Area fire protection districts stepped in to help the Baisch Nursing Center in the De Soto area when an air-conditioning system at the facilit…
Two dogs were saved from a house fire in the 3300 block of Armbruster Road east of De Soto on Monday, April 3. No one was injured, De Soto Rur…
A house in the 8700 block of Hilltop Lane in Morse Mill was damaged by fire on Oct. 20, making it uninhabitable, Cedar Hill Fire Chief Mick Fi…
A 4-year-old girl who was rescued from the Big River in Dittmer on June 12 is expected to survive, authorities reported.
De Soto Rural Fire personnel helped with a difficult rescue Saturday afternoon, after a man suffered a medical emergency while rock climbing o…
A vacant mobile home in the 8900 block of Running Deer Lane in Dittmer was destroyed by fire Monday night (Oct. 5), said Lt. John Scullin of t…
Smoke coming from a home in the 1000 block of Lisa Marie Court south of De Soto on Sunday morning (Aug. 9) turned out to be a fire in the heat…
After De Soto Rural Fire Protection District Lt. Ron Wehlage finished his shift Sunday morning (June 28) and then did not show up for his next…
An early-morning fire on Sunday (April 19) that destroyed a vacant mobile home just outside De Soto was deliberately set by the owner, De Soto…
Eldon J. “Bud” Smith, 80, of De Soto died April 7, 2020, at his home at Valle Lake. Mr. Smith had served since 1984 as a volunteer, staff memb…