Ugly early for the Knights who trail at the quarter, 26-14. Nathan Scheer has eight points and two fouls while Ben Ruether has scored four. Halftime: Whitfield leads, 45-32. The Knights had. cut it to four points early in the quarter, but Whitfield can't miss. Full Story »
Funeral Services for Noah E. Allen Will be Tuesday Funeral services for Noah Eugene Allen, 85, Lonedell, will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. at Russell Colonial Funeral Home, St. Clair. Full Story »
Funeral Services for Daniel Arban to Be Held Friday Funeral services for Daniel David Arban, 96, St. Clair, will be held Friday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. at Russell Colonial Funeral Home, St. Clair. Full Story »
St. Clair Police arrested three in the early morning hours of Nov. 27 following a two-vehicle accident at Highway 47 and Airport Road that lead police on a manhunt for the occupants of a pickup truck. Full Story »
Edna Leuthauser Funeral Services Were December 5 Funeral services for Edna Mae Leuthauser, nee Butler, 78, Pacific, were held Saturday, Dec. 5, at Bell Funeral Home, Pacific. Full Story »
Major corporate contributors and top individual donors in the United Way campaign were recognized Wednesday night at a victory celebration at Patients First Health Care in Washington. Full Story »
AmerenUE is the first company to cross the $100,000 mark in donations to the Franklin County Area United Way campaign. Full Story »
Colder temperatures this week have forced a delay in the plan to begin paving some sections on the Highway 100 widening project. Full Story »
The Washington School District has again been designated as a District of Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Full Story »
Dick Stratman won't seek a third term as mayor of Washington. Full Story »
The Sunshine Law is inconvenient but necessary. Full Story »
A Franklin County man was sentenced Tuesday to serve a federal prison term for his role in a large-scale dogfighting conspiracy uncovered last summer. Full Story »
Washington citizens will get a chance next April to decide whether or not to renew a half-cent capital improvement sales tax that has been used to fund many large improvement projects in the community over the last 20 years. Full Story »
A homeowner west of Washington is crediting a smoke and carbon monoxide detector with saving his life in a fire early Monday. James Roscoe, who lives at 3349 Highway 185, south of Bramel Road, "is fortunate to be alive," Washington Fire Chief Bill Halmich told The Missourian Tuesday. Full Story »
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Local and federal authorities continue to investigate an explosion and fire Tuesday evening that destroyed a house near Labadie and severely burned a 20-year-old woman. Full Story »
Dick Stratman won't seek a third term as mayor of Washington. Stratman, who announced in August that he planned to run for re-election next April, said Tuesday that he was notifying the city staff that he has changed his mind. Full Story »
The Rick Hopkins concert at First Evangelical Free Church, Villa Ridge, has been canceled. Full Story »
A homeowner west of Washington is crediting a smoke and carbon monoxide detector with saving his life in a fire early Monday. Full Story »
To The Editor: Thanks to the Weekend Missourian, I got a good laugh this past Saturday morning while finishing my second cup of coffee. Full Story »
It was lack of education that caused Sullivan aldermen to shoot down an ordinance restricting medicines containing pseudoephedrine, a meth ingredient, to prescription only, according to Franklin County Drug Task Force Detective Sgt. Jason Grellner. Full Story »
Funeral Services for Helen Adams Were Held Friday Funeral services for Helen Adams, nee Britt, 82, Union, were held Friday, Dec. 4, at Midlawn Funeral Home, Union. Full Story »
To The Editor: Thanks to the Weekend Missourian, I got a good laugh this past Saturday morning while finishing my second cup of coffee. I had just finished reading the editorial titled "Long, Long Letters" reminding writers of letters to the editor to keep letters short and to the point. Full Story »
The Rick Hopkins concert at First Evangelical Free Church, Villa Ridge, has been canceled. Hopkins was suppose to play at the church at a free concert, sponsored by Crosspoint Christian School, this Wednesday night, Dec. 9. Full Story »
Earnestine Avery Funeral Services Will Be Saturday Funeral services for Earnestine Avery, 86, Washington, will be Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11:30 a.m. at Oltmann Funeral Home, Washington. Full Story »
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