The Dec. 31 closing of the smelter on the west bank of the Mississippi River, south of St. Louis, marks the end of an era in a region that has supplied most of the nation’s lead since the 1700s.

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The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is considering extending the lead nonattainment area boundary in Herculaneum to include portions of Pevely, Festus and Crystal City. The DNR and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommend areas for nonattainment designation when an ...

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A sparse crowd, including Cheryl Kelly of Thompson Coburn, gathered Monday outside the Jefferson County Courthouse to listen to trustee Steve Leasck read foreclosure notices on six Jefferson County subdivisions owned by developer American Heritage Homes. Great Southern Bank, the noteholder, bought each of the 285 lots. According to Jefferson County Recorder of Deeds records, American Heritage owed Great Southern Bank more than $21 million as of April 5, 2008, when it filed a fourth modification of its original construction loan agreement.

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