It started with unscrupulous doctors in other states sending drug addicts to Missouri to get their illegal prescriptions filled.

A routine search of a database that tracks purchases of pills containing pseudoephedrine led to the arrest of two suspects in Franklin County this week.

BISMARCK, Mo. (AP) — A 22-year-old eastern Missouri man is badly burned, and may face criminal charges, after a fire at his apartment was blamed on a methamphetamine lab.

A Washington man, described as the third suspect believed to have been involved with an active methamphetamine lab in southern Franklin County, is in custody after a four-plus-hour search took place Monday morning that caused Lonedell School on Highway FF in southeast Franklin County to be locked down as a precaution.

A Washington man is in custody after a four-hour search took place Monday morning that caused Lonedell School on Highway FF in southeast Franklin County to be locked down as a precaution.

Four people were arrested Tuesday, April 2, after Franklin County deputies went to search a warrant at a Lonedell area home and walked in on a working meth lab, the sheriff’s office reported.

The final defendant in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy was sentenced last week in federal court.

All of the pseudoephedrine used in methamphetamine labs seized in Franklin County last year came from areas that haven’t adopted prescription laws, according to the county’s chief narcotics officer.

The final defendant in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy was sentenced this week in federal court.

A Franklin County man with a long history of arrests and charges over a number of years will serve almost 12 years in federal prison.

(StatePoint) Unfortunately, beautiful flowers and warm weather can also mean itchy, watery eyes, sneezing fits and nasal congestion.

Fire district officials will look to a new site to build a new fire and police training facility due to “significant issues” in the area near the city’s wastewater lagoon.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two women aboard a commercial shuttle van in Arizona have been arrested after Border Patrol agents found methamphetamine hidden in two buckets of chicken.

Charges are pending through the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's Office after a methamphetamine lab allegedly exploded inside a Sullivan home early Sunday.

Two people accused of luring a couple to a Labadie area home last week then assaulting them are facing felony charges in Franklin County circuit court, authorities said.

Franklin County drug task force officers want to question two men about a suspected meth lab site located west of Sullivan.

Two people were arrested last week when Franklin County narcotics detectives went to investigate suspicious activities at a home in the Lonedell area.

A hotline call to the Franklin county Division of Family Services last week led to the arrest of two people and the seizure of methamphetamine and meth lab components in a home west of St. Clair.

A hotline call to the Franklin County office of the Division of Family Services last week led to the arrest of two people and the seizure of methamphetamine and meth lab components.

Four Franklin County residents arrested in a meth lab raid in June 2011 have been sentenced on federal felony charges for drug-related activities dating back five years.

Union city officials have pledged initial support for a training facility to be utilized by both fire and police personnel.

A suspected drug trafficker who described himself as “the most wanted man” in Franklin County and vowed he would never be caught was arrested Wednesday hiding in a crawl space at a home in Sullivan, according to the head of the county’s narcotics unit.

A high-speed chase that began Monday evening in Washington and ended in Warren County resulted in the arrest of two men.