Oregon County News

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.

Unfold a road map of Missouri and look at all the highways. Not just the interstates and major roads with numbers, but the little lettered back roads that run like veins across the counties.

The Repertory Theater of the Ozarks teams up with the inaugural "Go Green Festival" to co-sponsor a pair of concerts Friday and Saturday at the former Oregon County Country Music Theater, which is part of the Evergreen Center - 420 Walnut in Thayer, Mo., just 2 miles from the Arkansas state line.

A Koskonong man suffered serious injuries late Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on an Oregon County highway, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Three Missouri residents died on the state’s highways Sunday, including one man driving an ATV.According to preliminary reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol:About 2 p.m. in Oregon County, ...

Last week's ice storm continued to wreak havoc across southern Missouri on Sunday, where 55,000 homes and businesses were still without power and nearly 1,500 people remained in shelters.

People without electricity or heat can find a warm safe place to spend the night tonight.

Heat pump not working? Got a flat tire or a car that just won't start in the frigid cold? Looking for a new hair stylist, a dress shop, doctor, dentist, pharmacist or just a good place to eat? The place most of ...

You've heard of blood donors and kidney donors. Well, St. Charles County is a deputies'-salary donor.

Allow us to introduce ourselves: We are Levi and Hunter, the Schmidt brothers. We are ages 10 and 9 respectively.

There's better news to relay from The Weather Lab today regarding the upcoming winter weather.

A 32-year-old Myrtle, Mo., man, Michael Edward Amick, is in the Oregon County Jail at Alton facing first-degree felony murder and second-degree felony arson charges.

A man from Oregon County is charged with first-degree murder for the death of his wife's grandmother.

It holds the promise of cutting our reliance on imported oil, making our environment cleaner and reducing global warming.