Franklin County News

It was so hot in St. Louis Tuesday, Highway 40 couldn't even take the heat. One westbound lane bubbled up and cracked during rush hour because of intense pressure down below.

News-Leader.com, MO Jay Nixon has ordered the US and Missouri flags on all state buildings in Franklin County be flown at half-staff from Saturday to next Friday to honor Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky L. Richardson, Jr., 33, of Sullivan.

St. Louis and Franklin County will honor Marine Chief Warrant Office 2 Ricky L. Richardson, Jr., of Sullivan.

UNION > PLEA IN FATHER'S MURDER Adam Seamon, 20, has pleaded guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of his father, in exchange for the dropping of a first-degree murder charge.

Franklin County prosecutors have struck a plea deal with a man charged with killing his father last year.

A Marine from east-central Missouri has died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced yesterday that Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky L. Richardson Jr.

At their monthly meeting on May 8, 2008, the elected officials of Gerald, Missouri , agreed to demolish the old cattle barn, discussed problems with a resident's ditch and chewed on the idea of creating a website for the town of 1,200. All in all, routine business.

A Franklin County hospital is too close to a neighbor to qualify for extra federal money.

There's a effort underway to make sure every World War Two veteran gets the opportunity to visit the National Memorial in Washington D.C. NewsChannel 5 traveled on the inaugural flight on the Franklin County honor flight last year.

Voters in Union and Gerald on Tuesday will consider authorizing sewer revenue bonds so that the two Franklin County cities can benefit from federal stimulus money for sewer work.

A New Haven, Missouri teen faces an uncertain future after his Friday high school graduation.

Authorities in Franklin County are investigating two drowning incidents on the Meramec River on Sunday that left two men dead in the one incident and a 4-year-old girl dead in the second.

Authorities in Franklin County are investigating two drowning incidents that left two men and a child dead along the Meramec River Sunday.

A three-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in Franklin County, near Union, Thursday.

UNION, Mo. - A 3-year-old eastern Missouri boy who apparently ran into the roadway while walking with his mother was struck and killed by a vehicle.

Crews in Franklin County, MO. Have a big clean-up on their hands. The Franklin County Sheriff's department confirms that there has been a train derailment.

Louis County of 4 to 12 percent. Values of residential properties are based on sale prices of comparable homes.

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 6:27 a.m. Crews were to work through last night to repair about 1,000 feet of damaged track, with the line scheduled to reopen about 10 a.m. today.

Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 6:27 a.m. Crews were to work through last night to repair about 1,000 feet of damaged track, with the line scheduled to reopen about 10 a.m. today.

A train hauling coal from Wyoming to Cora, Ill., has derailed near Washington, Missouri.