Sep 27, 2009 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Former Jeff. Co. presiding commissioner dies in crash
Elizabeth F. Faulkenberry, a former presiding commissioner who was dubbed the queen of Jefferson County politics, was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident near Morse Mill, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.
Family members gathered recently for this four-generations photo. Pictured are Greg Abbott of Leland, grandfather, Jessi Smith, mother, holding Aaron Smith of Dittmer, Mo., and Guy Abbott of Leland, great-grandfather, holding Ethan Smith of Dittmer.
Rob Levitt, right, and Jim Brooks, both employees of Bob Otto Striping in Dittmer, Mo., paint numbers on the parking spaces at Alton High School this week.
Here are the top seven reasons to attend the 2009 Mid America CropLife Association's Annual Meeting Sept.
Pedophile sting began in Kansas City area
The FBI pedophile sting that snared a Catholic priest and two other men here marked just the second time nationally that a tough federal sex trafficking charge was used to target demand for child prostitutes, officials said Friday.
Cops say Dittmer man stabbed wife 3 times
Detectives say Aaron J. LaRose murdered his estranged wife by stabbing her in the neck three times and choking her with rope.
Our angel, Gavyn Joseph Pruitt, went to heaven June 25, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
John Campisi posted message on website saying JB Blast was canceled, suit alleges.
A contentious election last year for a seat on the St. Louis County Council has become a battle over a popular celebration of American independence.
Firefighters battle two-alarm fire in Dittmer, Missouri
People living at a Dittmer, Missouri home were able to escape a two-alarm fire. A neighbor saw heavy fire coming from the home in the 7700 block of Cedar Farm Estates Drive and called authorities.
The accident left a 48-year-old Dittmer man dead.
Two St. Louis men are facing second-degree murder charges in connection with a car accident that left a 48-year-old Dittmer man dead.
Missouri woman killed in Monroe Co. motorcycle wreck
A 22-year-old woman was killed this weekend in the Cherokee National Forest after she lost control of a motorcycle she was operating, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.
Former MFPD board candidate indicted in murder-for-hire case
Mike Anthony was busy loading trucks early this morning at the Sargent Sand property as semi trucks lined up to wait for sand.
Daughter to Christopher James and Natalie Christina Dittmer of Kelso, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 3:40 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2009.