Ronald Ray Beckett, 69, of Festus died Feb. 21, 2022, at Festus Manor Nursing Center in Festus. Mr. Beckett was a retired planner/scheduler fo…
Members of the Mapaville and Hillsboro fire protection districts teamed up Monday afternoon (Feb. 22) to rescue a dog who had fallen through t…
Ten local fire departments and districts helped with a call Sunday evening (March 17) at a home in the 10000 block of Glen Oaks Drive west of …
A recall petition seeking an election to remove Annette Acre from the Mapaville Fire Protection District Board of Directors has been certified…
Darryl Reed, who has served as volunteer chief of the Mapaville Fire Protection District for nearly 33 years, has been fired, and an interim f…
Garrett Noll, 22, who reportedly admitted to shooting “warning shots,” one of which struck a 64-year-old Mapaville woman in the back of the he…
A 64-year-old Mapaville woman was shot in the back of the head Saturday night (March 31) while she and her husband were leaving a home in the …
A 92-year-old man was injured when his mobile home at 9631 Meadow Drive in the Hillsboro area caught fire Nov. 29.
The Mapaville Fire Protection District is getting ready to hire its first paid firefighters, ending its status as an all-volunteer district fo…
Voters in the Mapaville Fire Protection District will be asked to approve a 50-cent property tax increase that would allow the district to hir…