Scott was convicted of causing the Great Flood of 1993 more than 30 years ago, and faced his first parole hearing this week.
• University of Missouri officials in Columbia pulled lettuce from all of its dining halls this weekend. The campus is responding to a national lettuce recall over a parasite that causes widespread diarrhea. There have been over 200 documented cases in Missouri, but no source has been identified in yet. Boone County health officials have confirmed 37 local cases.
Dr. Joshua White, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office first mental health professional, has left the department after six years.
James Anton Brewer, 52, who previously lived in De Soto, was recently transferred to the Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro after being charge…
A Jefferson County judge revoked a Fenton-area man’s probation and ordered the man to serve a five-year prison sentence. The man had been arre…
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The cities of Byrnes Mill and Pevely have approved a jail sharing agreement.
A De Soto-area man was recently arrested on charges of possession of controlled substance, tampering with a motor vehicle, possession of drug …
A St. Clair man was arrested after allegedly stabbing a Hillsboro man and a Gray Summit man early this morning, Jan. 30, in De Soto.
Quentin Malachi Christopher, 21, who lives southeast of De Soto, has been accused of attacking and threatening to shoot a woman with whom he i…