St Francois County News

A 58-year-old Bismarck, Mo., man lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a house in St.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting several weekend arrests in the area: Arrested were: 31-year-old Kelvin M. Stomer of St.

It was a deadly weekend at two major St. Louis area racing events, as two men were killed in separate accidents at the Budweiser Creve Coeur Lake Drag Boat Classic and at the St.

Three people, including a race car driver, were injured Saturday night when a race car left the track and went into the stands at St.

Police say a 47-year-old man has died after a car at an eastern Missouri racetrack jumped an embankment, became airborne and struck him and two others in the pit area.

There are reports of an accident at the St Francois County Raceway in Farmington, Missouri.

Authorities have identified the man killed over then weekend when a race car jumped off a Missouri track.

A race car driver and three people watching the race were injured Saturday when the car jumped an embankment and became airborne, striking the onlookers.The accident happened at St.

A St. Louis man was convicted of possessing illegal machine guns in St. Francois County.

Jurors will be selected Tuesday morning in the trial of a former Washington County Sheriff's deputy accused of abusing a dog that was rescued and adopted by the department and placed in his care.

It's a day off for students in a local school district where vandals smashed the lights on nearly every school bus.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

While many people are still cleaning up from last Friday's storm, another round of severe weather caused even more damage.

Heavy rains that swept across Missouri south of St. Louis at midday today flooded part of Interstate 55 near Ste.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a contract during its regular meeting today for improvements to Route 47 in St Francois County and Route H in Perry County.

Southbound Interstate 55 will be reduced to one lane today between the Main Street exit in Jackson to Route 74 in Cape Girardeau as Missouri Department of Transportation crews work on guardrail replacements.

This weeks fundraiser by the United Way of St. Francois County was a big success.

Both sides in the Cape Girardeau County Sunshine suit heard tough questions from Eastern District Court of Appeals judges Wednesday.

A 15-year-old girl was seriously hurt when the ATV she was riding on Sunday struck and embankment and overturned in St.

The bridge, which had been closed for repairs since Feb. 23, was reopened with a parade of vehicles representing critical services the bridge carries, such as emergency responders and school buses.