Roger A. Cupp, 54, Marceline, was arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control on Friday, Dec. 23, for felony sex offenses ranging from Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Child, Child Molestation - 1st Degree, Statutory Sodomy - 1st Degree, and Possession of Child Pornography. He was being held on $100,000 bond.
2021 ushered in the beginning of an exciting and energetic year for Marceline with new residents, new housing construction, and new business openings - a renaissance if you will – the likes of which we haven’t seen in years! The influx of out of-state license plates and new faces brings new investments in the community as well as business and employment opportunities. Why Marceline? Many factors can be attributed to this trend, including high-speed internet access, tourism, quality education, lower cost of living and the results of the city’s ongoing efforts to ensure a high quality of life through reliable utilities, good roads, and safe and clean neighborhoods. We are very optimistic this growth will continue in the coming year with the sound of heavy machinery, saws and hammers filling the air.
Thoughts of a white Christmas were all but banished as temperatures rose to unseasonably warm this December. Critters normally in hibernation and brumation — hibernation for coldblooded animals — were poking their heads out even on Christmas Eve, like the bee who stung a reporter at Cruse Dog Park or the black rat snake former Outdoors Reporter Wes Johnson found on the Fellows Lake bike trail.
Snagging paddlefish in the near future will mean brushing up on the latest regulation changes regarding fishing methods, commercial fishing and more. Let’s dive in! Following a public comment period earlier this year, the Missouri Conservation Commission gave its final approval to several regulation changes to the Wildlife Code of Missouri by the Department of Conservation.
This Christmas Day, some Springfieldians woke up not to presents but to an antisemitic flyer. The flyers were left at the front steps of houses in central Springfield sometime during the night of Christmas Eve.
With the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol less than two weeks away, three Springfield men have pleaded guilty to federal misdemeanors for unlawfully breaching the U.S. Capitol building.
Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion in damages, according to a new study. Hurricane Ida, a tropical storm that pummeled much of the eastern U.S.
David Smock, school physician for Agape Boarding School in Cedar County, was charged with three felony child sex crimes late last week. He remained on the loose as of Monday afternoon.
The women of the Missouri Senate are telling their own stories through a forthcoming children’s book that chronicles the journeys of lawmakers past and present. Titled, “You Can, Too!,” the book recounts the stories of the 36 women who have served in the state Senate over the course of the chamber’s history.
The staff at Pershing Health System (PHS) has taken its Holiday Community Service project and surpassed all expectations with their generosity for the children and families in Linn County. This year, Pershing Health System partnered with the 9th Circuit Juvenile Office as part of the Linn County Kids Christmas Project. PHS staff joined in the Holiday Community Service project by adopting 48 children and donating an estimated $4,564 in clothing, toys, bedding, and other needed items to these local area children. An additional $495 in monetary donations was also given to the Juvenile Office to use to purchase Christmas gifts for other children in the community in addition to the 48 children adopted by PHS staff. This monetary donation was provided on behalf of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pershing Auxiliary and PHS staff. COURTESY