A fire at a historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain caused only "very localised damage," the city's mayor said Saturday as the site reopened to the public.

The Festus City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit to operate a lodging home for a transitional housing facility for people who are unhoused at their July 28 meeting.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies on July 20 allegedly found illegal drugs in a pickup a man was sleeping in outside of a Hillsboro-area business.

Out of all those years, the last year was the hardest. Montra was diagnosed with breast cancer last August. She started taking chemotherapy immediately. For the first two months everything seemed to ...

Ilona Papava grew so frustrated that no one came to fix the constant leak on the Lissenden Gardens estate in Camden, north London, that she jokingly added it as a 'historical landmark' on Google Maps.

Delores “Jean” Davey, 84, of House Springs died July 26, 2025. Mrs. Davey loved spending time with her family and took joy in being involved with her grandchildren. She enjoyed Cardinals games and ...

The James II Project, a nonprofit group providing free lunches to those in need, received a $25,000 grant from the Jefferson Foundation to use at s location at First United Methodist Church of ...

Michelle N. Stuthers, 42, of Hillsboro died July 24, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. Mrs. Stuthers graduated from Mehlville High School and went to Meramec Community College. She loved spending time with her ...

Tonia Haddix, the former Festus-area chimpanzee caretaker who gained famed from the HBO documentary “Chimp Crazy,” on Aug. 7 was sentenced to 46 months in prison after admitting to lying in court.

Donna Renee Craig, 66, of Festus died Aug. 6, 2025, at her home. Ms. Craig was a retired state employee who loved spending time with friends and family. She enjoyed doing arts and crafts and ...

My recent attempts to transplant trees in my yard and at the farm where we go deer hunting have been met with mixed results. The mix mostly involves the lack of opportunity to provide supplemental ...

Michael D. Parker, 62, of House Springs died Aug. 6, 2025, at his home. Mr. Parker retired from the Missouri Department of Transportation, where he was a senior crew worker. He had also worked for ...