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A lawsuit against the proposed Festus data center project seeks to stop the project by invalidating Festus City Council actions, among other points in the suit.
A warm, sunny spring afternoon helped draw participants for the 2026 Twin City Ministerial Alliance Good Friday Cross Processional, said the Rev. Leslie Limbaugh.
Eureka Police are trying to identify a man suspected of stealing gas from a pickup at the O’Reilly Auto Parts store, 1321 W. Fifth St. The man allegedly drilled a hole in the gas tank and stole half a tank of gas, police reported.
“People really don’t understand cancer if you don’t have a relative or if you don’t know anybody who’s had it,” said Alyiah Gusoskey.
The city of Pevely and the STL Stangs Mustang Club are teaming up for Cars for Autism, a show in support of those with autism and their families.
Crews will close a stretch of northbound I-55 from between McNutt Street in Herculaneum and Hwy. Z in Pevely overnight Saturday, April 11, to shift northbound I-55 onto the median pavement.
Festus R-6 Board of Education members on March 26 approved the next stages of the district’s estimated $30 million gymnasium and fieldhouse construction project.
A special meeting of the Festus City Council that had been scheduled for tonight, April 8, has been canceled.
Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday signed legislation into law that clarifies a woman’s pregnancy status should not be used to prevent courts from granting divorce or legal separation.
1 p.m. UPDATE: A 77-year-old Imperial woman died Tuesday afternoon, April 7, in a two-vehicle crash at Old Hwy. 21 and East Four Ridge Road near House Springs, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
It only took about three years for Atlas Youth Outreach, a nonprofit organization providing mental health support groups for Jefferson County teenagers, to outgrow its first home in Arnold.