Leadwood News

The small eastern Missouri town of Leadwood has a new mayor - the only person to apply for the job.

It was contamination in the water in the town of Hinkley, California that spurred a paralegal to take one of the golden state's biggest power companies to task.

Nearly a dozen movie theaters in the Parkland have long been swept from the landscape, but Dave Darnell makes sure they are not gone from memory.

Nearly a dozen movie theaters in the Parkland have long been swept from the landscape, but Dave Darnell makes sure they are not gone from memory.

In response to public concerns, EPA Region 7 imposed a series of new conditions and requirements on the Doe Run Resources Corporation for its ongoing efforts to remediate the Leadwood Mine Tailings Superfund Site in Leadwood, Mo.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has imposed tougher requirements on Doe Run Resources Corp.

A Leadwood-area family has lost their home to a fire. David and Lori Dickerson and their 8- and 3-year-old sons were shopping Monday night when their home caught on fire.

The Missouri attorney generals office is investigating St. Francois County residents complaints about a companys efforts to clean up piles of debris left over after decades of lead mining.

For generations, people in Leadwood have lived near huge piles of dangerous, lead-contaminated mining waste.

For generations, people in Leadwood have lived near huge piles of dangerous, lead-contaminated mining waste.

A Leadwood, Missouri woman has caught the attention of a prominent enviornmentalist.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released a list of arrests: May 9th-31 year old Scott Michael of Leadwood was arrested at 1:50 p.m. in Ste.

The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, in the Commission's meeting room at 1 West St.