Oregon County News

Bakersfield School District in Ozark and Oregon counties will be closed Friday, Monday, and Tuesday because of widespread illnesses.

With statewide rainfall averaging more than 10 inches, Missouri weather records show October was the wettest in 68 years and second wettest in history.

Runoff from Thursday's rain that is flooding roads southeast of Springfield has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for several counties.

The U.S. Forest Service is offering free camping and picnicking in parts of the Mark Twain National Forest later this month.

A West Plains man suffered serious injuries when the car he was riding in hit a deer.

Troopers assigned to Missouri Highway Patrol Troop G in Willow Springs made 51 arrests and issued 61 warnings in mid-July during an effort to curb hazardous driving.

Troopers assigned to Missouri Highway Patrol Troop G in Willow Springs made 51 arrests and issued 61 warnings in mid-July during an effort to curb hazardous driving.

A St. Louis area woman suffered serious injuries Friday night when her motorcycle crashed in Oregon County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of nearly $66.4 million in essential community facilities projects in 33 states throughout the country that are being funded immediately with federal funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

U.S. District Judge Richard E. Dorr determined June 9 that Oregon County and its former sheriff, Tim Ward, are not liable for injuries to a jail inmate who had smoke inhalation from a jail fire that occurred Sept.

An Oregon County teen suffered serious injuries Tuesday when the all-terrain vehicle she was driving went out of control and crashed, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Officials with the Arkansas Department of Corrections are still searching southeast Missouri for two escaped murderers, but some officials said the two are heading for Canada.

The Oregon County prosecuting attorney dropped charges of arson and murder against a prisoner who was accused for a fire in the county jail in Alton in September 2007.

Ozarks Food Harvest is responding to a nationwide report indicating Missouri children experience the fifth-highest rate of hunger by increasing its children's feeding programs.

Members of the Missouri AIDS Task Force and its supporters will meet in Springfield May 21 to develop a public policy agenda that will improve the lives and health of people living with HIV or AIDS.