Duck Boat Company To Pay Funeral Expenses Ride the Ducks Branson, the service that had a boat capsize on Table Rock Lake on Thursday, has vowed to pay for funeral expenses for the 17 people who died in the incident. According to their website, in addition to funeral costs, the company is also paying all…… Continue Reading
Mega Millions Payout Jumps Before Drawing
Mega Millions Payout Jumps Before Drawing The Missouri Lottery’s Mega Millions Jackpot has reached one of the highest pay outs in the history of the program. The jackpot for the Mega Millions Jackpot has reached $512 million, with a cash option of $303.4 million. Missouri players have until 8:59 tomorrow [Tuesday] night to purchase tickets…… Continue Reading
Columbia Man Sentenced On Weapons Charges
Columbia Man Sentenced On Weapons Charges A Columbia man was sentenced to 12 years and four months in federal prison today after pleading guilty to possessing 8 firearms. Thirty five year old Adrian Lamont Levy was a fugitive from justice after being indicted, and attempted to elude authorities in a parking garage in Kansas City.…… Continue Reading
One Injured In Camdenton Home Explosion
One Injured In Camdenton Home Explosion A woman sustained serious burns in a home explosion this morning [Monday] at 137 Illinois Street in Camdenton. Firefighters arrived on scene at 8:13AM and found the single story duplex heavily involved in fire. An adult female and a small child were in the residence at the time of…… Continue Reading
Lake of the Ozarks Ranks 6th For Boating Crashes
Lake of the Ozarks Ranks 6th For Boating Crashes Lake of the Ozarks ranks sixth on the most dangerous place to boat in the United States. The U.S. Coast Guard boating statistics shows last year the lake had 57 boating accidents. As of the first of this month the highway patrol had taken forty one…… Continue Reading
Man Dead After Being Hit By Car In Cooper County
Man Dead After Being Hit By Car In Cooper County A Blackwater man is dead after being hit by a truck in Cooper County over the weekend. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 41 when 16 year old Braden Grindstaff was driving north near Imhoff Drive and went off…… Continue Reading
Memorial Service Held For those In Duck Boat Sinking
Memorial Service Held For those In Duck Boat Sinking Around two hundred people were in attendance at a memorial service yesterday (Sunday) in Branson for the people killed in the duck boat accident last week. A church bell at the College of the Ozarks rang out 17 times for each victim. Nine of the victims…… Continue Reading
Marceline Teens Injured In Crash
Marceline Teens Injured In Crash Several Marceline teens are recovering from injuries after a one car accident in Randolph County yesterday (Sunday) morning. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports it happened on US 63 at County Road 1330, 1.5 miles south of Cairo. A vehicle went off the road, hit a sign and median then crossed…… Continue Reading
Duck Boat Lifted From Water
Duck Boat Lifted From Water Efforts are underway to lift the duck boat that sank last week and killed seventeen near Branson. The U.S. Coast Guard started working at removing the boat around 9 this (Monday) morning. According to reports it is under 80 feet of water and divers will swim down and connect the…… Continue Reading
Search Warrant Uncovers Drugs
Search Warrant Uncovers Drugs A search warrant in Hannibal has led to the discovery of a large amount of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Hannibal police say their anti-crime enforcement squad went to the 2200 block of Spruce yesterday (Sunday) as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation. Police arrested 41 year old Nicole D. Fernando of…… Continue Reading
