Montgomery County News

Four St. Charles County area police officers who served on a regional drug task force are facing misdemeanor charges including assault.

Original Work and Interviews completed by Lisa M Sanborn, of St Charles, MO. At 9:47 am on Friday, November 13, 2009, a two-car collision occurred in Montgomery County, Missouri, causing serious injury to at least one of the 4 individual occupants.

A Pennsylvania man remains in serious condition this morning at University Hospital after crashing his car during a pursuit with the Missouri Highway Patrol.

By staff writer If you thought there was a lot of rain last month, you were right.

Bond has been set at $20,000, cash only, for Rashaad K. McDonnough, 22, of Marshall, who was charged Wednesday, Oct.

Halloween is supposed to be a spooky night, but parents don't need to be scared about keeping their kids safe this year.

The H1N1 epidemic has raised awareness of all forms of flu. Doses of the H1N1 vaccine are limited because they're still in production, but now shortages of the seasonal vaccine are also being reported.

A dam at Renns Lake is in danger of bursting and area residents must find a different way to and from their homes, Cole County officials said Thursday night.

A tire blowout on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County resulted in a vehicle overturning, injuring a Columbia driver and three passengers.

By Don Kruse, editor Advertiser-Courier Gerald Engemann, well-known Hermann businessman who worked on many Chamber of Commerce-sponsored events, was killed last Friday afternoon in a farming/business-related accident in Montgomery County.

City and county officials say they would rather bypass the courtroom and sit down and talk about which governmental body should issue liquor licenses in the three-mile area outside of the city limits, but Sheriff D.T. Marshall isn't prepared to budge on the issue.

The Montgomery City-County Personnel Board may have sided with Mayor Todd Strange in the firing of chief property maintenance inspector Eddie Hill, but Hill said he is not going quietly.

One day after Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Thompson issued a lengthy statement on the controversy surrounding her use of the title 'Dr.' the issue took precedence at a joint meeting between the Montgomery City Council and Montgomery County Commission.

By staff writer Hermann High will be the host school for both the district and sectional volleyball tournaments next month.

"Unemployment rate in Callaway, Cole and Boone counties ticked up a tenth of a point in August." "Missouri jobless rate highest levels in the last 26 years." "Unemployment rate increased in Callaway County from 8 to 8.2 percent." "Cole County increased from 7.0 percent in July to 7.1 percent in August." "Boone County increased from 6.6 percent in ...

Police said witnesses captured and held a man that was attempting to flee the scene of an accident that killed one woman in Montgomery County on Friday.

Drawing on the spirit that spurred volunteers to rush to the burning World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans looked for ways to help each other on a day better known for mourning the thousands of people killed in the nation's worst terrorist attack...

Greg Houdyshell has replaced Davis Bernard as Warrenton chief of police after Bernard resigned Wednesday morning. Mayor Greg Costello said the Board of Aldermen approved a motion during a Sept. 1 closed session to give Bernard the option to resign or be terminated. The motion passed by a unanimous vote of 6-0...

It’s time to get the first of at least two flu shots recommended for many Americans this fall: Vaccine against regular winter flu is ready. Despite headlines about swine flu, doctors do expect garden-variety influenza to hit this fall, too. And health authorities yesterday urged people to get that first inoculation before the lines start forming for the H1N1 vaccine next month...

Civic Recycling, the private recycler that has collected cans, bottles and paper from the University of Missouri for 25 years, is pulling all of its containers from campus and has stopped picking up recyclables in retaliation after it learned its services would be dropped...