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Decades Antique Mall opens on Festus Main Street
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Decades Antique Mall opens on Festus Main Street

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Jan 8, 2026
  • 2 min to read

Melody Mollet said she was on the lookout for a place on Festus Main Street to open her business, Decades Antique Mall and jumped at the chanc…

Ladies Night to offer shopping, music, more in Twin Cities
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Ladies Night to offer shopping, music, more in Twin Cities

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Nov 7, 2025
  • 1 min to read

The fifth annual Festus Main Street Association Ladies Night will again offer shopping, music and refreshments, organizer Michelle Hohmeier said.

Festus festival featuring regional artists set for Sunday
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Festus festival featuring regional artists set for Sunday

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • May 1, 2025
  • 1 min to read

The Festus Art Walk will bring the works of dozens of artists to town on Sunday.

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Hundreds of cyclists turn out for Bottleneck Bridge Ride
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Hundreds of cyclists turn out for Bottleneck Bridge Ride

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Aug 24, 2024
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The ninth annual Bottleneck Bridge Ride event on Aug. 11 drew a record 451 bicyclists who pedaled routes of varying lengths around southern Je…

Festus Library closed due to water main on West Main Street
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Festus Library closed due to water main on West Main Street

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Aug 3, 2023

The Festus Public Library closed this morning, Aug. 3, because of a water main break on West Main Street. The library will remain closed until…

Female pedestrian hurt when struck by vehicle on Festus Main Street
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Female pedestrian hurt when struck by vehicle on Festus Main Street

  • By Leader staff
  • Mar 15, 2023

A St. Jacob, Ill., woman was struck by a vehicle while she was trying to walk across Main Street in Festus last weekend, Festus Police Chief T…

Mead on Main Viking Fest returns for a third year
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Mead on Main Viking Fest returns for a third year

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Sep 29, 2022

Thousands are expected to attend the third annual Mead on Main Viking Festival, set for Saturday, Oct. 1, along Main Street in Festus, organiz…

Part of Festus Main Street to close Thursday for restriping
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Part of Festus Main Street to close Thursday for restriping

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Sep 1, 2021

The section of Festus Main Street from Mill Street to Brierton Lane will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to approximately noon Thursday (Sept. 2) for…

Great Pumpkin Festival shelved this year due to COVID-19 pandemic
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Great Pumpkin Festival shelved this year due to COVID-19 pandemic

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Aug 26, 2020

This year’s Great Pumpkin Festival, which typically is held the Saturday before Halloween in downtown Festus and Crystal City, has been cancel…

Comtrea building on Festus Main Street gets $350K facelift
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Comtrea building on Festus Main Street gets $350K facelift

  • By Laura Marlow
  • Jun 21, 2019

Visitors to downtown Festus may wonder what’s going on under the nest of scaffolding at the front of Comtrea’s building at 227 Main Street.

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