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Consumers Warned of New Surge in IRS E-mail Schemes during 2016 Tax Season; Tax Industry Also Targeted
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service renewed a consumer alert for e-mail schemes after seeing an approximate 400 percent surge in phishing and malware incidents so far this tax season. The emails are designed to trick taxpayers into thinking these are official communications from the IRS or others in the tax industry, including tax software…
Read MoreOl’ Frontier Ignites again
In less than 24 hours the LaBelle, Missouri business, the Ol’ Frontier ignited for a second time on Wednesday morning. The cause of the fire came from smoldering blown in insulation in the attic above the kitchen area. Western Lewis County Fire Protection District firefighters answered the call in a unified effort to put the…
Read MoreOSHA Cites Sharpe Holdings In Death Of Worker
LaBelle, MO – For the third time since 2012, federal investigators have cited Sharpe Holdings in the death of an employee. The most recent casualty was a 51-year-old equipment operator, who suffered serious head injuries after was ejected from the rear of a van on Sept. 26, 2015. He died the following day. An investigation…
Read MoreLewis County FFA Chapter Receives $2,500 Donation
The Lewis County C-1 FFA Chapter received a $2,500 donation from the Monsanto Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities program after being selected by Tina Durst to be the recipient of the grant. The Lewis County FFA Chapter Instructor is Angie Hamlin.
Read MoreEwing Teen’s Vehicle Totaled In Accident
An accident occurred on Route M two miles west of Emerson, Missouri, at 8:25 p.m. on Monday, February 29, 2016, involving two teens. Seventeen year-old Cheyenne D. Gottman of Ewing, Missouri, was driving a 2000 Dodge Neon eastbound that was struck by a 2002 Cadillac DHS that was westbound which was driven by eighteen year-old…
Read MoreLaBelle Man Arrested for Multiple Charges
On Sunday, February 28, 2016, in Lewis County, Missouri, the Missouri Highway Patrol arrested a LaBelle Man on multiple charges. At 2:06 a.m., thirty year-old, Daniel G. Carper of LaBelle, Missouri was cited for (1) DWI; (2) Resisting Arrest by Fleeing; (3) Speeding (4) Careless and Imprudent Driving. Carper was held at…
Read MoreCanton Woman Arrested For Charges Involving Accident
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 12:01 p.m. the Missouri Highway Patrol arrested a 47 year-old Canton resident on charges involving an automobile accident. Tracie D. Slater was arrested for driving while intoxicated and careless and imprudent driving resulting in an accident. Ms. Slater was taken to Lewis County Jail in Monticello, Missouri where she…
Read MoreBus Crash Results In Minor Injuries For Driver
On February 22, 2016, members of the Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a bus crash near Lewistown, Missouri at the intersection of State Highway 6 and State Highway 16. Upon further investigation it was determined that a Lewis County C-1 School District bus was traveling westbound when it ran off the roadway coming…
Read MoreAccident In Lewis County Sends Three To Hospital
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 16 year-old Hannibal teen failed to yield to another vehicle at 5:59 p.m. on February 20, 2016, on U.W. Highway 61 and Route V, in Lewis County, which resulted in an accident that totaled the 2012 Dodge Journey, she was driving. Pinrose was not wearing a safety…
Read MoreMcKim Arrested On Peace Disturbance Charges
In a press release from The Lewis County Sheriff’s Department on February 13, 2016, Gavin McKim, age 41, of La Grange, Missouri was arrested on a class B misdemeanor of Peace Disturbance after Lewis County Deputies responded to a report of a disturbance in progress, in rural La Grange, Missouri. Mr. McKim is currently…
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