Marion County

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear badges and one in Marion County has proudly served with his badge for 22 years. You can watch him sign off for the final time with his dispatcher.

The good news? It was a mild winter for many parts of Missouri. The bad news? Drought conditions now reported in both Marion and Ralls County according to new government data.

I grew up in the Hannibal/Quincy area and tend to be a weather nerd, but have never heard of this historic storm. It was the most devastating tornado in northeast Missouri history and it claimed 14 lives back in March of 1876.

There's a new ranking showing how much households earn in different Missouri counties and one fact is clear. Households in Ralls County earn more on average than Marion County.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has issued a COVID-19 Hotspot Advisory for a portion of northeast Missouri.

With one area county updating its COVID numbers for the first time in nearly three weeks, area health departments reported 386 new coronavirus cases Thursday.

Area health departments reported 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and eight additional COVID related deaths Monday.

Two are hurt, one seriously, in a motorcycle crash on Highway 168 east of Palmyra in Marion County at 6:35 p.m. Friday.

Area health department officials reported 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday.

State health officials said Saturday that the first case in the state of a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus has been recorded in northeast Missouri.