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Work Zone Alert: Route P in New Madrid County Reduced for Bridge Maintenance

WILLOW SPRINGS – Route P in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This section of roadway is located from Route BB to County Road 740. Weather permitting, work will take place...

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Heavy rain causes more challenges for Critical Mineral Recovery investigation

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (News First) - Hazardous cleanup work continues at the Critical Mineral Recovery site in Fredericktown after that company’s building went up in flames last week, spewing toxic...

Ironton man dies in flood waters

IRONTON, Mo. (News First) - A man from Ironton lost his life in the floodwaters Monday afternoon in Iron County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident took place at Iron...

Crawford County man pleads guilty to child porn

ST LOUIS (News First) - A man from Crawford County has admitted to trying to persuade minors into engaging in sex acts online. 45-year-old Jason Michael Enke pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in...

Flooding impacts Southeast Missouri

FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - Heavy rain began in parts of Southeast Missouri Sunday night and it really hasn’t let up too much since then. In fact, some locations have received over 6 inches of...

Iron Mountain Lake evacuated

IRON MOUNTAIN LAKE, Mo. (News First) - Authorities have ordered an evacuation for the Iron Mountain Lake Area below the dam and on East and West Lakeshore Drive. A command post has been set up at...

Farmington Elks donates dictionaries to local students

ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - The Farmington Elks Lodge #1765 recently provided a dictionary to 340 third-grade students in the Farmington and Bismarck school districts and St. Joseph...

EPA releases update about Critical Mineral Recovery fire

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (News First) - The E.P.A. released on Sunday evening information on their website about the situation still unfolding in Fredericktown after last Wednesday’s massive fire at...

Fredericktown R-1 cancels school for November 1st

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (News First) - The Fredericktown R-I School District has canceled classes for Friday, November 1st, due to air quality concerns regarding the Critical Mineral Recovery fire. The...

Fredericktown Fire Department updates Criticial Mineral Recovery fire

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (News First) - The Fredericktown Fire Department has issued an update to the fire that broke out this week at Critical Mineral Recovery, a lithium-ion battery processing plant,...

Soldier charged in Ft Leonard Wood service woman’s death

FT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (News First) - A soldier has been charged with murder in the death of a fellow service member at Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County. The Army says the 21-year-old specialist...

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National Farm Safety & Health Week is underway

Peosta, IA (News First) - This is National Farm Safety and Health Week. Dan Neenan of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety discusses some of the history of National Farm Safety and Health Week and tells us about some educational events and webinars...

Partial lunar eclipse may be seen from SEMO tonight

FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - If there is no cloud cover Tuesday night, you will be able to see the supermoon and a partial lunar eclipse. According to timeanddate.com, the eclipse start time for those in southeast Missouri is 7:41 Tuesday night and it will end at...

Be careful driving on roads with farm equipment

Last year, there were 201 Missouri traffic crashes involving farm equipment and farm implements. In those crashes, four people were killed and 46 were injured. Scott Kubala with News 1st says the Missouri State Highway Patrol has provided some tips for motorists who...

Trump is safe after shots were reported in his vicinity in Florida, Secret Service and campaign say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was safe after gunshots were reported in his vicinity Sunday afternoon in Florida, his campaign and the Secret Service said. It was not immediately clear whether the reported shots were targeted at the Republican presidential nominee....

Rain is winding down.

Posted by Meteorologist Beau DodsonSunday, September 15, 2024 The remnants of Francine are slowly weakening and winding down across our region. Here is what the 8 am radar looked like. Most of the rain was over our southwestern counties. It was moving northwest and...

Michael Brown’s death a decade ago set off a new chapter of social change

NEW YORK (AP) — There have been moments before, times of heartbreak and grief that led to anger and calls for justice. Sometimes, they never make it past a few sparks. Sometimes they smolder for a little bit before dying out. And sometimes, in certain conditions, they...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms into the weekend.

Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson So far, the forecast is on track. The forecast was for one to three inches of rain over a four-day period of time. That was yesterday through Sunday night. Rain moved into the region yesterday afternoon and last night. It continues...

Missouri gets Board of Curators approval for $250 million renovation of Memorial Stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a $250 million renovation for Memorial Stadium on Thursday during a meeting attended by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The project,...

Missouri bird flu case is a ‘one-off’ and the public risk is still low, officials say

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off" standalone illness. Investigators trying to determine how the person caught the virus have not been...

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