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Barnhart residents evacuate homes Tuesday because of strange odor
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Barnhart residents evacuate homes Tuesday because of strange odor

  • Leader staff
  • Aug 28, 2024

Barnhart residents who live on Burgess and Wayles drives evacuated their homes Tuesday night, Aug. 27, because of a strange odor in the area. …

De Soto High School evacuated after fire alarm pulled
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De Soto High School evacuated after fire alarm pulled

  • Leader staff
  • Mar 13, 2024

Students and staff were evacuated from De Soto High School at 8:32 a.m. today, March 13, after a fire alarm was set off. Students were allowed…

Two Arnold restaurants evacuated after mention of bomb
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Two Arnold restaurants evacuated after mention of bomb

  • By Leader staff
  • Nov 22, 2022

Two Arnold restaurants were evacuated for about two hours after a 13-year-old Imperial boy allegedly mentioned a bomb while talking on the pho…

Hillsboro High evacuated after bomb threat found in restroom
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Hillsboro High evacuated after bomb threat found in restroom

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • May 13, 2022

Hillsboro High School was evacuated for more than an hour and a half this morning, May 13, after a message about a bomb threat was discovered …

Rockport Heights evacuated after smoke alarm goes off
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Rockport Heights evacuated after smoke alarm goes off

  • By Leader staff
  • Sep 21, 2021

Rockport Heights Elementary School students and staff were evacuated at about noon Monday (Sept. 20), when a fire alarm went off, Principal Ja…

Dryer fire leads to evacuation of Festus hotel
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Dryer fire leads to evacuation of Festus hotel

  • Apr 14, 2020

The La Quinta hotel, 1001 Veterans Blvd., in Festus was evacuated Monday night (April 13) after a dryer in a laundry room caught fire. There w…

ICYMI: Smoke caused evacuation at De Soto-area nursing home
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ICYMI: Smoke caused evacuation at De Soto-area nursing home

  • By Tracey Bruce
  • Nov 24, 2018

Nine people were evacuated from the Baisch Nursing Center, 3260 Baisch Drive, south of De Soto on Nov. 14, after the heating and air-condition…

Jefferson College evacuates CTE building after three students feel ill
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Jefferson College evacuates CTE building after three students feel ill

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Sep 20, 2018

The Jefferson County Career and Technical Education building in Hillsboro was evacuated about 10:45 a.m. today (Sept. 20) after three high sch…

Fox campus in Arnold locked down, classes canceled after bomb threat
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Fox campus in Arnold locked down, classes canceled after bomb threat

  • By Tracey Bruce
  • Sep 7, 2018

Classes were canceled today (Sept. 7) at the three schools on the Fox schools campus in Arnold after police notified the district that a bomb …

Electrical problem clears out De Soto Post Office
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Electrical problem clears out De Soto Post Office

  • By Tracey Bruce
  • Jun 27, 2018

Fifteen people were evacuated from the De Soto Post Office on June 22 after an electric wire in the building started smoking, De Soto Fire Chi…

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