Police have identified the man they believe robbed the Bonne Terre Country Mart store Wednesday night as the same young man who reported being kidnapped last September.

Head Start students get a close look at two ambulances Thursday in Park Hills. The children have been studying about the community and have been learning about different emergency agencies. Ambulance staff talked with students about the difference between the traditional ambulance and the helicopter “air ambulance.” - Paula Barr / Daily Journal

You may have thought you escaped Friday the 13th without anything at all unlucky happening to you, but perhaps not. The County Collector sent out 64,000 tax bills on that date, so your annual tax "bomb" is homing in on a postal box near you — if it hasn't already landed.

FARMINGTON — Drivers accustomed to traveling up and down Karsch Boulevard might believe they know the cycles of the stoplights. But all that changed Thursday.

The theme of this year’s Park Hills - Leadington Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will be “A Charlie Brown’s Christmas,” the chamber has announced.

Wanted: Lighted floats, carolers, bands, fire trucks, and Christmas spirit.

North County Assistant Superintendent and Director of Transportation Mike Jarvis has announced he plans to retire in July.

The Young Faith in Christ group recently held a competition at the skate park.

Park Hills residents, start your decorating.

The USDA Rural Development’s Rural Housing program is celebrating its 60th anniversary of delivering housing services to residents of rural areas of Missouri.

The man whom police believe robbed the Country Mart store in Bonne Terre Wednesday night has been identified as 19-year-old Kory Lyn Wakefield of Farmington.

Jackie Lynn Baldwin was scheduled to be sentenced Friday but that won’t be happening.

PARK HILLS — Firefighters were able to keep an early-morning fire contained to a small section of an attic.

FARMINGTON — The fourth annual Help the Hungry Bake Sale is Saturday and organizers for the event are hoping this year will raise even more money.

PARK HILLS — For the seventh year in a row the Central School District is being recognized as a “Distinction in Performance” school district. Superintendent Dr. Desi Mayberry made the announcement during this week’s school board meeting. He said the achievement is a total school and community effort.

You know things are tough when a food drive yields too few canned goods to fill even one Thanksgiving basket.

Traffic on Taylor Avenue in Park Hills comes to a standstill near the Industrial Park Wednesday morning while a tractor trailer pulls another tractor trailer back on the roadway.  - Teresa Ressel / Daily Journal

State and federal offices will be closed Thanksgiving day. County offices will be closed both Thanksgiving day and Friday.

UniTec Career Center students recently attended the SkillsUSA District Fall Leadership Conference at Jefferson College.

Farmington firefighters, with the help of utility employees, hang Christmas decorations in downtown Farmington Wednesday afternoon. - Teresa Ressel / Daily Journal

A Mineral Point woman received minor injuries Wednesday when two vehicles collided on Missouri 8 in Washington County.

BONNE TERRE — More information has been released about a robbery that occurred at Country Mart in Bonne Terre Wednesday night.

BONNE TERRE — North County Superintendent Dr. Yancy Poorman admitted he got himself in a mess when he told employees they could expect a mid-year stipend from the savings he anticipated.

Workers in Park Hills brave the rain Tuesday to put up some of the city's Christmas decorations.

FARMINGTON — When the Farmington School Board met Tuesday evening. Matt Ruble, high school principal was recognized for his nomination for Principal of the Year. Other items on the agenda included recognizing students’ testing achievements, and purchasing a new bus. The board also heard reports on Missouri Options and annual performance achievements.

Police officers in Park Hills will receive a four percent increase as hazardous duty pay, Park Hills City Council decided Tuesday night.

PARK HILLS — Bob Boles began his talk with a game and ended with advice to get help from teenagers Tuesday at the Park Hills-Leadington Chamber of Commerce meeting in Park Hills.

A Marble Hill man has been charged with assault after police say he stabbed a man in Madison County last week.

Pull out the whistles and the personal foghorns — the Yellow Pages scammers are back.

Dorothy Lee’s face lights up as she talks about one of the nursing home patients who will be getting a blanket this year.