Montgomery County News

North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, an act that the U.S. watched closely and South Korea called provocative.

Bocephus is a 7-year-old Bloodhound. He is housetrained and doesn't require a crate.

Near the corner of Old Plank Road and Hickam Drive, a real "crab"...or a kind of crabapple, made by a Mr.

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Even in a scorched economy, there's still some money to burn. Operators of the thousands of fireworks stands on Indian reservations and in parking lots throughout the country think patriotism, tradition and a strong need to party on a Saturday night will translate to a billion dollars and more smoldering in America's pockets this Fourth of July.

An explosion in southern Afghanistan Wednesday killed two NATO troops and wounded six others, the military alliance said.

Facing a rare defeat, President Barack Obama put a big dose of political capital on the line and scored a major victory just when he needed one.

Roger Cohen answers readers' questions about his recent trip to Iran that were asked after a Q & A with Nicholas D. Kristof.

A new law in Missouri will target repeat drunk drivers. Beginning July 1, people convicted of at least two drunken driving offenses, or anyone convicted of vehicular manslaughter involving alcohol, will have to get a breath-analyzing ignition interlock device installed on their vehicle.

With the passage of the economic stimulus package, Missouri went right to work on state road projects.

Jefferson City is known as the Capital City, Columbia is known as the college town, and Fulton is known for -- Winston Churchill.

This Sunday is the two-year anniversary of a serious airplane crash in Montgomery County.

Freddie Williams Jr., a spe cially trained instructor for the General Educational Develop ment exam, or GED, shows up twice a week for three hours a day to prepare inmates at the Montgomery City Jail for the high school equivalency exam.

Ten years after a relentless assault of unprecedented natural and manmade disasters, a report released by Save the Children's U.S. Programs reveals that Missouri meets zero out of four crucial minimum standards to ensure that schools and child-care facilities are prepared to respond to the needs of children during a disaster.

An 11-year-old boy was injured Saturday after the canoe he was a passenger in capsized on the Niangua River and was struck by a second canoe.

Mexico's AP Green brick plant closed in 2002, leaving hundreds of Mexico residents without jobs, but money from the stimulus plan could help reopen the famous plant.

Gas prices may be getting better soon. Oil analysts are now saying the end of a streak of rising gas prices could end soon.

Authorities in Howard County are still looking for a man who escaped from a Fayette jail early this morning around 1 am.

State Rep. Alvin Holmes is calling upon the white members of the Montgomery City Council and the Montgomery County Commission to stop interjecting race into the Montgomery Coun ty Board of Education's search for a new superintendent.

Police have now opened one lane on westbound I-70. Drivers should avoid the area.