Last month, I did a lot of hiking in Missouri. I had been in Colorado for several days. On my way back to Indiana, I stopped in Missouri to camp and explore another section of the Ozark Trail. The ...

DONIPHAN, Mo. (AP) -- Two people from Poplar Bluff are dead after two boats collided on the Current River in southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Water Patrol on Monday identified the victims as ...

SHANNON COUNTY, Mo. – A Salem woman was left dead Sunday afternoon after drowning under a downed tree in the Current River. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the drowning occurred ...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man is dead after state officials said he drowned in a local river. Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) said the incident happened at the Current River near the bridge ...

A herpetologist shows a venomous copperhead in this May 1995 Post-Dispatch file photo. EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is from 2012 but was being widely recirculated, largely through Facebook, years later.