Jessy Thompson, 37, of the Fenton area has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. He admitted to searching for, downloading, possessing and distributing child pornography during an April …

Eureka Police are searching for a 47-year-old Bellville, Ill., man who allegedly used a 41-year-old Pacific woman’s PayPal account and identity to purchase $2,842.84 worth of items from Walmart, 131 Eureka Towne Center Drive, in Eureka, polic…

Eureka Police are investigating the theft of tools from a storage unit at Storage Rentals of America, 306 W. Fourth St. A 49-year-old Eureka man told police the tools were stolen between Jan. 11-16, police reported.

Saline Valley firefighters responded to Domino’s Pizza, 1655 S. Old Hwy. 141, in the Fenton area on Sunday morning, Feb. 1, when water from a pipe burst sprayed electrical lines and wiring and caused sparks, authorities reported.

The High Ridge Fire Protection District found no signs of a gas leak in the Sugar Creek subdivision early Sunday morning, Feb. 1, after several residents said they could smell natural gas.

A 30-year-old Hillsboro man who was arrested on an active warrant allegedly had suspected illegal drugs in an SUV he was driving at the Express Mart gas station, 6911 Metropolitan Blvd., in Barnhart, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported.

A 33-year-old Arnold woman was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop by a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy in Imperial. The deputy allegedly found 22 empty small alcoholic beverage bottles in the ca…

Eureka Police arrested a 39-year-old Union man for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The man was stopped because he was driving a 1997 Ford F-150 that had license plates registered to a Ford Ranger, police reported.

Russell Richard Beauvais Jr., 33, of De Soto was recently arrested for failing to appear in court for a drug possession charge. He failed to appear on Dec. 8 and was arrested on Jan. 16, according to court and jail records.

A St. Clair man was arrested after allegedly stabbing a Hillsboro man and a Gray Summit man early this morning, Jan. 30, in De Soto.

Two adults and three children have been displaced after a fire destroyed a home on Chinaberry Court, which is in a subdivision off Jeffco Boulevard south of Arnold, according to the Rock Community Fire Protection District.

An Arnold Police officer arrested a 57-year-old St. Louis man for allegedly stealing items from an Arnold department store, grocery store and pharmacy following a traffic stop. The officer also arrested another man traveling in the pickup tha…

Quentin Malachi Christopher, 21, who lives southeast of De Soto, has been accused of attacking and threatening to shoot a woman with whom he is in a relationship. He allegedly choked the woman and pointed a sawed-off shotgun at her in his hom…

Arnold Police officers arrested a 39-year-old St. Louis woman for alleged drug possession following a traffic stop. They also arrested a 35-year-old St. Louis man on outstanding warrants, police reported.

Lynne A. Hauck, 73, of De Soto died on Jan. 23 from injuries sustained in a crash on Hwy. 67 at Papin Road south of De Soto, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

Tonia Haddix, the former Festus-area chimpanzee caretaker who gained fame from the HBO docuseries “Chimp Crazy,” is asking for her nearly four-year prison sentence to be reduced, according to court documents.

Eureka Police arrested a 45-year-old woman, who does not have a listed address, for alleged drug possession after stopping a pickup she was traveling in. The woman also was wanted on an active warrant, police reported.

Jan. 28 UPDATE: Daniel “Todd” Mahn, a De Soto City Council member and businessman facing felony rape and sodomy charges, turned himself in at the Jefferson County Jail on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, and posted a $100,000 cash-only bond before h…

Daryn Joshua Odell Karnes, 21, who lives north of Hillsboro, recently was arrested for a federal charge accusing him of supplying fentanyl that killed a man in 2024, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office announced.

Benjamin F. Sexton Jr., 49, who lives in the Jefferson County portion of Fenton, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of recording his abuse of two girls over a seven-year period, the U.S. District…

Authorities are investigating a suspicious package delivered to a Pevely residence Jan. 13 that contained a threatening letter and a powdery substance that turned out to be flour.

A fire early Jan. 20 destroyed a house in the Lake Wauwanoka subdivision in the Hillsboro area and displaced the man who lived there, Hillsboro Fire Chief Brian Gaudet said.