Lincoln County News

Lincoln County authorities say a high-speed chase that started Thursday night north of Troy, Mo., ended with a crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Lake Saint Louis.

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

Authorities from across Lincoln County were called to locate a Troy woman's missing pet alligator on Thursday.

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.

A 17-year-old eastern Missouri woman is unhurt, thanks the fast action of an off-duty deputy who rescued her from a flash flood.

Wicked weather in Lincoln County leads to a dramatic rescue after a teenager's car runs off road, winds up in a ditch and starts to fill with water.

An off-duty Lincoln County Sheriff deputy rescued a woman stuck in her car in a flash flood Wednesday night.

A stormy night and a flooded road added up to a near disaster for a Lincoln County teenager.

A 69-year-old man should be confined indefinitely as a sexually violent predator, a jury decided today.

The National Weather Service has reported a possible tornado on the ground near Elsberry, Missouri.

COLUMBIA The Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Ryan Ferguson's appeal based on a jury selection policy in his 2005 murder trial.

A Lincoln County woman who caused her baby's death by drinking heavily during pregnancy could have her probation revoked.

Police are investigating after remains were found in Lincoln County. Police said a group of mushroom hunters found human bones and clothing lying underneath several down trees around 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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.

Community open house - Winfield residents will get the chance to review and comment on community-defined assets, challenges and opportunities for flood recovery at a community open house from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Bank of Lincoln County, Highway 87 and Old Troy Road in Winfield.

Everyone is a little aloof sometimes, but the people in this week's Prism arewell, judge for yourselves.

A Winfield woman was found dead in Lincoln County Wednesday. Police now say she died of a heroin overdose.

Voters in the small northeastern Missouri town of Winfield re-elected their mayor for a fourth term on Tuesday, about a month after his death.

Police are looking for the hit and run driver who killed a Lincoln County woman Friday morning.

A drug overdose likely caused the death of a Winfield woman whose body was found in Cuivre River State Park, police said Friday.