Students at Four Rivers Career Center were temporarily restricted to their classrooms Thursday morning as officials conducted an investigation into allegations that an unidentified 16-year-old Pacific High School student had made a threat against the school.

With temperatures in the high 80s all week and rain early Wednesday morning, the weather wasn’t ideal for the opening day of the fall archery season for deer and turkey.

Missouri elementary, middle and high school students did worse in all subjects and grade-level statewide tests during the coronavirus pandemic, data released Tuesday shows. 

The recent passage of Missouri’s gas tax was a team effort, with a local senator — Sen. Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan — serving as a key player, according to Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna.

In addition to daily blood donor appointments at the Washington Blood Donation Center, the American Red Cross has also scheduled four community blood drives in the coming weeks across Franklin County.

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host a free pesticide collection event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 25, at MFA Agri Services, 304 Depot St. in Marthasville. 

A Defiance man has been named the new chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, the commission announced in a press release Thursday.

Beneath a canopy of trees that likely predate many of their ancestors’ arrivals in what became Missouri, about 15 campers at Robertsville State Park gathered Saturday for a presentation on how the Osage Indians — a community that once dominated the nearby landscape — made their livelihoods f…

After 33 years at the helm of Russell Colonial Funeral Home in St. Clair, Nancy Russell has sold the business.

With the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) getting extra funding because of the recently passed gasoline tax increase, as well as the possibility of a $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill, some long-dreamed-of highway plans are popping back up.

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the familial relation of the members of the Friends Forever team. The story has been modified. 

The St. Clair school board made it clear Thursday night that they were not happy with the company designing the performing arts center, the design of which has been on pause since June.

Dive teams are returning this morning to search the waters of St. Clair’s Thunderbird Lake for a man who officials say “jumped into the lake and did not resurface.”

John Kiehne is running to represent District 26 in the Missouri Senate. 

A warrant has been issued for a Union man accused of drug trafficking after he failed to appear at a scheduled court hearing on Aug. 26.

Many Franklin County electric customers could soon be seeing a rate increase.

As of Thursday morning, more than 900,000 people in Louisiana still did not have power four stiflingly muggy days after Hurricane Ida made landfall. It’s why Ameren is sending more than 300 workers from across Illinois and Missouri to Baton Rouge to assist in repairing damage and restoring p…

St. Clair aldermen held a workshop and special meeting Tuesday to further discuss raises for city employees.

A tomato’s sharp acidity dancing across the tongue is one of the purest experiences of late summertime in Missouri, as is butter dripping down your chin after taking a big bite from a cob of sweet corn. Maybe the healthy crunch of a cucumber is more your speed, or the coolness of a perfectly…

Scenic Regional and Washington Public libraries have agreed to a reciprocal lending agreement with St. Louis County Library.

The jury trial for a Catawissa man accused of raping three women and assaulting a fourth has been rescheduled, according to online court records.

Several Franklin County government buildings will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Sept. 6.

Having visited Scenic Regional Library’s Union branch for its September 2019 ribbon cutting, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said he enjoyed getting the chance to take a closer look at the building Tuesday.

St. Clair city employees are getting a raise. The board of alderman voted Tuesday during a special meeting to approve a one-time longevity raise for its employees.

A 31-year-old female inmate at the Franklin County Jail in Union has died, according to a press release from the Franklin County Sheriff's Department. 

A Franklin County judge has issued an arrest warrant for a Pacific man charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after the man missed his scheduled court date Thursday.

A jury will convene next year to determine the guilt of a New Haven man charged with raping and sodomizing an unidentified person in 2019, according to online court records. 

Substitute teachers are an essential part of every school district, but when teachers started having to quarantine for extended periods during the pandemic, they became even more important — and hard to come by.

86 delinquent tax properties sold for $589,005

**Editor's Note: This story has been updated with information from probable cause court filings.** 

Even though it has had some of the money for months, Franklin County officials are still not sure what they can spend funds from the American Rescue Plan Act on.

East Central College is expecting more students this fall. 

Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood or platelets, according to nonprofit advocacy group America’s Blood Centers. That’s just as true now as ever before, according to the American Red Cross.

St. Clair will host “Summerfest,” a motorcycle, barbecue and music festival sponsored by the St. Clair Downtown District Inc., Saturday, Aug. 14.

Franklin County has 22 dispatcher positions, though only 19 are filled. Washington, which New Haven contracts with, has nine dispatchers. Sullivan and Pacific each have five.

For more information about the United Way’s 2020 campaign and the five pilot companies chosen for 2021, see the special supplement in this weekend's issue of The Missourian.

A Franklin County judge has sentenced a Leasburg man to probation in lieu of a prison sentence after the man admitted in court that he was responsible for a string of burglaries at the Sullivan Walmart.