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A 21-year-old man was killed and two adults injured following a head-on collision Saturday on Highway 47 in Lincoln County.

Authorities say the suspect was wounded during a confrontation with police.

A De Soto man died Saturday morning in a motorcycle crash roughly 10 miles north of Hillsboro on Old Missouri Highway 21, highway patrol officials said.

Guests staying at The Last Hotel had rooms facing the side entrance of office building, where the early Sunday morning shooting happened.

MEDORA - Matt Hasquin puts in a lot of hours with a lot of kids. He has a long list of titles as a teacher, coach and mentor, but his most rewarding job is being a father. Matt is a social studies teacher at Southwestern High School, where he also coaches football, boy’s track and scholastic bowl. As a Medora native, he knew he wanted to raise his kids in the same community-oriented area that he grew up in. “This place has done so much for me that I wanted to be able to give back to it, and I wanted them to benefit from it,” Matt said. “I always wanted to come back to the area. I felt very strongly about the school and the community, and I’d always hoped that my family and my kids would be able to come back to the places I went through.” The Hasquin family is firmly rooted in the community. Matt’s wife, Holly, is the director of the Brighton Memorial Library District . She spends most of her days at the library with their son Connor,

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In the hours after 10 young people were shot downtown, police are focusing their investigation on the fifth floor of a Washington Avenue building, which despite being an office space, had a group of youths partying in it at 1 a.m. on a Sunday. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Tracy said at a press conference today 17-year-old Makao Moore was killed and nine others aged 15 to 19 were injured by gunfire this morning around 1 a.m. in the building near the intersection of North 14th Street and Washington Avenue.

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is radix with a summary of Reddit CEO Steve Huffman’s comments about the blackout protest: “We don’t do things for free, so all the unpaid mods should get back to work” is quite the statement. In second place, it’s miked with some additional info on […]

This month we are happy to announce that Meetup will occur on Tuesday June 27th from 6-8pm at Los Arcos … MoreMeetup at Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant

In recognition of Juneteenth tomorrow, here is a program I wrote about a couple of years ago for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. I don’t think I ever uploaded it to the blog, and if I did, the link is surely dead by now, so it seems worth reposting. Juneteenth is an especially significant holiday for […]

Each year during the month of June, the Lindenwood Park Neighborhood Association (LPNA) holds the Lawn & Garden Contest.  We … More2023 Lawn & Garden Contest