LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – Former Lincoln County Sheriff’s Captain Mike Merkel was taken into custody Tuesday after a hearing where he pleaded not guilty and had his bond set at $50,000 cash only. Merkel ...

TROY, Mo. • When a judge in Lincoln County acquitted a man Friday in his wife’s murder, it answered one question — whether Russell Faria would spend the rest of his life in prison. Pam Hupp leaving ...

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Russell Faria (black jacket) talks with family members, including his mother, Luci Faria (far right), outside the Lincoln County Justice Center after he was found not guilty for the murder of his wife ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. — Another twist in a Lincoln County murder case that's garnered national attention. In 2011, Betsy Faria was brutally murdered in her home and her husband Russ took the fall. After ...