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West Side Leader - June 11

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Former Pevely Police officer found not guilty of property damage while on duty as officer
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Former Pevely Police officer found not guilty of property damage while on duty as officer

  • By Leader staff
  • Nov 3, 2025

A Jefferson County jury found former Pevely Police Officer Steven Roth not guilty of property damage stemming from an incident last year when …

Jefferson County jury finds Festus man guilty of assaulting deputy
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Jefferson County jury finds Festus man guilty of assaulting deputy

  • By Leader staff
  • Sep 26, 2025

A Jefferson County jury has found Sean Nicolos Ramsey, 33, of Festus guilty of assaulting a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was t…

Mistrial declared in case accusing woman of killing Jefferson County man in 2004
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Mistrial declared in case accusing woman of killing Jefferson County man in 2004

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 19, 2025

The attorney for a woman charged in the 2004 shooting death of her then-boyfriend in Dittmer said he is ready to defend his client if the case…

Jury finds De Soto man guilty of burglary, assaulting officer
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Jury finds De Soto man guilty of burglary, assaulting officer

  • By Leader staff
  • Apr 13, 2025

A Jefferson County jury has found Anthony S. Laemmel, 41, of De Soto guilty of nine felonies for breaking into a home and assaulting a Jeffers…

Fenton man convicted of manslaughter following fatal crash
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Fenton man convicted of manslaughter following fatal crash

  • By Leader staff
  • Jan 23, 2023

David Thurby, 28, of Fenton has been convicted of three counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a 2021 crash in Byrnes Mill that left…

Dittmer man found guilty of two felonies, misdemeanor
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Dittmer man found guilty of two felonies, misdemeanor

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Mar 12, 2022

A Jefferson County jury has found Timothy W. O’Hara, 47, of Dittmer guilty of two felonies and a misdemeanor for storming into a Festus home i…

Sokolic sentenced to life for stabbing man to death
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Sokolic sentenced to life for stabbing man to death

  • Feb 22, 2022

Christopher R. Sokolic Jr., 29, of Barnhart has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for stabbing and killing Zackary C. Tripp in 2020.

ICYMI: Old injury, wind ends Cunningham’s run
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ICYMI: Old injury, wind ends Cunningham’s run

  • By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
  • Mar 14, 2020

Eureka High School graduate and Pacific resident Megan Cunningham, 25, made it 16 miles before conditions forced her to drop out of the U.S. O…

ICYMI: Eureka High grad surmounts staggering challenges on way to Olympic trials
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ICYMI: Eureka High grad surmounts staggering challenges on way to Olympic trials

  • By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
  • Feb 25, 2020

After a devastating accident, doctors did not know if Megan Cunningham, 24, would walk again, but now the Pacific resident and Eureka High gra…

Three words that could save your  life: Just get out
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Three words that could save your life: Just get out

  • By Peggy Bess
  • Oct 9, 2019

Thirty-nine-year-old Angela McDonald stood outside her Festus-area home on the night of Jan. 22, 2017, in the company of a Jefferson County sh…

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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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