Lafayette County News

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" Five people have been arrested on active warrants for sex crimes against children.

Presiding Judge Dennis A. Rolf is scheduled to receive, on behalf of the 15th Judicial Circuit, the Daniel O'Toole Award and the Permanency Award to be presented by Supreme Court judges Zel Fischer and Mary Russell during a special ceremony at noon Tuesday, Nov.

The Missouri Highway patrol has identified the man killed in a rollover crash along Interstate 70 as Andrew G. Warren of Odessa.

The historic Lexington Brewery Building that has housed Las Carretas Mexican Restaurant for the last several years was destroyed in an early-morning fire this Thursday.

A Lee's Summit man was killed in a car crash at 10:50 a.m. Sunday after hitting a ditch and a fence, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.The patrol said Jonathan T. Ferris, 26, a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene by a deputy coroner, reports indicate.

The Missouri Highway Patrol says a Lee's Summit, Mo. man was killed after a car driven by his brother crashed Sunday morning.

Kirksville attorney Thomas R. Oswald, 84, pleaded guilty today in Saline County Circuit Court, a short time after jury selection had already begun in his trial.

It took the Lafayette County jurors over four hours to reach their decision. Belle man arrested for meth By Newsdesk KRCG Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 4:55 PM A Maries County deputy pulled over George Moody for driving erraticly on Highway 28 near Vichy earlyA Saturday morning.

HIGGINSVILLE, Mo. a ' Two people were seriously injured in an ATV accident in rural Lafayette County early Sunday.

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Mo. a ' Seven-year-old Chance Storm Ellis-Smith is missing, and Lafayette County authorities hope you can help find him.

Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. Jurors will work on Saturday as they continue to hear testimony in the William Clinch murder trial.

After fatally shooting his former brother-in-law in a McDonald's parking lot, William Clinch called 911, sat down on the ground and smiled, witnesses testified Monday.

Authorities have identified the driver who died Sunday in a one-car accident on Interstate 70 near Bates City as Linda K. Rinck, 47, of Grain Valley.Rinck was westbound when her 2002 Chevrolet traveled off right side of the interstate about 7:30 a.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.Authorities believe the vehicle became airborne, ...

At their meeting Monday evening, Sept. 14, Saline County Health Department board members heard about upcoming seasonal flu clinics.

Toriann Richard, standing, executive director of Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County, addresses members of the Saline County InterAgency Council during their meeting Tuesday, Aug.

Did you know that Missouri is part of the U.S. Coast Guard's eighth district? If the answer is "no," you're probably not alone, but U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, D-Mo., is trying to change that.

DNA technology made it possible for a jury to convict a man for the 1984 murder of a woman in Lafayette County, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Tuesday.

A federal judge has ordered a Kansas City criminal defense lawyer to serve three days in jail for failing to appear for trial because of a scheduling conflict.Lawyer Daniel J. Ross had been serving as standby counsel for Theodore Tiger Jr., who was representing himself in a federal crack cocaine and firearms case.

DNA technology made it possible for a jury to convict a man for the 1984 murder of a woman in Lafayette County, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Tuesday.