Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept a $137,500 federal grant designed to help the sheriff’s office fight drug trafficking. The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program ...

With two months left to report in its fiscal year 2024-25 sales tax collections, the City of Union has some ground to cover to match the totals from the previous year.

Pacific Post 320 might have been the underdog after a loss in the first pool play game of the Zone 1 Freshmen Tournament. However, Post 320 (21-12) didn't look like an underdog in the other three ...

Audrey Stanard, a recent graduate of the University of Missouri’s journalism school, joined The Missourian’s news team Tuesday as a photojournalist. Stanard, 24, previously worked as a staff ...

A key metric for tracking drug use among Franklin County students shows a sharp drop between 2018 and 2024, according to survey data released last week. Self-reported rates of recent prescription drug ...

Franklin County is considering using money from a now-shelved project to pay its share of widening 4,000 feet of Highway 47 to four lanes. County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a ...

The City of Union is considering implementing regulations for certain rooming and boarding facilities based on one recently passed in Washington. “This is geared toward some issues we’ve had recently ...

The East Central College Board of Trustees passed a 2026 fiscal year budget that one trustee called “intimidatingly tight,” marked by tuition hikes and cost-cutting measures. The $23.3 million budget ...

More than twice as many skaters as last year will roll into Union next week for the American Roller Sports Speed American Championship and Artistic American Championship. Between 550 and 600 ...

St. Francis Borgia graduate Bryce Mayer will be getting a new baseball challenge. Mayer, who played for the Knights and Post 218 locally, and St. Charles Community College and the University of ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a bill that Scenic Regional Library has pushed for several years. Kehoe signed Senate Bill 396, sponsored by state Sen. Ben Brown, R-Washington, and Brad Banderman, R- St.

Franklin County commissioners approved the purchase of a new SUV Thursday for the sheriff’s office but signaled they would like to change the county’s vehicle purchasing policy in the future.