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The Jefferson College Board of Trustees recently voted to amend the school’s admissions procedure for foreign students to follow the Trump administration’s new interpretation of a 1996 legislative act.
The Jefferson County Health Department announced this afternoon, Oct. 29, that it has been seeing more whooping cough cases than usual for this time of year.
Area cooks have one more day to enter the Leader’s Holiday Recipe Contest. The contest deadline is 5 p.m., Friday.
Brandon James Welch, 34, who previously lived in Arnold and Imperial, allegedly used obituary listing to target homes to steal from in Jefferson and St. Louis counties. He was initially arrested and charged in St. Louis County, and about two months later, he was charged with two counts of bu…
Former Festus Police Chief Tim Lewis will be inducted into the De Soto School District Hall of Fame next month.
Monday night’s De Soto City Council meeting was Rich McCane’s last as mayor.
A pit bull allegedly bit a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s leg while he was trying to arrest a House Springs woman following a traffic stop outside a home on Birch Drive in Imperial. The woman allegedly ran into the house and asked another woman to hide methamphetamine, court reco…
Northwest R-1 School District Superintendent Jennifer Hecktor has been on leave for personal reasons since early October and will remain on leave until June 30, 2026, when she officially resigns from the position, said Mary Thomasson, president of the district’s Board of Education.
The Hancock Accounting and Tax office, 2464 N. Truman Blvd., in Crystal City was damaged on Oct. 18 when a 54-year-old Rolla man crashed a pickup into the building. That crash happened after the man was involved in a fender bender with another vehicle on Hwy. 61-67, Crystal City Police Capt.…
Windsor Intermediate School now has a Blessing Box for those in need, thanks to Scouting Troop 416.
The cost to replace roads in one of Arnold’s oldest subdivisions and to repair the Arnold Recreation Center parking lot has ended up being higher than expected.
Nicholas P. Graham, 47, of De Soto was allegedly found with methamphetamine and a glass pipe while being arrested. De Soto Police arrested him on an active warrant, according to court document.
