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ALERT: Battery Plant Fire in Fredericktown Forcing Evacuations and Shelter in Place
Fredericktown, Mo (News First) - The Fredericktown Fire Department has issued a serious warning regarding the ongoing fire at Critical Mineral Recovery, a lithium-ion battery processing plant, along Highway OO in Fredericktown. "We urge citizens to SHELTER IN PLACE INDOORS if you are in the smoke...
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MoDNR: Preliminary results show no fire-related contamination in Fredericktown drinking water
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (MoDNR) - Testing by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has determined the city of Fredericktown’s and Madison County Public Water Service District #1’s public drinking...
SEMO Road Work Update
ST FRANCOIS COUNTY Route 221 in St. Francois County near Doe Run will reopen to motorists Friday afternoon around 4 o’clock after being closed to traffic since August 21st. This section of 221 is...
Potosi woman dies in Washington County accident
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A woman from Potosi is dead and four others injured after a three-vehicle accident Wednesday in Washington County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the...
SFC Route 221 to reopen
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - Motorists who travel Route 221 in St. Francois County will be happy to know, the new stretch of road near Doe Run will open back up to motorists sometime late...
First half of Missouri’s bow season ends soon
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - The first half of Missouri’s archery season for deer and turkey hunters will come to a close at the end of the day on Friday, November 15th. Alan Lamb is a...
Bonne Terre VFW getting into holiday spirit
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (News First) - A local V.F.W. will be in the holiday spirit this weekend. Randy Tollinver is the Junior Vice Commander for V.F.W. District 8. On the 8th of November, the Bonterre...
Man sentenced in drug overdose to St. Francois County inmate
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk sentenced a man to 22 years in prison this week for arranging the smuggling of a fatal dose of drugs into the St. Francois County...
Local voters wade through flood waters to vote in highly-contested races
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - Show-Me Live and News First had wall-to-wall election coverage with reporters at a few local courthouses, one of our anchors broadcast out of Washington D.C. and we...
Two Missouri poll workers dead due to flood waters
WRIGHT COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - Two Missouri poll workers are dead after multiple vehicles were swept away early Tuesday morning by flood waters. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened...
Wayne County man injured in single-vehicle accident
WAYNE COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A man from Perkins, Missouri was injured Monday in a one vehicle accident in Wayne County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident took place on ‘P’...
NEWS FROM AROUND MISSOURI
Missouri inmate’s lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before his planned execution
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawyers for a Missouri man scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening have filed another appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that alleges there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial. Marcellus Williams, 55, has long maintained...
Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state’s top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection. Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday...
Watching the tropics.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson I hope everyone had a nice weekend! We need rain. The good news is that rain is in the forecast today, tonight, and tomorrow. See the radar links below. Several rounds are likely to impact the region. A few storms could be intense...
Tracking a tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Welcome to autumn! I am monitoring the Gulf of Mexico for the development of a tropical system. The chances of a tropical storm forming are high. The National Hurricane Center has a 70% chance for development over the next few days....
Prescribed Burn Association meeting set for Ste Genieve
STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - Would you like to use prescribed fire to manage your property? What about gaining experience using prescribed fire? A Prescribed Burn Association may be the answer. Through their neighbor-helping-neighbor function, Prescribed...
USPS offices receive suspicious packages
WASHINGTON, DC (News First) - The FBI and U.S. Postal Service are investigating suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by election officials in at least eight states. There are no immediate reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material...
MO abortion fundraising underway
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (News First) - Missouri’s campaign to legalize abortion has more than doubled its fundraising totals since being approved for the ballot in mid-August. This was despite, and perhaps fueled by a lawsuit that threatened to knock it off the November...
St Louis USPS Sorting Center gets audited
ST LOUIS (News First) - Alarms are sounding to bring forth an audit of the United States Postal Service Sorting Center in St. Louis. Four congressional members from Missouri want this audit because of what they say is “delayed and inconsistent mail service” in each of...
Executition petition circulating Missouri
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (News First) - A petition that is designed to halt this month’s scheduled execution of a Missouri prisoner is circling the state. There are more than 524,000 signatures of individuals, wanting the State of Missouri to stop Marcellus Williams’...
NATIONAL NEWS
Donald Trump says he can best protect religious freedoms
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to...
Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor...
Remnants of Hurricane Helene spiral into our region.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson The remnants of Hurricane Helene are moving through Georgia...
Widespread rain is on the way.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson The remnants of Hurricane Helene will move into our region...
A widespread rain event will develop Thursday night into Saturday.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson The remnants of Hurricane Helene will move into our region...
Florida Gulf Coast Target of Helene
WASHINGTON, DC (News First) - An area of the Sunshine State's Gulf Coast could be the landing...