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Jefferson County Leader - Dec. 18

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Rockwood to debut school bus monitoring app for parents
Local News
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Rockwood to debut school bus monitoring app for parents

  • By Abby Stetina
  • Feb 4, 2024
  • 3 min to read

Gone are the days of waiting 15 minutes or more in frigid cold for a school bus to round the corner.

Some De Soto district parents say their kids have too much homework
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Some De Soto district parents say their kids have too much homework

  • By Teresa Inserra
  • Nov 8, 2023

Three De Soto School District parents with elementary school-aged children complained at a recent Board of Education meeting about homework overload.

Festus teen arrested in Arnold following accident in stolen car
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Festus teen arrested in Arnold following accident in stolen car

  • By Leader staff
  • Jan 9, 2023

A 13-year-old Festus girl was turned over to juvenile authorities for allegedly driving her parents’ car without permission and hitting anothe…

Veteran educator imparts wisdom on raising children
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Veteran educator imparts wisdom on raising children

  • By Steve Taylor
  • Dec 20, 2022

Don’t you wish your kids came with an instruction manual?

Jefferson County Library trustees respond to state proposal
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Jefferson County Library trustees respond to state proposal

  • By Jeremy Hulshof
  • Dec 7, 2022

The Jefferson County Library system’s Board of Trustees has passed a resolution cementing its “commitment to upholding intellectual freedom” i…

St. Joseph third-grade students brighten employees’ days
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St. Joseph third-grade students brighten employees’ days

  • By Tony Krausz
  • Nov 13, 2022

St. Joseph Catholic School third-grade teacher Cathy Walsh said her class started a project last school year that went over so well she kept i…

Michael Anthony Wiott, 31, House Springs
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Michael Anthony Wiott, 31, House Springs

  • Aug 19, 2022

Michael Anthony Wiott, 31, of House Springs died Aug. 15, 2022. Mr. Wiott loved spending time with family, especially his children. He enjoyed…

Imperial man hurt breaking into Festus church to talk to God
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Imperial man hurt breaking into Festus church to talk to God

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 5, 2022

A man cut himself badly while reportedly breaking a glass window to get inside the Second Baptist Church in Festus and lost a lot of blood bef…

Fox High senior is first student to receive district’s Masterpiece Award
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Fox High senior is first student to receive district’s Masterpiece Award

  • By Tony Krausz
  • May 11, 2022

Carson Keisker made history in his final year as a Fox C-6 School District student.

Fox C-6 deals with concerns about library books
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Fox C-6 deals with concerns about library books

  • By Tony Krausz
  • Apr 16, 2022

Parents are challenging books found in Fox C-6 School District libraries at a rate not seen in years.

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