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Numerous Meetings Taking Place This Week For Camden, Miller & Morgan Counties
Here’s a look at the upcoming meetings this week for the Lake Region. The Morgan County R-2 Board of Education gets together on Monday for a regular meeting with several discussion items identified on the agenda. Among them…MSBA updates, running an activity bus on Mondays, memorandums of understanding with...
First-Degree Murder Charge Filed in Connection to Morgan County Death Investigation
A 50-year-old from Stover has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection to the recent discovery of a body in Morgan County. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office identifies Chad Lawrence Armstrong as the suspect. Probable cause information connects Armstrong with the victim, Beauford Wilson of...
Morgan County man seriously injured in motorcycle crash south of Versailles
A Morgan County man is seriously injured when he’s thrown from his motorcycle about six miles south of his hometown. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Russell Jones, 36, of Versailles, was riding his bike down Route W, near the Marvin Road cutoff, last night, when he tried to pass another vehicle. Troopers say that’s when Jones ran off the side of the road, hit a mailbox, a road sign, and a tree, and was then thrown off the bike.
Cole County man, Morgan County woman seriously hurt in head-on crash
Two people were seriously injured in a head-on crash on Route C in Cole County Monday evening, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A 20-year man from Lohman was driving a Ford Taurus eastbound on Route C when he attempted to pass another vehicle and struck an SUV driven by a 62-year-old woman from Gravois Mills head-on, according to the report.
Morgan County man arrested, charged in shooting death of Hallsville man
MORGAN COUNTY — The Morgan County Sheriff's Office said Friday a Stover man was arrested in relation to a homicide. Sheriff Norman Dills said in a Facebook post, Chad Armstrong, 50, was arrested Friday by authorities in connection to the shooting death of Beauford Wilson. Wilson’s body was discovered...
Murder In Morgan County Update: Convicted Felon Arrested For The Death Of Cattle Rancher
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — Authorities arrested a Stover, Mo., man Friday for allegedly murdering a 71-year-old cattle rancher on June 29. Chad Armstrong, 50, has been charged with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action. He is accused of killing Beauford Wilson, of Hallsville, Mo., who was found dead...
Morgan County WWII soldier remains to be buried later this year
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the remains of U.S Army Pvt. William A. Smith of Syracuse, Missouri, have been accounted for. In June 1944, Smith boarded Landing Craft Infantry 92 to set sail to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. As the ship approached the shore, it struck an underwater mine that caused the ship to burst into flames. The ship was met with enemy gunfire that caused an explosion that killed everyone on board, according to the DPAA.
Hallsville Man Found Dead In Big Buffalo Creek Area, Homicide Expected
On Sunday June 30, 2024, a call was received by the Morgan County E-911 reporting an adult male found on his side against a tree, off the roadway, adjacent to Beechnut Road, south of Stover, in Morgan County, Missouri. Morgan County Deputy Sheriffs and EMS personnel responded to the scene and located Beauford Wilson, age 71 of Hallsville, Missouri, deceased.
Man charged with several child sex crimes in Morgan County
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills man was charged with several child sex crimes on Wednesday. Alex Alter was charged with two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of first-degree sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and no bond was set. He was not listed The post Man charged with several child sex crimes in Morgan County appeared first on ABC17NEWS.
Morgan County man charged with murder of Hallsville man found dead under tree
A Stover man has been charged with murder after a Hallsville man was found dead under a tree on June 30 in Morgan County. Chad Lawrence Armstrong, 50, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, according to online court records. First responders found the body of Beauford Wilson,...
Morgan County man accused of murder in death of Hallsville rancher found under a tree
A Stover man has been charged with murder after a Hallsville rancher was found dead under a tree June 30 in Morgan County. Chad Lawrence Armstrong, 50, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, according to court records.
One of FBI's most wanted may be in Stover area, FBI offers $250,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest
The FBI has alerted a Morgan County police department that a wanted fugitive may be in the area. The Stover Police Department announced Tuesday that it had been alerted by the FBI that Donald Fields, Jr., 60, of Franklin County, is suspected of being in that area. If you see...
Versailles woman accused of first-degree child endangerment
A Morgan County woman was arrested on July 8 for alleged child endangerment. Alice J. Snell, 36, was taken into custody on Monday after a witness brought forward concerns regarding the living conditions inside the home, claiming excessive trash, rotting food and animal feces made the home unsafe for children and pets.
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