Filing began at 8 a.m. Tuesday for the April 6 election. While some political entities had candidates waiting in line to register, others saw little action on the first day. The deadline to file for all offices is Jan. 19. ...
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Read More »Murder suspect Todd Meine is being sought by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for murder after he did not appear at a bond appearance hearing Nov. 30. His arraignment was scheduled for Dec. 14. Meine, a 43-year-old who lives on ...
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Read More »Jefferson County will become the first county in the nation to on its own require a physician’s prescription for cold and allergy medicines that contain pseudoephedrine or ephedrine. At the meeting Nov. 7, the County Council unanimously passed legislation that ...
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Read More »Special Assignment Judge Benjamin Lewis dismissed the Concerned Citizens for Crystal City case against Crystal City just hours after hearing arguments on motions from the plaintiffs, the intervenor and the defendants. He released his order and judgment about 5:30 p.m. ...
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Read More »Awards were presented to several Jefferson County residents by the Missouri Coalition for the Environment at its 40th-year gala celebration last month for their efforts to protect the environment. The Kay and Leo Drey Environmental Award was given to Leslie ...
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Read More »On Nov. 10, warrants were issued for Angela Parke for tampering with evidence and Kenneth J. Ritrovato Jr. for the murder of Chester A. Scherer of Ste. Genevieve. Scherer, 53, was last seen at a party on Aug. 7 in ...
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Read More »One of the longest-serving sheriffs in the state of Missouri passed away on Monday. Former Jefferson County Sheriff Walter “Buck” Buerger, 83, served as sheriff from 1964 until 1992. “He was the premier politician in Jefferson County,” said current Sheriff ...
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Read More »The courthouse in Hillsboro may finally get another jury-capable courtroom, using savings from energy improvements. The county received a $1.9 million energy conservation block grant to make energy improvements to county buildings. Many of those improvements would be at the courthouse.
At the court en banc meeting on Monday, Circuit Judge Gary Kramer (pictured) of the Facilities Improvement Committee, suggested the circuit court use the savings to renovate the old juvenile division offices into a courtroom with office space.
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Read More »The city of Arnold welcomes the new business, but not necessarily the billboard signs to go along with it.
Drury Development Corp. is building a six-story hotel with 155 rooms at Highway 141 and Interstate 55 that will be Drury Inn and Suites. The existing Drury Inn will be renovated and become a Pear Tree Inn.
To advertise its business, Drury would like to install two billboard signs, one at 2120 Michigan Ave. and another at 3401 Robinson Road in Arnold. Due to variances that would be required from city code, the signs require conditional use permits.
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Read More »Jeffrey E. Place, 45, will have a plenty of time to think about his actions as he spends the rest of his life in jail. On Nov. 2, Place was sentenced to life in prison, plus 82 consecutive years. On ...
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Read More »Recent test results of lead levels from the Doe Run Co. in Herculaneum could either show that the situation has deteriorated or that it has improved, depending on which entity is interpreting the results.
In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency directed Doe Run to expand the area to collect samples of lead in the surface soil and gravel driveways at residential properties within one mile of the lead smelter.
According to the EPA, of 372 properties sampled, 129 had at least one area exceeding the 400 parts/million action level for lead.
Doe Run sees the results differently.
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