The Winfield-Foley Fire Protection District will receive $1.2 million in federal stimulus money to build a new fire station, officials said today.

Chief Bill Byram received a call from the office of Rep. Todd Akin, R-Town and Country, this morning telling him…

Like others in Lincoln County, Corey Runion and his fiancée, Jessica Rhodes, have been struggling during the past year to recover from last summer’s flooding.

More than 90 percent of the their Winfield home was flood-damaged and had to be leveled.…

You might say Jack Maxam’s temper flared up a bit Friday evening.

According to a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy:

Maxam, 69, of Winfield, was having a giant bonfire in his backyard about 5 p.m. Friday when Assistant Chief Cory Swafford of the…

Residents from Winfield and Foley can give their input about the communities disaster recovery process during two different open house meetings planned for this week.

Foley’s open house is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Foley Baptist Church. The meetings, called “Pictures…

“Remember Harry.”

That was the mayoral campaign button carrying the day in Winfield on Tuesday, as voters overwhelmingly re-elected Harry Stonebraker, who died of a heart attack March 11.

Stonebraker

Pat Flynn, the city attorney, said the effort to get votes for Stonebraker in…

Mayor Stonebraker

Mayor Harry E. Stonebraker of Winfield died Wednesday (March 11, 2009) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis of a heart attack. He was 69.

Mr. Stonebraker had been mayor for six years and was running for another term in the…