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(Washington County, MO) A Potosi man, 40 year old Nicholas D. Dunn, is recovering from moderate injuries after his motorcycle struck a dog in Washington County Wednesday afternoon at 12:40. According to Highway Patrol reports Dunn was headed north at 11024 Highway E, when the dog ran into the path of his motorcycle. It struck the dog and became airborne. Dunn was thrown from the bike. He was wearing a helmet when the wreck happened. Dunn was taken to Washington County Memorial Hospital at Potosi.

There is high school basketball action in Washington County, Missouri today, and the inside scoop on how to watch these matchups is available in this article. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!. Game Time: 7:00...

The Meramec Regional Community Foundation will be awarding two $750 community grants. One grant will be made to a project that focuses on community or economic development and the other will assist at-risk children and/or low-income families. Any nonprofit 501c3 organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and governmental entities looking to address these needs are encouraged to apply. Those applying must be based out of Crawford, Dent and Washington counties, plus five other counties. The last 12 years, the foundation has awarded these grants. Programs in the past have included city beautification, illiteracy programs, supplies for the homeless populations and more. Since it’s inception, $17,400 in grants have been awarded to 64 community projects. The grants are made possible because of a $30,000 donation from the Meramec Regional Planning Commission. Applications for the 2024 grant round will be accepted online only until 5 p.m. on January 31st, 2024. Online applications can be found at grantinterface.com. For more information on the grant opportunity, call Bonnie Prigge at 573-265-2993.

Meramec Regional Community Foundation (MRCF) will be awarding two $750 community grants. One grant will be made to a project that focuses on community or economic development and the other will assist at-risk children and/or low-income families. Any nonprofit, 501(c)3 organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and governmental entities looking to address...

ST. JAMES—Meramec Regional Community Foundation (MRCF) will be awarding two $750 community grants. One grant will be made to a project that focuses on community or economic development and the other will assist at-risk children and/or low-income families. Any nonprofit, 501(c)3 organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and governmental entities looking...

This is the second of a multi-part series of allegations made about the former Iron County Sheriff and three deputies, along with the sheriff’s wife and an Iron County resident, resulting in multiple charges filed in Iron and Washington counties. – Editor. Former Iron County Sheriff Jeffery L....

The Missouri Department of Corrections continues to fight a lawsuit filed in Cole County court by a Washington County woman. On June 23rd of 2021, a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against the state’s prison system by 65-year-old Patricia Lawson of Potosi. Lawson is a former employee at the Potosi prison. She has claimed sexual harassment at her former work site, a hostile work environment and retaliation in violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act. Lawson had worked at the prison in Potosi from mid-2007 to mid-2019.

(The Center Square) – Most outcomes have been known for weeks, but results from the Nov. 7 general election were officially certified Tuesday by the Spokane County Auditor’s Office. In all, 155,768 ballots were cast for dozens of individual races and propositions across the county. Turnout was listed...

Registered sex offender Michael Edward Barton gained four new felony charges in Washington County earlier this week. Barton is charged with one count of statutory sodomy or attempt – deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 14 – aggravated sexual offense, one count of first-degree child molestation, and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor child.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to three area injury accidents that occurred between Nov. 17 and Nov. 20, including a fatality that took place at 10:47 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20 on Highway 21, south of Cambell Road in Washington County. According to the patrol, the accident occurred when a...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. — A woman was killed as the result of a fatal two-vehicle crash Monday morning on Missouri State Highway 21 in Washington County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, 18-year-old Peyton Kail from Potosi, Missouri, was driving northbound on MO-21, south of Cambell Road in a pickup truck when she crossed the center line while going around a curve and struck a semi-trailer truck head-on in oncoming traffic.

(Washington County, MO) A Potosi teenager, 18 year old Peyton A. Kail, is dead after a fatal traffic accident in Washington County Monday morning that took place at 10:47. According to Highway Patrol Troopers a pickup driven north on Highway 21, south of Cambell Road, by Kail failed to negotiate a curve and crossed over the centerline crashing into a diesel truck driven south by 63 year old Kevin W. Golden of Caledonia. Kail was pronounced dead on the scene. Golden received minor injuries and was taken to Mercy Hospital South at St. Louis. Both men were wearing their seat belts during the crash.

IRON COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – A Bismarck man faces child molestation and other charges after he was arrested at a state park. Michael E. Barton, 43, of Bismarck faces charges of child molestation, statutory sodomy, and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Barton was formally charged on...

Jesse James Rupp is an outlaw. At least, that’s what the state of Arizona told him after he applied for a job. Rupp, who lives in Washington County, is trained as a corrections worker. He worked at the Missouri state prison in Potosi for a while earlier this year.

WASHINGTON COUNTY — An 18-year-old Potosi woman was killed Monday morning in a crash with a semi-truck. Peyton Kail was driving north on Highway 21 just south of Cambell Road around 10:45 a.m. when she tried to follow a curve in the street and crossed the center line, police said.

A De Soto man was still hospitalized Thursday, Nov. 16, days after he was riding an ATV at Floyd Tower Road and Forest Service Road 2623 northwest of Potosi in Washington County and it overturned, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. At 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, Donald M. Siegler,...

(Washington County, MO) A De Soto man, 56 year old Donald M. Siegler, is recovering from moderate injuries after he was involved in an ATV crash in Washington County Tuesday morning at 11:15. Highway Patrol reports show Siegler was driving near Floyd Tower Road, at Forest Service Road, when his vehicle rolled over. Siegler, who was not wearing a helmet during the crash was taken to Mercy Hospital South at St. Louis.