Serving La Plata, Missouri
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
A La Plata man is charged with felony third-degree domestic assault after a woman told a Macon County sheriff's deputy he grabbed her by the neck and head-butted her, according to Macon County court records.…
Maples Repertory Theatre opens The Rocky Horror Show on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Royal Theatre in downtown Macon, with…
Macon County sweated through Missouri's warmest September on record, but unlike much of southern Missouri it got enough rain to…
Red-dyed diesel can now go in any vehicle on Missouri roads for any purpose without state penalties, under an executive…
At 6:20 p.m., October 11, La Plata Community Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle fire on Highway…
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,…