The Elsberry Democrat

12/15/2024

The Night of a 1,000 Stars featured several vendors, food trucks and a caroling performance by Troy 5th graders on the courthouse steps

12/15/2024

William Sickler, 10, of Troy paints an ornament at one of the many craft tables.

12/14/2024

TROY - Christmas is all about doing a little something extra for another.

12/13/2024

SILEX - No water — no words any community wants to hear.

12/13/2024

ST. CHARLES – Hailey Zenk had a second chance.

12/10/2024

SILEX - A seven-year-old dog went missing over the weekend and is now home healing from a gunshot wound.

12/09/2024

TROY – After advancing to the state quarterfinals a year ago, the Troy Buchanan girls’ basketball team opened their 2025 season with a pair of wins, including one in the first round of their annual Pepsi Invitational.

TROY – After advancing to the state quarterfinals a year ago, the Troy Buchanan girls’ basketball team opened their 2025 season with a pair of wins, including one in the

12/09/2024

TROY – For the second time in as many tries, Troy’s Board of Aldermen rejected Mayor Ron Sconce’s nominee to fill a vacant seat on the board.

12/08/2024

Imagine you’re the owner, or at least responsible party, of a company that generates more than $27 million annually in revenue.

12/07/2024

TROY - The 18th annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot hosted by the Troy Community Concert Band and Lincoln County Music saw around 225 people this year participating on a cold windy day.

TROY - The 18th annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot hosted by the Troy Community Concert Band and Lincoln County Music saw around 225 people this year participating on a cold windy

12/06/2024

Thousands of Lincoln County residents can rest a bit easier when it comes to their health care.

12/06/2024

MOSCOW MILLS – A suspected member of a Mexican drug cartel was arrested this week for allegedly kidnapping a Moscow Mills woman.

12/06/2024

Luis Gallegos

12/05/2024

Dominique Lahtrell Powell, 26, of Louisiana, passed away Nov. 10, 2024 at University of Missouri Health Center in Columbia.

12/05/2024

Margaret Louise Calloway Lauritzen Starks passed away Nov. 18, 2024, at the Meadowlands in O’Fallon.

12/04/2024

LINCOLN COUNTY - Lakeway Publishers recently announced the sale of its Missouri newspapers, including the Lincoln County Journal, Troy Free Press and Elsberry Democrat, to CherryRoad Media, Inc., a media and technology company focused on the sustain…

LINCOLN COUNTY - Lakeway Publishers recently announced the sale of its Missouri newspapers, including the Lincoln County Journal, Troy Free Press and Elsberry Democrat, to CherryRoad Media, Inc., a media

12/04/2024

So I inadvertently stumbled into what may be the darkest recess of the Internet last week. A place that is one part terrifying, one part chaos, and two parts wicked.

12/03/2024

Christopher Dickmeyer, a member of and organist at the St. Paul United Church-Christ sits at the recently purchased Manuel Allen organ. In addition to this new instrument, two families in the congregation also purchased a baby grand piano for the c…

Christopher Dickmeyer, a member of and organist at the St. Paul United Church-Christ sits at the recently purchased Manuel Allen organ. In addition to this new instrument, two families in