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Jefferson County Leader - June 18

Jefferson County Leader - June 18

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Jefferson County Jail sees continual rise in inmate medical costs
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Jefferson County Jail sees continual rise in inmate medical costs

  • By Abby Stetina
  • Jul 12, 2024
  • 3 min to read

The cost to provide medical care for inmates at the Jefferson County Jail has risen steadily for the past four years, with no sign of stopping…

Festus man receives nearly 3-year sentence for stealing from St. Louis company
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Festus man receives nearly 3-year sentence for stealing from St. Louis company

  • By Leader staff
  • Dec 3, 2022

Ryan S. Kent, 44, of Festus has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for stealing $854,544.37 from a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufa…

Festus man admits to stealing more than $854,000 from St. Louis company
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Festus man admits to stealing more than $854,000 from St. Louis company

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 16, 2022

Ryan S. Kent, 44, of Festus pleaded guilty to stealing $854,544.37 from a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturing facility where he worked at a…

Byrnes Mill denied reimbursement for road project
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Byrnes Mill denied reimbursement for road project

  • By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
  • Jul 5, 2022

The city of Byrnes Mill ended up footing the majority of the bill to repair Franks Road after part of it collapsed and was closed to traffic f…

County gets breather in doling out CARES money
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County gets breather in doling out CARES money

  • By Steve Taylor
  • Jan 24, 2021

When Congress approved a new $900 million federal emergency relief package in the waning days of 2020 to help organizations affected by the

Deadline looms for CARES Act applications
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Deadline looms for CARES Act applications

  • By Steve Taylor
  • Nov 7, 2020

The deadline is quickly approaching for Jefferson County businesses, nonprofit organizations, schools and local governments to claim their sha…

Eureka tallies up CARES Act reimbursements
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Eureka tallies up CARES Act reimbursements

  • By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
  • Oct 5, 2020

Financial relief appears to be on its way to Eureka.

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• Jefferson County Leader: ISSN 3064-948X (Print) ISSN 3064-9498 (Online) • Arnold-Imperial Leader: ISSN 2998-078X (Print) ISSN 2998-0798 (Online) • West Side Leader: ISSN 2998-0828 (Print) ISSN 2998-0836 (Online) • Eureka Leader: ISSN 2998-0801 (Print) ISSN 2998-081X (Online)

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