for his basic training graduation, and that meant more to him than anything.”

Many mothers sit at home and wonder what their deployed son or daughter is doing, hoping everything is all right and waiting for the next phone call. via Department of Defense News

“That's the bad part of the exchange.”

Vinicius Caixeta, an exchange student from Brazil, talks with Bill Pieper about the farm he visited earlier this week in Troy, Mo. via STLtoday