Macon County received $1,500,068 in state road money from the County Aid Road Trust from October 2025 through September 2026, the most of any of the eight counties. Knox County received the least, $844,787. Source: Missouri Department of Revenue, County Aid Road Trust distribution reports. Photos by StaffMacon County received about $1.5 million in state road money over the past year, up 17 percent from two years earlier, as Missouri's fuel tax increase reached its final step, according to Missouri Department of Revenue payment records.

The money comes through the County Aid Road Trust, a state fund that passes part of Missouri's motor fuel tax, motor vehicle sales tax, and vehicle fee revenue to counties and cities for local roads…

The La Plata Fire Protection District and the Adair County Fire Department fought a bridge fire northeast of Gibbs on Thursday afternoon at one of three BNSF Railway-owned bridges being torn down and replaced in Adair County.

Firefighters were called to a report of a burning bridge at about 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29. The fire was brought under control, and no injuries were reported.

A deputy with the Adair County Sheriff's Office said workers at the site were attaching steel beams to wood portions of the bridge so it could be taken down safely when fire caught and spread.

Amtrak was notified and stopped rail traffic pending further notice

Earlier this month, the Archer Trail railroad crossing near La…

Macon Sheriff Wanted Poster Courtesy Macon SheriffMacon County authorities are asking the public to help find an Excello man wanted in an Oct. 15 domestic disturbance in Bevier.

Michael Ray Siemens Jr. has an active arrest warrant and is wanted on charges of kidnapping, domestic assault, and property damage.

Anyone who knows where Siemens is should contact the Macon County Sheriff's Office, the Macon Police Department, or their local law enforcement agency, according to the report. Officers asked that anyone who sees Siemens not approach him and instead report the information to law enforcement.

The Chronicle reported Tuesday that Siemens was charged in Macon County Circuit Court after a deputy said he broke a woman's vehicle window with a rock…

A 35-year-old Macon woman was seriously injured Wednesday evening when the utility vehicle she was driving struck a deer and overturned near Anabel, throwing her out.

The crash happened at 7:05 p.m. on Olympic Avenue about 2 miles northeast of Anabel, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The woman was driving a 2019 Honda UTV south when it hit the deer, the patrol reported. The UTV then traveled off the roadway and overturned, and she was ejected.

Air Evac flew her to University Hospital, according to the report. The patrol listed her injuries as serious and reported that she was not using a safety device.

The UTV had extensive damage, the report says. Still Towing removed it…