For the second time in as many years, the lake area’s solid waste district has run into problems with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
According to information released by DNR on Wednesday, the district is being placed on “high risk” status effective Sept. 1.

Former international opera star of Carmen Jimmie Lee Farmer will give a rare lake ‘pop’ performance this weekend

A Kansas City, Kan., man is in the county jail after attempting to lure a juvenile with a video of three other juveniles swimming in the nude at his lake home in the Stover area.
Edward Lawrentiew, 57, was extradited to Missouri from Kansas Wednesday on charges of two counts of felony possession of controlled substances and one count of felony sexual misconduct with a child.

Two Linn Creek residents were arrested for taking off with various building materials from a condominium complex and trying to sell it at a local recycling plant.

Sunrise Beach prepared for Shootout traffic; village hires extra help for big weekend, police chief warns parking ban will be strictly enforced

An 18-year-old Camdenton man was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident after officers showed up at his place of employment a day later and took him to jail.
The owner of the suspect vehicle was picked up at his work on Jeffries Road at 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to a police report issued by the Osage Beach Police Department Wednesday.