Serving La Plata, Missouri
Sunday, September 13, 2026
A Brookfield woman died Friday morning in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 36 about a mile east of Macon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash happened at 6:56 a.m. The…
A Clarence man was seriously injured Friday morning when the pickup he was driving ran off Route K north of…
Abnormally dry conditions now cover all of Macon County on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map. The map released Thursday…
Drivers should expect delays at the U.S. 63 and U.S. 36 interchange in Macon through the end of September, according…
Blood drive. Red Cross takes donations from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday at the Atlanta library, according to the Macon…
Welcome to The La Plata Record. This publication exists because La Plata and Macon County deserve a reliable, local record of what is happening in our community — accidents on our roads, arrests made in our county, road closures that affect our commutes, and events that shape our lives. The La Plata Record is a digital-first publication serving La Plata,…
Read more →You land in Missouri with a stack of paperwork—new driver’s license, vehicle registration, school files, and medical records. In the chaos of a cross-country move,…