Fort Leonard Wood

The Trees for Troops program organizes donations to tree farms to get holiday cheer to soldiers far from home.

Nearly 60 new three- and four-bedroom homes will be built over the next few years as the base looks to update its housing stock that includes many homes from the 1960s.

The airlines serving regional airports without other air service options receive federal grants that will be suspended starting Sunday.

The senator from Missouri said the large military installation with a long history of training soldiers and military law enforcement should be used to help ICE.

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood and a 30% increase in soldiers training there.

The new hospital at the Army post in the Ozarks was rumored to be under consideration to be downgraded to a clinic.

The goal is for the new facility to offer more specialty medical services and reduce travel times for veterans who would have to go to St. Louis or Columbia.

Nearly 26,000 people work for the federal government in the St. Louis metropolitan area. If a portion lose their jobs, some economists said it will have overall trickle-down effects, while others believe it wouldn’t have broader implications.

Spc. Wooster Rancy faces murder and obstruction of justice charges in the killing of Sgt. Sarah Roque.

Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, faces charges of murder and obstructing justice in the Oct. 20 death of 23-year-old Army Sgt. Sarah Roque at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.