Festus News

Court records offer this timeline of events surrounding the murders of Tom and Jill Estes: June 29 11 a.m. to noon - Accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley visits Festus home where Teri Engel once lived.

"There were so many things going through my head," Engel said. "Why was he here? Why was he looking for me? Who did he hurt?" Engel, 28 met Sheley about ten years ago when she was a high school student in ...

A Missouri woman says she feels responsible for the death of an Arkansas couple allegedly slain by accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley -- he was hunting her.

The Illinois man accused of a multi-state killing spree that left eight people dead faces new charges in Jefferson County Thursday.

Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Forrest Wegge will announce charges Thursday against 28-year-old Nicholas Sheley, who has been accused of murdering eight people including a couple in Festus June 30.

Jefferson County prosecutors charged a Festus man with sexual assault on Tuesday.

THEY ARE JILL AND TOM ESTES. ALL TOLD, SHELEY HAS BEEN NAMED AS A SUSPECT IN EIGHT KILLINGS.

Sheriff Glenn Boyer has found a unique way to reach the residents of Jefferson County.

The FBI has launched a manhunt for an armed and dangerous ex-con suspected of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri.

The death of Sherwood couple, Tom and Jill Estes is especially difficult for grieving family members.

Two bodies were discovered at a gas station in Festus morning Monday, according to police.

Authorities say tonight's arrest of a 28-year-old ex-con suspected in eight deaths in Illinois and Missouri was just a matter of time.

Family and friends are shocked by the murder of a Sherwood couple, found dead outside a Festus, Missouri gas station.

A new study blames lead poisoning for leading young people to a life of crime. Since St.

The owner of a Festus gas station confirmed that the bodies of a middle-aged man and woman were found about 10:30 a.m. today near a dumpster there.

The Missouri Highway Patrol and Festus Police have not learned why a man was on Interstate 55 Thursday evening when he was struck and killed by a semi-truck. The accident happened around 7:45 p.m. in the ...

So I went riding on Monday, a long route with eight zillion turns provided by somebody who seemingly went out of their way to send me out of mine.

Kent Sadler, 66, a dentist from Ste. Genevieve, Mo., pleaded guilty today of second-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death more than two years ago of highway worker Jeffrey Staley of Caseyville, who was ...

The Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen will remain on duty until released by local authorities and the governor.

Daughter to Christopher Michael Warning and Jaclyn Leigh Monroe of Vanduser, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:38 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2008.