Carroll County News

A nationwide trend for medical students to pass up working as primary-care physicians and work in more lucrative specialties could mean a shortage of 44,000 family physicians by 2025.

He said the Carroll County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident. The 23-month-old was reported dead Friday at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta, Eady said.

Tonight 30-year-old Jason R. Haught is in jail on $1 million bond, charged with five felonies, including aggravated robbery and kidnapping.

A local man is in custody after deputies said he walked into a home with a loaded gun and threatened to steal children from a woman.

Gov. Matt Blunt's brother is holding a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof, but the governor says that's no indication of whom he thinks should replace him.

"Anytime, very soon" is the start-up date for the $90 million Show Me Ethanol plant in Carrollton, according to Greg Thomas, general manager for Show Me Ethanol.

A one-car accident in Carroll County on Saturday, May 17, left an Alma man dead and two Carrollton residents with moderate injuries.

Topic: Announcements Area News : Road Resurfacing Planned Published Online May 16, 2008 - 12:45 PM Highway 65 in Grundy County is among roads getting improvements from the Missouri Department of Transportation. via Trenton Republican-Times

A utility that put a planned coal plant in rural Missouri on hold last month has now decided to abandon the project. via KTVO Kirksville

“I said, 'I don't know what we're going to do,'”

A Carroll County woman went into labor on her way to the hospital on Wednesday, and her husband became a hero. via WTOV9.com

“This will force us to find other sources of generation”

Utility officials have delayed indefinitely construction of a coal-fired power plant 50 miles east of Excelsior Springs because of financial and environmental concerns.

The announcement Monday by Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., which provides electricity to almost all rural Missouri, caught many by surprise.

The decision, voted on by the utility's board on Friday, comes just days after AECI had received a permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, a signal that construction could begin. Read more

“But I'm especially glad that I won't be breathing that stuff.”

Rising costs and an uncertain regulatory climate have combined to scuttle a proposed coal-fired power plant in rural Missouri. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“I spent 56 years living as a male, and it was miserable”

Two Missouri women said their marriage isn't illegal because one of the women is physically a man. via The Kansas City Channel

ETHANOL AID: A program run by the Missouri treasurer's office allows ethanol plants to qualify for bank loans at below-market interest rates. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

“Any way you look at it, it's a slow process. There's got to be a way to improve it.”

With spring flood season approaching, Missouri and Kansas residents living along the Missouri River and other waterways have expressed concern about delays in repairing levees damaged in floods last year. via Columbia Daily Tribune

“Thanks to the help of eyewitnesses, a direction of travel and the description of a white semi cab were broadcasted statewide.”

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Woody Hicks apprehended two armed robbery suspects at 6:36 p.m. Sunday, Jan. via Marshall Democrat-News

Two Hermann residents were injured in a one-car accident at 4:58 p.m. Thursday on Missouri 10, west of County Road 211, in Carroll County. via News Tribune

Issued at: 12:08 PM CST 11/30/07, expires at: 12:00 AM CST 12/1/07 Freezing rain advisory in effect from 3 am to 3 pm cst saturday, The NWS in pleasant hill has issued a freezing rain advisory, which is in ... via The Kansas City Channel

“They do not know who we're talking about. There's no Ron in human resources, let alone a Ron who works for the company”

Someone stole several job applications from a business operating in Carroll County. via WXIA-TV Atlanta

The governor named the following Missourians to serve on the Rural High-Speed Internet Access Task Force: - Henry Bradley, of St Joseph, helps operate his family's business providing newspapers in St. via Columbia Tribune