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The 29th Jeffco Fire Engine Rally, held Sept. 30, went off well, drawing hundreds to Herculaneum City Park, said Bill Haggard, president of the Jefferson County Firefighters Association and chairman of the rally organization committee.
People gathered at North County Senior High School to honor and pray for the two Bonne Terre police officers who responded to a disturbance call that turned fatal.
Area fire departments battled four fires in St. Francois County that left properties destroyed Sunday and Monday. At 10:30 a.m Monday, firefighters were dispatched to a residential fire in the 400 block of Old Irondale Road between Highway 32 and Irondale. Bismarck Fire Chief John Colwell said that crews were met with heavy smoke and extreme temperatures upon arrival. They began attacking the fire, eventually striking a third alarm for additional water and manpower. Flames erupt from the roof of a house on Old Irondale Road Monday as fire crews work to contain the blaze. Court...
The board overseeing St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve countiesâ 911 operations used its Dec. 17 meeting to discuss the Simms Mountain Tower project and an initiative to be placed on the April 6 ballot. The taxpayers in the 911 service region approved a 3/8-cent sales tax in 2014 that has been the 911 centerâs chief source of revenue since landlines lost popularity more than a decade ago. The money has been used for a variety of major projects, including improving and expanding the centerâs once-outdated facility and updating the systemâs technology and software. Set to suns...