Near the end of the summer, parents begin compiling a mental checklist of things that must be done before the new school year starts.
A suspicious fire destroyed a vacant house just outside the De Soto city limits on June 21, De Soto Rural Fire Chief Tom Fitzgerald said.
The De Soto City Council on Monday voted unanimously to hire Vern Bauman Contracting of Ste. Genevieve to complete a water main replacement pr…
Area firefighters battled a blaze high up in the air at a cement plant south of Festus on June 12.
A fire destroyed a Hillsboro mobile home and displaced the residents, authorities reported.
1:45 p.m. UPDATE: A request for residents to shelter in place or not return to their homes has been lifted after a gas leak was detected in th…
Two firefighters and a resident were treated for minor injuries following a house fire Jan. 30 on Sixth Street in De Soto, said De Soto Capt. …
The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man who was found dead on Thanksgiving Day during a fire at a home in the 500 block …
A fire destroyed a camper and caused heat damage to two nearby vehicles and the siding of a house, said De Soto Rural Fire Chief Tom Fitzgerald.
Patricia Fay Williams, 80, of Festus died Nov. 11, 2025, at her home. Mrs. Williams worked as an account executive for Philips Medical in St. …