A suspect in the 1989 rape and murder of Kelle Ann Workman is now charged with rape and first-degree sexual abuse of a child, which allegedly also happened in 1989.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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10/17/24
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A Mtn. Grove man has been charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor after allegedly attempting to meet a girl he believed to be 11 years old for sex, and an investigation reportedly uncovered other attempts to meet underage girls, plus evidence he'd exchanged sexually explicit with girls he believed to be underage.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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9/12/24
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Douglas County had some contested races during the recent primary elections, but incumbents won the day and the offices, with no Democratic challengers on the county ballot. The results of the Aug. 6 primaries were provided by the Douglas County Clerk’s Office after press time on Friday evening.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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8/13/24
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Two area men have been charged after alleged incidents involving firearms. A third suspect was charged with domestic assault in connection with one of the incidents.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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8/13/24
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Preventative maintenance on 50 miles of Highway 32 across multiple counties, including a stretch moving west from Highway 17 in Texas County, begins this week, announces the Missouri Department of Transportation.
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8/12/24
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DOUGLAS COUNTY — Several state and local candidates met recently in rural Douglas County to talk about their campaigns and shake hands with members of the Twin Bridges Rural Volunteer Fire Department and other area voters who attended the forum.
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7/30/24
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Twin Bridges Volunteer Fire Department in Douglas County will be the site of a meet-the-candidates event and town hall meeting set for 5 p.m. July 20.
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7/12/24
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Republican State Rep. Travis Smith of Twin Bridges, 155th House District, has received the exclusive backing of the Missouri Fire Fighters Association in in his bid for 33rd State Senate, his campaign announced.
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7/1/24
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Two Wednesday morning traffic crashes that happened at almost the exact time resulted in two area women losing their lives, reports the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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6/27/24
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Harold L. Blair Jr., 67, of Ava, will spend the rest of life in federal prison after he was sentenced Thursday to 58 years without parole for his Jan. 30 plea of guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District District Judge Roseann Ketchmark and announced by U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore of the Western District of Missouri, Springfield.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/24/24
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A Springfield resident who initially only identified himself to law enforcement as a "man of God" who had taken a "vow of silence with God" is charged after being discovered on Assumption Abbey property in Douglas County.
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6/19/24
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A Mtn. Grove man has been charged with misdemeanor negligent burning after allegedly directing a hired hand to set fire to a brush pile on his property despite a red flag warning against burning being in place.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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5/28/24
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