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Festus man seriously hurt in crash involving tanker truck
Accidents
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Festus man seriously hurt in crash involving tanker truck

  • By Leader staff
  • Mar 22, 2023

A Festus man had to be extricated from his car following a three-vehicle accident Tuesday morning, March 20, on Hwy. B east of Butcher Branch …

Ink leaking from tractor-trailer shuts down lane on I-55 in Pevely
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Ink leaking from tractor-trailer shuts down lane on I-55 in Pevely

  • By Tony Krausz
  • Jul 17, 2019

A southbound lane on I-55 in Pevely was closed for several hours Tuesday, after a ruptured drum containing acrylic polymer ink began leaking f…

Hazardous materials found in Arnold home where man died
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Hazardous materials found in Arnold home where man died

  • By Tony Krausz
  • Sep 13, 2018

Hazardous materials were found at a home in the 1600 block of Kirkham Drive in Arnold after a 54-year-old man who lived there was found dead. …

No one injured when train strikes dump truck in Horine
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No one injured when train strikes dump truck in Horine

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Jun 15, 2017

A dump truck was struck by a train in Horine on Wednesday afternoon (June 14). Fortunately no one was hurt, said Lt. Gary Higginbotham of the …

Commercial fire releases hazardous materials in Cedar Hill
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Commercial fire releases hazardous materials in Cedar Hill

  • By Tracey Bruce
  • May 11, 2016

A fire at InnerPoint Energy in Cedar Hill quickly turned into a hazardous materials incident Tuesday afternoon (May 10).

48,000 pounds of explosives cleaned off Festus highways
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48,000 pounds of explosives cleaned off Festus highways

  • By Peggy Scott
  • May 14, 2015

Crews needed more than 12 hours to clean up 48,000 pounds of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate that was dumped on the highway just south …

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Big rig overturns at Hwy. 67 and I-55 in Festus area, spilling hazardous materials on road
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Big rig overturns at Hwy. 67 and I-55 in Festus area, spilling hazardous materials on road

  • By Kim Robertson
  • May 13, 2015

A tractor-trailer overturned this afternoon (May 13) on the ramp from northbound Hwy. 67 to northbound I-55 south of Festus, spilling what aut…

I-55 shut down after fatal tractor-trailer accident in Arnold, separate tractor-trailer fire near Butler Hill
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I-55 shut down after fatal tractor-trailer accident in Arnold, separate tractor-trailer fire near Butler Hill

  • By Kim Robertson
  • Jun 19, 2014

I-55 is shut down in both directions this afternoon (June 19) following a fatal accident involving two tractor-trailers between Church Road an…

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