De Soto
CRIME & SAFETY
De Soto man hurt after allegedly pulling out gun during dispute
The De Soto Police Department is investigating a fight between a 41-year-old man and a 54-year-old man who allegedly displayed a firearm during the dispute. Both men were from De Soto, according to Capt. Jeffery Wynn. Wynn said officers were dispatched at about 7 p.m. July 19 to a fight...
Woman sentenced to 11 years for I-55 road rage incident north of Pevely
Shanyka Fouche, 25, of Memphis, Tenn., has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of several felonies stemming from an incident in 2021 when she fired a gun from a vehicle on I-55 north of Pevely, striking a vehicle and the passenger in that other vehicle, according to court documents.
Car catches fire on I-55 in Herculaneum
Flames engulfed a car this morning, July 26, on southbound I-55 in Herculaneum. The car was on the interstate’s shoulder near the McNutt Street exit. Herculaneum Fire Department Chief Kevin Baker said his department was called at 7:42 a.m. about the blaze. He said the first firetruck arrived at 7:52 a.m., and the car was fully involved in flames.
Ware-area garage destroyed in fire
A garage in the 200 block of Sigman Lane near Ware was destroyed by fire on July 17. No injuries were reported, De Soto Rural Fire Chief Tom Fitzgerald said. He said firefighters were dispatched at 11:06 p.m. to the detached two-car garage, and when they arrived, the garage was fully engulfed in flames, and the fire had begun to spread to the exterior of the residence about 15 feet away.
Cedar Hill Fire recovers boat from Big River
Cedar Hill Fire Protection District and Northwest Towing worked for hours on Monday, July 22, to recover a boat from the Big River, near Morse Mill Park. Chief Mick Fischer said four people were in the boat at the time it became stuck in the river and three managed to make it to shore before crews arrived at 11:44 a.m. The fourth man, the boat operator, stayed in the vessel while Cedar Hill Fire launched boats to try and work the boat free.
Fire damages kitchen at Barnhart home
A resident and two dogs have been displaced from a home in the 1500 block of West Frisco Drive in Barnhart due to a kitchen fire. No one was injured, the Rock Community Fire Protection District reported. Rock Fire was called at 8:09 p.m. Monday, July 22, after the resident...
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