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Second alderman replacement rejected by board; search restarts for city administrator
TROY – For the second time in as many tries, Troy’s Board of Aldermen rejected Mayor Ron Sconce’s nominee to fill a vacant seat on the board.
Wintry weather leads to fatal accident
LINCOLN COUNTY – It took nearly 11 months and 3.5 inches of snow to cause a fatal accident involving an automobile on a Lincoln County highway.
County scammed out of thousands
A scammer posing as a representative of local Internet provider Gateway Fiber scammed Lincoln County out of up to $160,000 during September.
Commissioners call it quits on outer road project
Four years after the initial announcement and multiple hold ups later, the county commissioners have nixed the U.S. Highway 61 Outer Road project for now.
Prospective Troy city administrator declines job offer
A few months ago, it appeared certain Troy would be hiring a city administrator for the first time in five years.
Pierce arrested on felony child abuse charge
FOLEY – A military veteran reportedly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is sitting in the Lincoln County Jail on a $500,000 cash-only bond for knocking unconscious a 12-year-old for not cleaning her room.
A Night of 1,000 Stars:
‘The event spreads holiday cheer from ages 1-99’
Winfield, Elsberry hosting Christmas Events Dec. 7
Lincoln County will be a busy place Dec. 7 as two other communities beyond Troy are hosting holiday festivals.
Iowa senator pitches Elon Musk on $1 trillion in federal spending cuts
WASHINGTON--Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst began proposing ways to cut government spending to the Trump team this weekend, but she'll need to convince her colleagues in Congress if her ideas are going to have any chance of taking effect--like ending the manufacture of pennies and nickels and curbing overpayments for Pentagon goods.
Whitbey convicted of sodomy
TROY – A Middle Brook man was found guilty of 14 counts of statutory sodomy last week in a case involving a minor under the age of 14.